title: Certification of international allied professionals in cardiac pacing and electrophysiology: Opportunities?
abstract: Allied professionals with diverse backgrounds and training are essential to the delivery of quality care to patients with heart rhythm disorders. There is a growing worldwide demand for defined educational requirements and certification pathways to ensure uniformity of knowledge and competence of those practicing in electrophysiology. The present viewpoint article reviews the current deficiencies of education and training, and advocates for the establishment of certification pathways by professional societies.
authors.affiliation: The Labatt Family Heart Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. christine.chiu-man@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004521:Educational Measurement; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012380:Role; D012958:Societies, Scientific