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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2004, Vol. 92, No. 3 446-448
© 2004 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Correspondence

Accreditation in transoesophageal echocardiography

S. J. Wright1, M. J. Barnard1, A. Smith1, B. Martin1, W. Aveling1, S. Anderson2, C. J. Broomhead3, C. Rathwell2, A. J. Crerar-Gilbert4, P. Quinton4, S. J. George5, G. Wright5 and Joint ACTA/BSE TOE Accreditation Committee

1 The Heart Hospital, London, UK 2 St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK 3 The London Chest Hospital, London, UK 4 St George’s Hospital, London, UK 5 Harefield Hospital, London, UK

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Editor—We were interested in the editorial by Swanevelder and colleagues1 describing the work of the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (ACTA) and the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) towards developing a UK accreditation process in perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE). In developing this examination, one of the main objectives of ACTA was to establish a credible and relevant accreditation examination comparable with that which exists in the USA (the National Board of Echocardiography Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography examination). The BSE was approached by ACTA in the belief that a collaborative effort would give strength and credibility to the resulting accreditation process.

While we acknowledge the considerable time and effort expended by the authors and others on this task, we have serious reservations about the nature and content of the outlined accreditation process that has emerged. We recognize that compromises will be necessary in order to produce an outcome that accommodates the diverse backgrounds . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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