European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion
Norway
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Perfusion
Society: Founded in 1975
Norwegian Society of Extracorporeal Technology NorSECT |
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History
The objectives of NorSECT are to promote cooperation,
development, research and education within extracorporal
technology. NorSECT formed together with the Swedish and
Danish societies a common Scandinavian Society, ScanSECT in
Oslo 1980.
ScanSECT established guidelines for a formal, acceptable
educational programme and training of student perfusionist.
Three different theoretical educational programmes in
Scandinavia were accredited by ScanSECT: The perfusion
programme in Gothenburg, in Århus and in Trondheim. The
perfusionist students got their practical training at the
different heartcenters. ScanSECT established criteria
for autorisation of perfusionists and since 1990 issued a
scandinavian certificate of cardiovascular perfusion.
In Norway there has been a tradition to hire electronical
engineers as perfusionist trainees and after the employment
send them to school and give them practical experience at the
local hospital. In the recent years also specialized nurses or
bioingineers has been hired as perfusionist trainees.
In 1996 NorSECT established an autorisation committee in order
to achieve a national autorisation of the perfusionists. In
july 1999 Norway got a new health personnel act which stated
that perfusionists should be among the authorized
health-personnel. From january 2001 the perfusionists can
apply for a national autorisation certificate. This
certificate is issued to persons which have passed the
perfusion education at an EBCP-accredited school This
certificate gives them the right to name themselves
perfusionists. All the clinical perfusionists will probably be
granted this certificate. Every new employed norwegian trainee
has for the last years attended an EBCP-accredited school.
For the moment two schools are EBCP- accredited in
Scandinavia: The perfusion school connected to the University
Hospital in Århus and The perfusion course connected to the
University Hospital in Gothenburg. Norway do not have any
perfusion educational programme. |
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Cardiac surgery in
Norway
| Clinic |
Open Heart
Cases |
Clinical
perfusionists |
ECCP |
Students |
| Haukeland Hospital, Bergen |
544 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
| Ullevål Hospital, Oslo |
600 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Rikshospitalet, Oslo |
800 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
| HIO Heartcenter in Oslo |
650 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
| Feiringclinic, Feiring |
870 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| St Elisabeth Heartclinic |
650 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
| RITØ, Tromsø |
537 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
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| ECCP: European Certificate in Cardiovascular
Perfusion. |
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