| Title | Evaluation of clinical competence in cardiovascular disease. | | Author(s) | Popp RL, Parmley WW, Benson JA | | Institution | American Board of Internal Medicine, Portland, Oregon 97201. | | Source | J Am Coll Cardiol 1988 Jun; 11(6):1365-7. | | MeSH | Cardiology
Certification
Clinical Competence
Curriculum
Education, Medical
Humans
Specialty Boards
United States
| | Abstract | The American Board of Internal Medicine has called on directors of cardiology training programs to establish systems to evaluate, document and substantiate those components of overall clinical competence considered essential for certification in the subspecialty. Many of these can be assessed only by repeated direct observations. In particular, proficiency is now required in advanced cardiac life support including cardioversion, electrocardiography (including ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring) and exercise testing, echocardiography, insertion of arterial lines and right heart catheterization (including insertion of temporary pacemakers). The goal of this expanded evaluation program is to ensure that the public and the profession can identify, through certification, physicians with demonstrated excellence in cardiovascular disease. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 3367010 |
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