title: Alternate training track for ICD and CRT implantation for non-electrophysiologists: are the guidelines too strict to be practical or too simple to protect patient care?
authors.affiliation: Immediate Past President, Heart Rhythm Society
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hammill
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cain
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial