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Figure 1: The bar chart illustrates the total number of physician
and allied professional certificants acquired each year. It also shows
the distribution of domestic versus international certificants.
*First year of the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm
Device Therapy for the Physician
**First year of the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac Rhythm
Device Therapy for the Allied Professional
***First year of the Certification Examination for Competency in Cardiac
Electrophysiology for the Allied Professional
Figure 2:
The pie chart divides the total number of physician and allied professional
certificants by classification.
*CCDS-MD represents a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist - Physician
**CCDS-AP represents a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist – Allied Professional
***CEPS-AP represents a Certified Electrophysiology Specialist – Allied
Professional
Figure 3:
The bar chart shows the number of allied professional certificants and the
number of physician certificants. Further, it shows the split between industry
and clinical allied professionals and split between those physicians that are
Board Certified in Electrophysiology and those who are not.
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Table 1: The
following table illustrates the pass rate for the exam from the first year
through the most recent administration.
|
Pass/Fail - Physician |
|
Date |
Total Examinees |
Pass |
Fail |
Pass Rate |
|
1985 |
17 |
17 |
0 |
100.00% |
|
1986 |
198 |
150 |
48 |
75.76% |
|
1987 |
99 |
68 |
31 |
68.69% |
|
1988 |
126 |
88 |
38 |
69.84% |
|
1989 |
102 |
71 |
31 |
69.61% |
|
1991 |
206 |
144 |
62 |
69.90% |
|
1993 |
126 |
95 |
31 |
75.40% |
|
1995 |
136 |
90 |
46 |
66.18% |
|
1997 |
107 |
83 |
24 |
77.57% |
|
1999 |
75 |
58 |
17 |
77.33% |
|
2001 |
65 |
56 |
9 |
86.15% |
|
2003 |
72 |
55 |
17 |
76.39% |
|
May
2005 |
130 |
80 |
50 |
61.54% |
|
December 2005 |
117 |
83 |
34 |
70.94% |
|
2006 |
123 |
83 |
40 |
67.48% |
|
2007 |
154 |
111 |
43 |
72.08% |
|
2008 |
168 |
110 |
58 |
65.48% |
|
2009 |
119 |
87 |
32 |
73.11% |
|
Total* |
2140 |
1529 |
611 |
|
|
Average Pass Rate |
|
|
|
71.44% |
*These numbers do not
take into account those that have gone through 1 or more recertification cycles.
Exact number of individual certificants can be found in Figure 1.
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Table 2: The following table illustrates the pass rate for the exam from
the first year through the most recent administration.
|
Pass/Fail - AP/Pacing* |
|
Date |
Total Examinees |
Pass |
Fail |
Pass Rate |
|
1988 |
17 |
17 |
0 |
100.00% |
|
1989 |
76 |
65 |
11 |
85.53% |
|
1990 |
105 |
84 |
21 |
80.00% |
|
1992 |
143 |
95 |
48 |
66.43% |
|
1994 |
334 |
249 |
85 |
74.55% |
|
1996 |
421 |
323 |
98 |
76.72% |
|
1998 |
462 |
377 |
85 |
81.60% |
|
2000 |
551 |
464 |
87 |
84.21% |
|
May 2001 |
267 |
205 |
62 |
76.78% |
|
May 2003 |
676 |
541 |
135 |
80.03% |
|
May 2005 |
1212 |
903 |
309 |
74.50% |
|
May 2007 |
962 |
833 |
129 |
86.59% |
|
October 2008 |
812 |
575 |
237 |
70.81% |
|
September
2009 |
644 |
429 |
215 |
66.61% |
|
Total** |
6682 |
5160 |
1522 |
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|
Average Pass Rate |
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|
|
74.13% |
*Does not include the
Japan administration of the exam. This information can be found in
Table 3.
**These numbers do not take into account those that have gone through 1 or more
recertification cycles. Exact number of individual certificants can be found in
Figure 1.
Table 3: The following table illustrates the pass rate for the Japan
administration of the exam.
|
Pass/Fail - AP/Pacing (Japan)* |
|
Date |
Total Examinees |
Pass |
Fail |
Pass Rate |
|
2008 |
638 |
418 |
220 |
65.52% |
|
2009 |
619 |
360 |
264 |
57.69% |
|
2010 |
559 |
310 |
249 |
57.69% |
|
Total* |
1816 |
1088 |
733 |
|
|
Average Pass Rate |
|
|
|
59.40% |
*These numbers reflect only the Japan-based allied professionals and is not
representative of the total number of allied professional certificants.
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Table 4: The following table
illustrates the pass rate for the exam from the first year of administration
through the most recent administration.
|
Pass/Fail - AP/EP |
|
Date |
Total Examinees |
Pass |
Fail |
Pass Rate |
|
1997 |
172 |
134 |
38 |
77.91% |
|
1999 |
144 |
120 |
44 |
83.33% |
|
2001 |
110 |
83 |
27 |
75.45% |
|
2002 |
126 |
98 |
28 |
77.78% |
|
2004 |
170 |
134 |
36 |
78.82% |
|
2006 |
213 |
168 |
45 |
78.87% |
|
2008 |
194 |
150 |
44 |
77.32% |
|
2009 |
178 |
142 |
36 |
79.78% |
|
2010 |
174 |
143 |
31 |
82.18% |
|
Total* |
1481 |
1172 |
329 |
|
|
Average Pass Rate |
|
|
|
79.05% |
*These numbers do not
take into account those that have gone through 1 or more recertification cycles.
Exact number of individual certificants can be found in
Figure 1.
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