Journal
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 142-148Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jes126
Keywords
Echocardiography; Certification; Accreditation; Europe; Examination; Teaching; Training; Congenital heart disease
Funding
- department of health via the National Institute for Health Research Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre award
- King's College London
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Certification in congenital heart disease echocardiography presents unique challenges compared with certification of adult transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. We report our experience in collaboratively developing an exam process that covers the size and age range of congenital heart patients, the varying professional backgrounds of echocardiography practitioners across the field and our approach to the challenge of introducing a pan-European certification endorsed by the major stakeholder groups; the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE), the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) and the Grown Up Congenital Heart Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Since its inception in 2006 the exam has been held seven times; 137 candidates from 27 countries have sat the exam, 107 candidates (78%) have passed the exam components and 60 candidates have successfully completed the logbook submission and have been certified in echocardiography of congenital heart disease echocardiography by the EAE. In addition to the certification process, a comprehensive curriculum, teaching programme, and teaching courses have been developed. The instititution of a European certification process for echocardiography of congenital heart disease has proved feasible.
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