Status of Early-Career Academic Cardiology: A Global Perspective. Academic Article uri icon

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. Personalmotivation, 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 thestatus of early-career academic cardiologists remains challenging; therefore, the authors recommend a set ofattainable solutions.

published proceedings

  • J Am Coll Cardiol

altmetric score

  • 59.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Tong, C. W., Madhur, M. S., Rzeszut, A. K., Abdalla, M., Abudayyeh, I., Alexanderson, E., ... Freeman, A. M.

citation count

  • 23

complete list of authors

  • 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||Raj, Satish R||Spatz, Erica S||Turner, Melanie B||Valente, Anne Marie||West, Kristin||Sivaram, Chittur A||Hill, Joseph A||Mann, Douglas L||Freeman, Andrew M

publication date

  • October 2017