European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion
France
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Perfusion
Society: Founded in 1995
Collège Français de Perfusion CFP |
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195
Perfusionist Members
95 Associate Members |
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Elected
Board Members
6 Doctors + 6 Paramedicals |
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Educational-Certification
Committee |
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Editorial
Committee |
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Relations
Committees |
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Other
Committees |
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History
The main purposes of CFP are to unite CPB practitioners, to
promulgate the initial training and the continuing education,
to issue certification CPB practitioner to
perfusionists, to be the interface towards French and European
institutions, to participate at the R&D and to organize an
annual congress.
Ever since 1996 CFP Educational Committee has attempted to
create a national training program. Many problems face the
committee: the Health Ministry refusal to create a perfusion
school and the failure to find an administrative structure to
organize the logistic of the adaptation plan for the job of
perfusionist the only possibility recommended to the CFP
for the perfusionists training. So the committee is working
on new certification criteria and will suggest educational
directives and use of a perfusion logbook to Cardiac Surgery
Centers.
Since 1990 a Cardiopulmonary Bypass University Diploma is
available for doctors after theoretical courses in the Medical
University of Paris and Toulouse. Paramedical perfusionists
can also attend to this third degree studies, they
cannot obtain the diploma but an attendance certificate is
issued.
Until now, the only legal obligation for the practice of
perfusion is to be doctor or nurse under a medical
responsibility (since 1981). The initial specific practical
CPB training is mainly provided by oldest people in charge, on
the job only. Accordingly, a very big disparity exists among
French perfusionists regarding their background, training and
hospital status. |
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Perfusion
Continuing Education
Since 1997, the CFP has organised continuing education
sessions, each year, for perfusionists. The Educational Committee is
in charge to select different topics to study and perfusionists or
others specialists for teaching them. Each session is composed of 2
complementary modules: one of them concernes directly pratical
experiences, the other one is mostly general education in
connection with perfusion. 8 different modules (2 days courses each)
have been realised.
The CFP national congress takes place every year : 1996 Toulouse,
1997 Lille, 1 998 Tours, 1999 Montpellier, 2000 Paris
(international), 2001 Strasbourg, 2002 Poitiers |
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Cardiac
Surgery in France |
65
Cardiac Surgery Centres: some of them group
together several teams (that is to say 74 teams)
41 are public centres and 24 are private centres
38 000 Open Heart Cases / year
257 perfusionists among them 59 are doctors |
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CFP
Certification criteria |
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Paramedical Perfusionist: |
For
Medical Perfusionist: |
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- to
be graduate of Nurse State Diploma ( 3 years Nurse
School)
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practice clinical perfusion for a minimum of 2
years
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have done a minimum of 200 CPB
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continue to do at least 50 CPB per year
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have attended practical and theoretical CPB
training
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have participated to studies and publications
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contribute at the CPB Research & Development
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have participated to the scientific CPB meetings
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practice at least 50 CPB per year
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The
official decrees require that a doctor is in charge of the
Cardiopulmonary Bypass for medical responsibility. The
perfusionist team therefore should consist of at least
two people (one doctor and one paramedical perfusionist).
Mostly the surgeon bear the responsibility for
perfusion.
The government considers that perfusion training consists of
first 3 years basic nurse graduate plus up to further
specialisation on the job. |
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178
perfusionists have been certified « CPB
Practitioner » by the CFP Certification committee
187 perfusionists are certified ECCP
111 perfusionists have been recertified by EBCP
for the 1999 - 2002 period |
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