Cognitive Skills in Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions

Despite 50-plus years’ history of catheter-based cardiovascular intervention (CBCVI), surprisingly little has been learned about the cognitive nature of interventional skills. Thus, learning, teaching, and practice of CBCVI has remained largely based on traditional principles of empiricism associated with mentoring and apprenticeship. In this chapter, a cognitive approach to knowledge transfer in CBCVI is reviewed and discussed.