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Commentary on the required skills for ambulatory cardiac care in the young: is training necessary?*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2015

Jeffrey R. Boris
Jeffrey R. Boris*
Affiliation:
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Correspondence to: Dr J. R. Boris, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Cardiology, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America. Tel: 215-590-3180; Fax: 267-426-5324; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Extensive supplemental training exists for many subspecialty disciplines within fellowship training for paediatric cardiology in the United States of America. These disciplines, or domains, such as echocardiography, cardiac intensive care, interventional cardiology, and electrophysiology, allow for initial exposure and training during the basic 3 years of fellowship, plus mandate a 4th year of advanced training; however, ambulatory cardiology has no in-depth or additional training beyond the basic clinical exposure during fellowship training. Ambulatory cardiology is not included in the recommended scheduling of the various domains of cardiology training. This document reviews the reasons to consider augmenting the depth and breadth of training in ambulatory paediatric cardiology.

Keywords

Outpatientclinicprivate practiceacademic practice
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 8: HeartWeek 2015 , December 2015 , pp. 1602 - 1607
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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Footnotes

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Presented at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Cardiology 2015: 18th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease: “Challenges and Dilemmas”, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America, Wednesday February 11, 2015 – Sunday, February 15, 2015.

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