All about PCR’s Teaching Assessment Board (TAB)

By providing structured session feedback, the TAB supports the continuous improvement of PCR’s educational events quality

The Teaching Assessment Board (TAB) was initiated in 2022 by William Wijns to provide a structured feedback mechanism. It is designed to improve the quality of education for all trainers and teachers who prepare and deliver educational programmes at PCR. 

The concept is similar to the peer-review process used in the scientific literature. However, it is specifically aimed at evaluating and enhancing the educational quality delivered by PCR Faculty, both as individuals and as a team.

What does it look like?

The process involves assessing the quality and effectiveness of education through a questionnaire completed onsite by the session evaluators. Results are compiled by the TAB to provide the Faculty with structured feedback, identifying areas of strength and opportunities for improvement.

This feedback is sent to the session Faculty, the programme producer, the track coordinator, the Course Directors, and the ViTAL tutorial team.

In this way, the loop is closed: the assessment enlightens the preparation of the next programme and creates a positive ripple effect, improving both the teaching quality of the delivery team as well as individual facilitating skills.

 

What is the connection with speaker training?

TAB is part of the larger ViTAL initiative and adds a structured feedback component to the process. This approach creates a virtuous cycle, allowing PCR to provide increasingly impactful and relevant teaching over time, eventually leading to improved patient outcomes.

TAB’s key figures in 2025

✔️ 130 PCR sessions evaluated by 400 evaluators
✔️ 800 evaluation forms reviewed by 30 TAB members 

Thank you to everyone who helped! ⬇️

Reviewer in chief

Prof. Michael Haude

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Städtische Kliniken Neuss - Lukaskrankenhaus - GmbH - Neuss, Germany

Associate reviewers

Martine Gilard

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences - Brest, France

Dr. Gabor G. Toth

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

University Heart Center Graz - Graz, Austria

Rewiewers

Mohamed Abdel-Wahab

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Heart Center Leipzig GmbH - Leipzig, Germany

Mariama Akodad

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Institut cardiovasculaire Paris Sud - Massy, Canada

Prof. Emanuele BARBATO

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Ospedale S. Andrea - Rome, Italy

Dan Blackman

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Leeds General Infirmary - Leeds, United Kingdom

Salvatore Brugaletta

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Barcelona, Spain

Ali Nazmi Calik

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Dr. Siyami Ersek Göğüs Kalp Ve Damar Cerrahisi Eğitim Ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Istanbul, Türkiye

Fausto Castriota

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Maria Cecilia Hospital - Cotignola, Italy

Ole De Backer

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen, Denmark

Chiara De Biase

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR - Toulouse, France

Romain Didier

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CHRU BREST SITE HOPITAL CAVALE BLANCHE - Brest, France

Javier Escaned

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos - Madrid, Spain

Dr. Jean Fajadet

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR - Toulouse, France

Bruno Farah

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Clinique Pasteur - Toulouse, France

Roberto Garbo

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Maria Pia Hospital - Torno, Italy

Dr Philippe Garot

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Cardiovascular Institute Paris Sud (ICPS) - Massy, France

Benjamin Honton

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

CLINIQUE PASTEUR TOULOUSE - Toulouse, France

Thomas Johnson

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Bristol Heart Institute - Bristol, United Kingdom

Nicole Karam

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Clemenceau Medical Centre - Beirut, Lebanon

Vijay Kunadian

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Freeman Hospital - Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Jens Flensted Lassen

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Odense Universitetshospital - Odense, Denmark

Prof. Maciej Lesiak

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Poznan University of Medical Sciences - Poznan, Poland

Philipp Lurz

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

University Medical Center Mainz - Mainz, Germany

Dejan Milasinovic

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Clinical Centre of Serbia - Belgrade, Serbia

Franz-Josef Neumann

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

University Heart Centre - Bad Krozingen, Germany

Valeria Paradies

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Maasstad Hospital - Rotterdam, Netherlands

Dr. Marko Noc

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Radoslaw Parma

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Upper Silesian Medical Centre, Medical University of Silesia - Katowice, Poland

Tiffany Patterson

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

St. Thomas' Hospital - London, United Kingdom

Anna Petronio

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Ospedale Cisanello - Pisa, Italy

Flavio Luciano Ribichini

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

University of Verona - Verona, Italy

Tanja Rudolph

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Heart and Diabetes Center NRW - Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Goran Stankovic

Interventional cardiologist / Cardiologist

Clinical Center of Serbia - Belgrade, Serbia

Martin Swaans

Imaging / Echography physician

St. Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein - Nieuwegein, Netherlands