| Literature DB >> 29073958 |
Carl W Tong1, Meena S Madhur2, Anne K Rzeszut3, Marwah Abdalla4, Islam Abudayyeh5, Erick Alexanderson6, Jonathan Buber7, Dmitriy N Feldman8, Rakesh Gopinathannair9, Ravi S Hira10, Andrew M Kates11, Thorsten Kessler12, Steve Leung13, Satish R Raj14, Erica S Spatz15, Melanie B Turner16, Anne Marie Valente17, Kristin West18, Chittur A Sivaram19, Joseph A Hill20, Douglas L Mann21, Andrew M Freeman22.
Abstract
Early-career academic cardiologists, who many believe are an important component of the future of cardiovascular care, face myriad challenges. The Early Career Section Academic Working Group of the American College of Cardiology, with senior leadership support, assessed the progress of this cohort from 2013 to 2016 with a global perspective. Data consisted of accessing National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute public information, data from the American Heart Association and international organizations, and a membership-wide survey. Although the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute increased funding of career development grants, only a small number of early-career American College of Cardiology 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. The totality of findings suggests that the status of early-career academic cardiologists remains challenging; therefore, the authors recommend a set of attainable solutions.Entities:
Keywords: cardiology profession; clinician-scientist; early-career academic cardiologist; mentoring; physician-scientist
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Year: 2017 PMID： 29073958 PMCID： PMC5665176 DOI： 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.09.030
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol ISSN： 0735-1097 Impact factor: 24.094