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Syncopedia: training a new generation of syncope specialists

Authors: Jelle S. Y. de Jong, Frederik J. de Lange, Nynke van Dijk, Roland D. Thijs, Wouter Wieling, on behalf of the Syncopedia editorial board

Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research | Issue 2/2018

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Syncopedia is a free-access educational website targeted at students, residents and physicians who want to learn about syncope (Fig. 1). The website is an initiative of the Syncopedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 2014. The goal of the Syncopedia Foundation is: “improving medical knowledge, especially in the field of syncope, and providing access to this knowledge by facilitating publications in digital or other forms, for example by building and maintaining websites.” The goal of the Syncopedia website is to enhance physicians’ knowledge of (suspected) syncope and reduce misdiagnosis, unnecessary testing, and excessive specialist consultations. …

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Title: Syncopedia: training a new generation of syncope specialists
Authors: Jelle S. Y. de Jong
Frederik J. de Lange
Nynke van Dijk
Roland D. Thijs
Wouter Wieling
on behalf of the Syncopedia editorial board
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0959-9851
Electronic ISSN: 1619-1560
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-017-0481-z

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