Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 10 - Health and related fields
• 61. - Medical residency/fellowship programs
• 61.27 - Surgery residency/fellowship programs

61.2704 - Congenital cardiac surgery fellowship programs

This instructional program class comprises any fellowship training program that prepares physicians in the operative treatment of structural abnormalities involving the heart and major blood vessels, including defects resulting from congenital malformations as well as defects acquired in infants and children. These programs include instruction in the care of patients from the fetus to the adult. Requires prior completion of a residency or fellowship program in thoracic surgery.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • congenital cardiac surgery - fellowship

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • cardiology - fellowship(61.0804)
  • general surgery - residency(61.2701)
  • interventional cardiology - fellowship(61.0811)
  • pediatric cardiology - fellowship(61.1906)
  • pediatric surgery - fellowship(61.2705)