Training pediatric cardiology fellows in the current era of healthcare

This review explores the modern training of pediatric cardiology fellows, starting from prefellowship residency preparation, highlighting new tools and strategies to support trainees during fellowship, and setting up successful transition to independent practice.

Pediatric cardiology fellows benefit from a variety of newer educational strategies. Most experience a boot camp at the start of fellowship to help exposure to the complex and technical elements of the field. The concept of competency based medical education has evolved to incorporate newer milestones for general practice domains as well as those specific to pediatric cardiology, and the incorporation of entrustable professional activities holds great promise. Fellows may benefit from close mentorship, use of newer technology and tools to augment their education, participation in national curricula, and close counseling by program directors about future careers and growth of the field.

The field of pediatric cardiology education is adapting to the modern healthcare needs to produce high-quality graduates who are trained in the foundational elements of pediatric cardiology. Felllowship graduates should take advantage of all the opportunities among a variety of learning domains to best prepare themselves for the next stage of their careers.