Abstract
Echocardiography is an imaging modality essential to the provision of contemporary cardiovascular care. Since the publication of the 2010 CCS/CSE Guidelines, 1 Burwash IG, Basmadjian A, Bewick D, Choy JB, Cujec B, Jassal DS, MacKenzie S, Nair P, Rudski L, Yu E, Tam JW. 2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society of Echocardiography Guidelines for Training and Maintenance of Competency in Adult Echocardiography. Can J Cardiol 2010;27:862-864. Google Scholar clinical echocardiography has expanded with respect to both technologies and applications. At the same time there has been a shift in emphasis away from quantity of training (duration and case volumes) to actual demonstration of competency to determine successful completion of training. 2 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada “Competency by Design: Reshaping Medical Education” 2014 https://www.royalcollege.ca/rcsite/documents/educational-strategy-accreditation/royal-college-competency-by- design-ebook-e.pdf Accessed 8 March 2023. Google Scholar Concurrently, there is growing evidence of considerable variability in echocardiography competence among general cardiology trainees. 3 Nair P. Siu S.C. Sloggett C.E. Biclar L. Sidhu R.S. Yu E.H.C. The assessment of technical and interpretative proficiency in echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006; 19: 924-931 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (37) Google Scholar , 4 Bierowski M.J. Qureshi U. Ramedani S. Grewal S. Shah R. Park B. Peterson B.R. Variable exposure to echocardiography core competencies when applying minimum recommended procedural numbers of cardiology fellows in training. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2022; 20: 24-32 Crossref Scopus (0) Google Scholar , 5 Yu C.C.W. Pendrith C. Chun S. Echocardiographic interpretation skills of graduating cardiology trainees. Can J Cardiol. 2022; 38: 1304-1306 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1) Google Scholar
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