Abstract
Early career academic cardiologists, whom many believe are an important component of the future of cardiovascular care, face a myriad of challenges. The Early Career Section Academic Working Group of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) along with senior leadership support, assessed the progress of this cohort from 2013–2016 with a global perspective. Data consisted of accessing National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) public information, American Heart Association and international organizations providing data, and a membership-wide survey. Although NHBLI increased funding of career development grants, only a small number of early career ACC members have benefited as funding of the entire cohort has decreased. Personal motivation, institutional support, and collaborators continued to be positive influential factors. Surprisingly, mentoring ceased to correlate positively with obtaining external grants. Totality of findings suggests that the status of early career academic cardiologists remain challenging; therefore, we recommend a set of attainable solutions.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-31-2017
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.09.030
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Repository Citation
Tong, Carl W.; Madhur, Meena S.; Rzeszut, Anne K.; Abdalla, Marwah; Abudayyeh, Islam; Alexanderson, Erick; Buber, Jonathan; Feldman, Dmitriy N.; Gopinathannair, Rakesh; Hira, Ravi S.; Kates, Andrew M.; Kessler, Thorsten; Leung, Steve W.; Raj, Satish R.; Spatz, Erica S.; Turner, Melanie B.; Valente, Anne Marie; West, Kristin; Sivaram, Chittur A.; Hill, Joseph A; Mann, Douglas L.; and Freeman, Andrew M., "Status of Early-Career Academic Cardiology, A Global Perspective" (2017). Internal Medicine Faculty Publications. 178.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/internalmedicine_facpub/178
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, v. 70, issue 18, p. 2290-2303.
© 2017 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier.
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