European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Supplement 1 , Pages S15-S21, March 2010

Specialisation within Vascular Surgery☆

  • J. Schmidli

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  • F. Dick

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Berne University Hospital and University of Berne, Freiburgstrasse, 3010 Berne, Switzerland

Received 10 December 2009; accepted 11 December 2009. published online 21 January 2010.

Abstract 

Despite its short existence, vascular surgery has already grown out of the scope of a mono-specialty. Meanwhile emerging interests of other competing specialties push into the field of vascular care. Continuous technological innovation drives the need for sub-specialisation to provide disease-centred expertise; however, treatment success equally depends on balanced patient-centred care. Vascular surgeons are amidst this controversy and are currently challenged by their own demand to offer all aspects of vascular care – as “the vascular specialist”. This article discusses the natural driving forces towards sub-specialisation and appraises advantages and limitations with respect to the future of integrated vascular care.

Keywords: Surgical specialties, Training programmes, Curriculum, Treatment of vascular diseases

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☆ Presented at the XXIII Annual Meeting 3–6 September, 2009, European Society for Vascular Surgery, Oslo, Norway.

PII: S1078-5884(09)00648-0

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.013

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 39, Supplement 1 , Pages S15-S21, March 2010

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