Unmet needs of young interventional cardiologists: the EAPCI Young survey

Ducrocq, Grégory; Capodanno, Davide; Windecker, Stephan; Fajadet, Jean

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“…For recent years, only few data are available on the needs of early-career cardiologists 3,4 and needs for the changing paradigm in cardiology training. 5 Moreover, there is no specific report on the gaps in training in arrhythmology.…”

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Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing educational and training needs among early-career cardiologists: a national survey of the Young Committee of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing

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Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

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Background Over the past three decades, cardiac electrophysiology and pacing, including device therapy and catheter ablation of arrhythmias, has rapidly developed as a subspecialty in cardiology. Currently, there is no clear perception about the needs in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing among early-career cardiologists. Methods To address these concerns, the Young Committee of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing (AIAC) carried out a survey among those under the age of 40 years to obtain detailed information on practical activities and formal lessons during the fellowship in cardiology and their satisfaction and proficiency level at the end of the fellowship. Results We obtained 334 answers to the survey. In invasive cardiac electrophysiology and pacing, the percentage of participants attending the activity for a longer time (3–6 months) is lower compared with those in noninvasive subspecialties. About 40% of participants did not receive lessons on interventional cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology and pacing. On the contrary, 71% of participants received an adequate number of lessons on clinical arrhythmology. The vast majority of the participants expressed satisfaction for the education received in the echocardiographic, cardiac interventional laboratories and clinical arrhythmology, but about half of the participants were unsatisfied with the education received in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing. In interventional arrhythmology, the majority of the participants declare their lack of proficiency with two peaks for more complex procedures, namely interventional electrophysiology procedures (82%) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) procedures (76%). Conclusion The present survey among Italian early-career cardiologists suggests that the majority of participants consider themselves not confident in performing cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures. Due to the complexity of the treatment for heart rhythm disorders and the long learning curve, structured additional training in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing procedures is required after cardiology fellowship.

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“…This is the first survey exploring the education background, self-assessed confidence in arrhythmia management and residual training needs of Italian early-career cardiologists. For recent years, only few data are available on the needs of early-career cardiologists 3,4 and needs for the changing paradigm in cardiology training 5 …”

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Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing educational and training needs among early-career cardiologists: a national survey of the Young Committee of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing

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“…Moreover, different perspectives among men and women towards the quality of the research mentorship they are offered have not been reported before. [ 10 , 11 , 14 ] Thus, caution must be exercised in interpreting and using them for policy making, until they can be confirmed independently. [ 15 ] However, there is already evidence that men are more satisfied of their clinical training in general surgery and consider more rarely to leave it, with women reporting less commonly support from the program, less access to faculty members when having difficulties, less respect from the attending, and less solidarity from peers.…”

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An International Survey on Taking Up a Career in Cardiovascular Research: Opportunities and Biases toward Would-Be Physician-Scientists

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BackgroundCardiovascular research is the main shaper of clinical evidence underpinning decision making, with its cyclic progression of junior researchers to mature faculty members. Despite efforts at improving cardiovascular research training, several unmet needs persist. We aimed to appraise current perceptions on cardiovascular research training with an international survey.Methods and ResultsWe administered a 20-closed-question survey to mentors and mentees belonging to different international institutions. A total of 247 (12%) surveys were available (out of 2,000 invitations). Overall, mentees and mentors were reasonably satisfied with the educational and research resources. Significant differences were found analyzing results according to gender, geographic area, training and full-time researcher status. Specifically, women proved significantly less satisfied than men, disclosed access to fewer resources and less support from mentors (all P<0.05). People working in institutions not located in North America or Northern/Central Europe were significantly less satisfied and disclosed much less support (both P<0.05). Those in training reported limited opportunities for collaboration (P = 0.009), and non-full-time researchers disclosed more limited access to tutors and formal grant writing training (both P<0.05).ConclusionsSeveral potential biases appear to be present in the way training in cardiovascular research is provided worldwide, including one against women. If confirmed, these data require proactive measures to decrease discriminations and improve the cardiovascular research training quality.

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“…Many of these are common to all physicians, including developing relationships with effective mentors, securing adequate funding for research or protected time, and paying off debt. 4 More unique to the field of interventional cardiology is the early and proactive management of the occupational hazards of the field, including radiation safety and orthopedic injuries. Young interventional cardiologists must take these issues seriously and be wary to not hasten their careers.…”

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Interventional Cardiology

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Williams

2018

Circ: Cardiovascular Interventions

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Unmet needs of young interventional cardiologists: the EAPCI Young survey

Abstract: The survey underlines the need to fill a gap in order to address the needs of young interventional cardiologists. It may serve as a starting point for developing educational initiatives targeted at young interventional cardiologists.

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Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing educational and training needs among early-career cardiologists: a national survey of the Young Committee of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing

Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing educational and training needs among early-career cardiologists: a national survey of the Young Committee of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing

An International Survey on Taking Up a Career in Cardiovascular Research: Opportunities and Biases toward Would-Be Physician-Scientists

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