Background: In the absence of uniform European regulations, there have been many differences in the training of perfusionists across Europe. Furthermore, there has been no uniform or single European accreditation of the profession. One of the objectives of The European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (EBCP) is to standardise and monitor training of perfusionists across Europe whilst offering support in accordance with national regulations. This goal is particularly imminent as there have been numerous newly founded National perfusion societies, particularly from Eastern European countries, which are now established members of EBCP.Purpose: In this article, we provide an updated overview or ‘snapshot’ of current European perfusion training programs that were accessible in 2022. Nationally acquired data refers to 2022 unless stated otherwise. The last overview of Perfusion education in Europe was reported over 15 years ago including 20 countries.Research Design: For this report thirty-two national EBCP delegates plus representatives from Austria were contacted at the beginning of 2023 to complete a pro forma questionnaire about their national perfusion training programmes. The data has been summarized in this article and five additional derived parameters were calculated.Results: We received responses from 31 countries, providing specific national training characteristics which are summarized, listed and benchmarked by country in this article.Conclusion: There have been several national and supranational initiatives towards the recognition of perfusion as a profession in Europe, however so far without success for the majority of countries. For this reason, it remains essential for EBCP, as the only European professional perfusionist body, to define education standards and competencies for perfusionists and to monitor training by accreditation of dedicated perfusion schools across Europe.

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2023 年欧洲灌注教育和培训

背景：由于缺乏统一的欧洲法规，欧洲各地灌注师的培训存在许多差异。此外，该行业还没有统一或单一的欧洲认证。欧洲心血管灌注委员会 (EBCP) 的目标之一是标准化和监督整个欧洲灌注师的培训，同时根据国家法规提供支持。这一目标迫在眉睫，因为有许多新成立的国家灌注学会，特别是来自东欧国家的国家灌注学会，它们现已成为 EBCP 的成员。目的：在本文中，我们提供了当前欧洲灌注培训的最新概述或“快照” 2022 年可访问的计划。除非另有说明，全国获取的数据指的是 2022 年。欧洲灌注教育的最新概述是在 15 年前报道的，包括 20 个国家。研究设计：在本报告中，于 2023 年初联系了 32 名国家 EBCP 代表以及来自奥地利的代表，以完成一份有关其国家的形式调查问卷灌注培训计划。本文对数据进行了总结，并计算了五个额外的派生参数。结果：我们收到了来自 31 个国家的回复，提供了具体的国家培训特征，这些特征在本文中按国家进行了总结、列出和基准测试。结论：已经有多个国家以及在欧洲承认灌注作为一种职业的超国家举措，但迄今为止大多数国家都没有成功。因此，EBCP 作为欧洲唯一的专业灌注师机构，仍然有必要确定灌注师的教育标准和能力，并通过欧洲各地专门灌注学校的认证来监督培训。