Heart 1999;81:107-108 ( February )
Editorial
Training cardiologists in Europe
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Who is
a cardiologist? An answer to this question is essential if a common
training programme is to be devised in Europe. Yet the answer is very
varied. The UK is exceptional in reserving the term for a highly
trained specialist, usually with a further research degree, and in
scant numbers
approximately 8 per million population. At the other
extreme, in some countries the cardiologist has often had minimal
training, may be just in outpatient clinical and non-invasive skills,
has no research experience, and is in plentiful supply80 or so per
million population. Most countries, such as, France, Germany, and
Scandinavia, fall between these two extremes with 20 to 30 cardiologists per million population, all of whom are trained to
diagnose and manage the common clinical problems with competence; some
will be trained to university or specialist centre standards of expertise.
There is free interchange of labour between the member states of
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