ACCF/AHA/AAP recommendations for training in pediatric cardiology: A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Clinical Competence (ACC/AHA/AAP Writing Committee to Develop Training Recommendations for Pediatric Cardiology)

SUMMARY It is vital to the future intellectual health of cardiovascularmedicine and the welfare of pediatric patients with cardiovas-cular disease that all future pediatric cardiologists be familiarwith the principles and tools of research. Training in researchrequires the intense involvement of productive and establishedinvestigators. Those trainees preparing for a career in investi-gative cardiology require a carefully developed but flexibleeducational plan that will permit them to be successful in theirresearch careers over an extended period. REFERENCES 1. Sonnenblick EH, Ryan TI, Starke RD. Task force 7: training incardiovascular research. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995;25:25–8.2. Roberts R, Alexander RW, Loscalzo J, Williams RS. Task force 7:training in cardiovascular research. Available at: http://www.acc.org/clinical/training/cocats2.pdf 2002. Accessed August 10, 2004.3. NHLBI Task Force Report on Pediatric Cardiovascular Diseases.Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/docs/pediatric_cvd.pdf.Accessed August 10, 2004.