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Cardiac Device implantation includes implantation of pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and Cardiac resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) devices. These are well-established treatments for selected with heart rhythm abnormalities and heart failure.
In the past, trainee doctors had the opportunity to perform many procedures and learn on the patient. This is no longer the case due to a change in training schedules and working times as well as patient safety mandates. Progression based training with the use of simulators has been proven to be effective in training and in order to use this methodology, the procedure needs to be well defined.
Despite its worldwide adoption, a standardized procedure has never been defined in detail and agreed upon and the cardiac device implant technique varies with the operator.
The purpose of the research is to establish the metrics (operational definitions) necessary to characterize a reference Cardiac Device implant procedure.
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The purpose of the research is to establish the metrics (operational definitions) necessary to characterize a reference Cardiac Device implant procedure, to seek consensus from experienced device implanters on the appropriateness of the steps as well as errors identified, and to determine if such validated performance metrics are a valid assessment tool with the ability to discriminate between the performances of experienced and novice implanters.
These validated metrics will potentially serve as an educational and training tool to improve and quality assure Cardiac device implant training.
The steps involved in characterising a reference procedure are as follows:
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Patients eligible for a cardiac device implant as per current European Society of Cardiology guidelines.
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Patient< 18 y of age. Patients unable to provide informed written consent for the study.
16 participants in 2 patient groups
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