TY - JOUR
T1 - Education, training, and accreditation of Neonatologist Performed Echocardiography in Europe—framework for practice
AU - on behalf of the European Special Interest Group “Neonatologist Performed Echocardiography” (NPE)
AU - Singh, Yogen
AU - Roehr, Charles Christoph
AU - Tissot, Cecile
AU - Rogerson, Sheryle
AU - Gupta, Samir
AU - Bohlin, Kajsa
AU - Breindahl, Morten
AU - El-Khuffash, Afif
AU - de Boode, Willem
AU - de Boode, Wp
AU - Austin, T.
AU - Bohlin, K.
AU - Bravo, Mc
AU - Breatnach, Cr
AU - Breindahl, M.
AU - Dempsey, E.
AU - Groves, Am
AU - Gupta, S.
AU - Horsberg Eriksen, B.
AU - Levy, Pt
AU - McNamara, Pj
AU - Molnar, Z.
AU - Nestaas, E.
AU - Rogerson, Sr
AU - Roehr, Cc
AU - Savoia, M.
AU - Schubert, U.
AU - Schwarz, Ce
AU - Sehgal, A.
AU - Singh, Y.
AU - Slieker, Mg
AU - Tissot, C.
AU - van der Lee, R.
AU - van Laere, D.
AU - van Overmeire, B.
AU - van Wyk, Wyk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s).
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - There is a growing interest worldwide in using echocardiography in the neonatal unit to act as a complement to the clinical assessment of the hemodynamic status of premature and term infants. However, there is a wide variation in how this tool is implemented across many jurisdictions, the level of expertise, including the oversight of this practice. Over the last 5 years, three major expert consensus statements have been published to provide guidance to neonatologists performing echocardiography, with all recommending a structured training program and clinical governance system for quality assurance. Neonatal practice in Europe is very heterogeneous and the proximity of neonatal units to pediatric cardiology centers varies significantly. Currently, there is no overarching governance structure for training and accreditation in Europe. In this paper, we provide a brief description of the current training recommendations across several jurisdictions including Europe, North America, and Australia and describe the steps required to achieve a sustainable governance structure with the responsibility to provide accreditation to neonatologist performed echocardiography in Europe.
AB - There is a growing interest worldwide in using echocardiography in the neonatal unit to act as a complement to the clinical assessment of the hemodynamic status of premature and term infants. However, there is a wide variation in how this tool is implemented across many jurisdictions, the level of expertise, including the oversight of this practice. Over the last 5 years, three major expert consensus statements have been published to provide guidance to neonatologists performing echocardiography, with all recommending a structured training program and clinical governance system for quality assurance. Neonatal practice in Europe is very heterogeneous and the proximity of neonatal units to pediatric cardiology centers varies significantly. Currently, there is no overarching governance structure for training and accreditation in Europe. In this paper, we provide a brief description of the current training recommendations across several jurisdictions including Europe, North America, and Australia and describe the steps required to achieve a sustainable governance structure with the responsibility to provide accreditation to neonatologist performed echocardiography in Europe.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85051084337
U2 - 10.1038/s41390-018-0078-9
DO - 10.1038/s41390-018-0078-9
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30072809
AN - SCOPUS:85051084337
SN - 0031-3998
VL - 84
SP - 13
EP - 17
JO - Pediatric Research
JF - Pediatric Research
IS - 1
ER -