A survey for the evaluation of the training period of cardiology specialists in Turkey
dc.contributor.author | Yildiz, Bekir Serhat | |
dc.contributor.author | Alkan, Mustafa Beyazit | |
dc.contributor.author | Gungor, Hasan | |
dc.contributor.author | Gul, Ilker | |
dc.contributor.author | Bilgin, Murat | |
dc.contributor.author | Akin, Mustafa | |
dc.contributor.author | Nalbantgil, Sanem | |
dc.contributor.author | Zoghi, Mehdi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-27T21:35:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-27T21:35:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.department | Ege Üniversitesi | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To evaluate postgraduate training period, social life and problems of cardiology residents in Turkey by using a questionnaire form and to compare with the core curriculum of European Society of Cardiology for general cardiology. Methods: Overall, 529 residents of cardiology ages in range of 24-35 years (mean age: 26.5 +/- 2.0 years, 81.4% male) participated as volunteers in this cross-sectional survey study. An 86-item questionnaire form was used to evaluate the education process, capacity of knowledge and skill and social effectiveness level of participants. The questionnaire were composed both closed- and open-ended questions. The questionnaire form was filled in with the face-to-face communication method. The data of survey were compared with the core curriculum of European Society of Cardiology for general cardiology training period. Chi-square or Fischer exact test was used for statistical analysis. Results: The participants were working in various university hospitals (70.3%) and training-research (state) hospitals in 31 different provinces in Turkey (40.8% in Marmara region). They visited 40 +/- 10 outpatients and 10 +/- 5 hospitalized pts daily in the clinics. The 3-5 residents worked at the clinic on night shifts and mostly (89%) 8 or more night shifts per month were held in their first training years. During first three-years of training 76% of residents have performed echocardiography, 40.8%-transesophageal echocardiography and 10%-intraoperative echocardiography. The 84.3% of them evaluated exercise tests, 76.4%-Holter electrocardiography and 53.3%-tilt-table tests. The rate of residents working in coronary angiography laboratories was 54.3%. The 53.7% of residents performed coronary angiography and 64%-only in the 4th year of their training. The number of coronary angiography performance was under expected when compared with European Society of Cardiology curriculum. The 18.5% of residents were participated as assistant researcher in an international multi-center study and only 10% had an article published in national journals (4.3% published in Science Citation Index). The 30.6% considered the cardiology training period in their centers to be insufficient, whereas 37.4% found it partially sufficient and 31.9% sufficient. Only 32.9% of participants could dedicate time for social activities. Conclusion: According to the referred core curriculum of ESC for general cardiology the training of cardiology residents in non-invasive applications is adequate however coronary angiography applications are slightly insufficient in Turkey. In addition, the number of publications per capita is quiet low. (Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 2011; 11: 661-5) | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5152/akd.2011.185 | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 665 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1302-8723 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 8 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 22037099 | en_US |
dc.identifier.startpage | 661 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.5152/akd.2011.185 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11454/45781 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000298576700002 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wosquality | Q4 | en_US |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | en_US |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | PubMed | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Aves Yayincilik | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi-The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Cardiology | en_US |
dc.subject | training | en_US |
dc.subject | survey | en_US |
dc.title | A survey for the evaluation of the training period of cardiology specialists in Turkey | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |