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This EHRA electrophysiology (EP) fellowship survey showed that (i) hands-on participation and observation of EP procedures are very important; (ii) the main motivations to choose the EP fellowship institution are centre reputation and volume as well as the availability of a structured EP fellowship programme; (iii) 59% passed the EHRA exam and 46% took a national certification exam; (iv) respondents are overall satisfied with their own fellowships, but there are areas of less confidence such as conduction system pacing implantation and cardiac resynchronization therapy implantation; (v) 78% of respondents performed research during their fellowship, (vi) the optimal duration of an EP fellowship should be at least 2\u2005years; and (viii) doing fellowships abroad is beneficial, but significant obstacles exist.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results of this EHRA survey may help to refine current EP fellowship programmes to improve the quality of EP training and early career building of young electrophysiologists.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/europace\/euad249","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,29]],"date-time":"2023-08-29T08:18:30Z","timestamp":1693297110000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Electrophysiology fellowship experience and requirements: an EHRA survey"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"25","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4893-0824","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dominik","family":"Linz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht , P. 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