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October
28, 2005
The Live Demonstration Course
Just a quick addition to yesterday's
remembrance of Andreas Gruentzig -- his other invention besides
angioplasty was the "live demonstration course". He couldn't
teach his technique to enough cardiologists by having them visit
his lab in Zurich, so he used live TV and interactive audio and created
a learning experience. From 28 docs in 1978 to 10,000 at this month's
TCT, the live demonstration course has been one of the major ways
physicians learn new techniques.
Gary Roubin of Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular Institute
of NY worked with Gruentzig at Emory in Atlanta -- in this video
clip, Dr. Roubin, who will be conducting his own
live demonstration course in November, discusses not only the role
of this educational tool, but his thoughts on how Gruentzig might view
today's developments (stents, etc.) in the field he started.
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