Certification In Vascular Surgery Research Articles

The residency review committee for surgery: Structure and function

The purpose of this report is to succinctly review the history, evolution, and accreditation process of postgraduate surgical training programs in the United States, with emphasis on recent dramatic changes in vascular surgery training. Vascular surgery became a distinct specialty of surgery on March 17, 2005, when the American Board of Surgery (ABS) received approval from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) to offer a Primary Certificate in Vascular Surgery. The traditional requirement for 5 years of training and certification in general surgery was eliminated. Effective July 1, 2006, the ABS converted its certificate in vascular surgery from a subspecialty certificate to a specialty (primary) certificate. These landmark changes allowed the simultaneous development of new training paradigms. Multiple flexible training pathways leading to either dual certification (Traditional 5-2; Early Specialization Program 4-2) or vascular surgery certification alone (Integrated 0-5; Independent 3-3) now exist. New pathways require a minimum of 2 years of core surgery training and 3 years of advanced vascular training. There are currently 96 accredited traditional 5-2 programs, five 4-2 programs, and 11 0-5 integrated programs, with multiple additional institutions in the process of submitting 0-5 applications. The main obstacle preventing more rapid transition to the new pathways seems to be difficulty in obtaining funding for additional resident positions. Multiple flexible training paradigms are likely to coexist as vascular surgery continues to evolve.

2 grades, 2 exams, 6 specialties; psychiatric training: UK & Ireland

In 1958, the Union Européene des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS), or European Union (EU) of Medical Specialists the European Union, was founded by the professional organizations of medical specialists in Europe. Among the objectives of the UEMS are to promote the highest level of patient care in the EU and to promote the harmonization of high-quality training programs within the various specialities throughout the EU. Within the 38 Specialist Sections of the UEMS are the European Boards, which are the working groups of the Specialist Sections. In 2005 Vascular Surgery was recognized as a separate and independent Section, a monospecialty, within the UEMS. The efforts of the UEMS are directed at facilitating the free exchange of training and work of trainees and medical specialists between EU countries. This situation, in combination with large differences in requirements and length of training in vascular surgery within the EU, stresses the importance of harmonization in training and certification in vascular surgery within the EU. For that reason, the European Board of Vascular Surgery has organized voluntary examinations yearly since 1996. The candidates who pass qualify as “Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery” (FEBVS) since 2005. The first part of the examination evaluates the eligibility of the candidate (Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, training center, logbook). The second part is a viva voce assessment that includes (1) case analyses, (2) a review of a scientific article, (3) an overall assessment, (4) a technical skills, and (5) an endovascular skills assessment. To pass the examination, the candidates must achieve a 67% success rate in each part of the examination. During the last 10 years, approximately 75% of the candidates have successfully taken the examination. In the near future the Section and Board, in close collaboration with the vascular societies in the EU, will develop a European vascular surgical syllabus and curriculum that will further harmonize and professionalize the training and certification of vascular surgery in Europe.

The American Association for Vascular Surgery: Advocate for independence

The American Association for Vascular Surgery: Advocate for independence

The American Association for Vascular Surgery: Advocate for independence

The American Association for Vascular Surgery: Advocate for independence

Outcome assessment: A new approach to the maintenance of board certification in vascular surgery

Outcome assessment: A new approach to the maintenance of board certification in vascular surgery

Presidential address: Practice patterns in vascular surgery—Implications for the certification and training of vascular surgeons

It is a privilege for me to welcome you to the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS). Serving as President of your Society during this past year has been a great pleasure and distinct honor for me. As I contemplated the traditional obligation for this address, I was impressed with the emergence of our specialty of vascular surgery to a position of independence, as well as the gravity of decisions and crossroads we face movingtoward the next century. Today, I have chosen to review a body of data that impacts on the practice of vascular surgery and the training of vascular surgeons. In preparing for this presentation, I have used data previously collected for the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS; Manpower survey. Hobson RW, unpublished data; 199596.). I have been urged by many colleagues to publish this information, and I trust that it will interest you as well as constitute a useful review for those of you in the audience who attended recent meetings of the APDVS. In my opinion, these data reflect ongoing changes in the practice of vascular surgery and have important implications for the certification and future training of vascular surgeons.

Union Européene des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS) Section of Surgery Division of Vascular Surgery: European board of vascular surgery annual report 1995

The UEMS is the official representative body for medical specialists within the medico-political structure of the European Union (EU) and the Division of Vascular Surgery is that part of it which represents vascular surgeons. Vascular surgical sOcieties, or an equivalent national representative group, of all EU member countries (plus Norway and Switzerland) support the Division of Vascular Surgery by sending representatives to attend meetings two or three times a year and by making a contribution to the running costs. Meetings are also attended by representatives of vascular surgical trainees, other prospective EU member states, the Council of Vascular Surgeons in the EU and the two pan-European scientific vascular surgical societies the European Society for Vascular Surgery and the European Chapter of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery both of which additionally make a financial contribution. 1995 was a land-mark year for European vascular surgery with the establishment of the European Board of Vascular Surgery (EBVS), and it is probable that the first assessments for European Board certification in vascular surgery will follow within the next 12 months. In taking these steps vascular surgeons have given a lead to other surgical speciality groups, some of which are planning to follow suit as part of a general restructuring of the European Board of Surgery (EBS), designed to meet today's requirements for

Accreditation of vascular training programs and certification of vascular surgeons

Accreditation of vascular training programs and certification of vascular surgeons

Letter: Certification in vascular surgery.

To the Editor .—I read with astonishment an editorial by Richard Warren, MD, in the November issue of theArchives(107:641, 1973). As I understand it, the proposed new certification in vascular surgery would require everyone to take the examination, including experienced vascular surgeons. Whatever value the test may have for vascular surgeons to come, the absence of a grandfather clause for people who are, and have been for many years, experienced vascular surgeons is ridiculous. I have no doubt it will lead to the ignoring of the new certificate on a large scale by experienced surgeons as another needless irritant in a world plagued by unnecessary and redundant regulations.

Letter: Certification in vascular surgery.

To the Editor. —As a move forward in the quest of excellence in vascular surgery, it has been proposed that those who wish to practice this art should qualify for special certification under the auspices of the American Board of Surgery. This proposal was discussed in some detail at the recent meetings of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the International Cardiovascular Society. What has prompted the move is the knowledge that the bulk of vascular surgery in this country is being done by surgeons without special vascular training coupled with the presumption that much of it is done badly. At first glance it would appear that special certification would insure more extensive training with wider exposure and an opportunity to achieve technical excellence. This may be true but the discussion engendered by the recent seminar has revealed some problems. To begin with the question has been raised as to

Editorial: Certification in vascular surgery.

In June 1973, the Society for Vascular Surgery and the North American Chapter of the International Cardiovascular Society (ICVS) held their annual meetings back to back, as is their custom. The members will, we are sure, all agree that the most significant event emerging from the Toronto meeting was acceptance of the concept of vascular surgery as a formal specialty. A recent previous president of the ICVS's North American Chapter, Dr. Jack Cannon, had in his presidential address drawn attention to the tragedies that are the common results of vascular operations performed by surgeons with incomplete training and overabundant enthusiasm. In the previous year Dr. E. J. Wylie in his presidential address to the same society made the firm recommendation that formal vascular training programs and their products be given recognition and that the better of them be used as standards for the formation of new ones. Almost simultaneously the