Taking a patient centred approach

Fausto Pinto, who becomes President of the ESC next September, plans to introduce the system of accreditation that he first pioneered as President of the EAE (now EACVI) into the wider cardiovascular curriculum. ‘No one would fly a plane unless it had been certified so why should patients accept to be treated by doctors unless they’ve the confidence of knowing that they’ve achieved pre-defined levels of proficiency and undertaken minimum numbers of procedures,’ says Pinto.  Read more Topics: Non-invasive imaging: Echocardiography, MR/CT, Nuclear
Source: ESC News and Press - Category: Cardiology Source Type: news