PMID- 34183253
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211025
LR  - 20211025
IS  - 1532-8422 (Electronic)
IS  - 1053-0770 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 11
DP  - 2021 Nov
TI  - European Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology and Intensive 
      Care Fellowship Program: The Graduates' Experience.
PG  - 3176-3182
LID - S1053-0770(21)00456-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.05.043 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: In 2009, the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology 
      and Intensive Care (EACTAIC) established a fellowship program to train highly 
      qualified specialists in the field of cardiac anesthesia. For the further 
      development of the program, a survey among graduates was distributed to get 
      information about the individual motivation and career perspectives of fellows. 
      DESIGN: Online survey among graduates of the EACTAIC cardiothoracic and vascular 
      anesthesia (CTVA) fellowship program. SETTING: Twenty-four-item online survey 
      after personal invitation from the EACTAIC office PARTICIPANTS: Forty-nine 
      graduates. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The survey had a 
      response rate of 77%. On average, graduates joined the EACTAIC fellowship program 
      four years after completing their residency program. Participants felt 
      well-prepared by the program regarding their clinical and nonclinical skills. The 
      majority participated in research activities during the fellowship and continued 
      to work in the field of CTVA. Ninety-two percent of the respondents found a job 
      opportunity within a reasonable time after completing the training. CONCLUSIONS: 
      Among the respondents, the survey showed a high satisfactory rate with the 
      received training and good job opportunities after completing the fellowship. 
      Further research should investigate the question of beneficial effects on 
      research activities after completing the fellowship.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Schreiber, Jan-Uwe
AU  - Schreiber JU
AD  - Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Maastricht UMC, Maastricht, The 
      Netherlands.
FAU - El-Tahan, Mohamed R
AU  - El-Tahan MR
AD  - Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Anesthesia, Surgical Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, 
      Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Erdoes, Gabor
AU  - Erdoes G
AD  - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University 
      Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: 
      gabor.erdoes@insel.ch.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210525
PL  - United States
TA  - J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
JT  - Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
JID - 9110208
SB  - IM
MH  - *Anesthesiology/education
MH  - Critical Care
MH  - Education, Medical, Graduate
MH  - Fellowships and Scholarships
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internship and Residency
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
OT  - career perspectives
OT  - fellowship
OT  - nonclinical and clinical skills
OT  - survey
EDAT- 2021/06/30 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/26 06:00
CRDT- 2021/06/29 05:49
PHST- 2021/03/13 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/05/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/05/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/06/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/06/29 05:49 [entrez]
AID - S1053-0770(21)00456-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.05.043 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Nov;35(11):3176-3182. doi: 
      10.1053/j.jvca.2021.05.043. Epub 2021 May 25.