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In U. S. medical schools, the teaching of electrophysiology and of cardiac arrhythmias and their treatment commences with the physiology and pharmacology courses presented during the first two years of the curriculum. Following a physician’s graduation from medical school, instruction with respect to arrhythmias and their therapy resides largely in modified “apprenticeships” during internship, residency and fellowship years. There is little in the way of formal curriculum, and programs vary greatly in the content and method of their teaching. Despite this variability, the numbers of patients hospitalized with cardiac disease are sufficient to continually confront the trainee with the complexities that surround the causes, diagnoses and treatment of arrhythmias.
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Rosen, M.R. (1995). Classification of Antiarrhythmic Drugs: How Do We Educate the Scientist and the Clinician. In: Breithardt, G., Borggrefe, M., Camm, A.J., Shenasa, M., Haverkamp, W., Hindricks, G. (eds) Antiarrhythmic Drugs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85624-2_20
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