The Importance of Global Health Experiences in the Development of New Cardiologists

Marwah Abdalla; Neal Kovach; Connie Liu; Julie B Damp; Eiman Jahangir; Anthony Hilliard; Rakesh Gopinathannair; Mazen S Abu-Fadel; Mikhael F El Chami; Sameer Gafoor; Rajesh Vedanthan; Monica Sanchez-Shields; Jon C George; Tiffany Priester; Mirvat Alasnag; Colin Barker; Andrew M Freeman

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.089

The Importance of Global Health Experiences in the Development of New Cardiologists

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Jun 14;67(23):2789-2797. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.089. Epub 2016 Jan 4.

Authors

Marwah Abdalla¹, Neal Kovach², Connie Liu², Julie B Damp³, Eiman Jahangir⁴, Anthony Hilliard⁵, Rakesh Gopinathannair⁶, Mazen S Abu-Fadel⁷, Mikhael F El Chami⁸, Sameer Gafoor⁹, Rajesh Vedanthan¹⁰, Monica Sanchez-Shields¹¹, Jon C George¹², Tiffany Priester¹³, Mirvat Alasnag¹⁴, Colin Barker¹⁵, Andrew M Freeman¹⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: ma2947@columbia.edu.
² International Affairs, American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC.
³ Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁴ John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-the University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.
⁶ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
⁷ University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
⁸ Division of Cardiology, Section of Electrophysiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁹ Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, and the Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute, Seattle, Washington.
¹⁰ Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
¹¹ Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
¹² Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey.
¹³ Division of Cardiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California; School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, and Department of Cardiology, Blantyre Adventist Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
¹⁴ Department of Cardiology, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁵ Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine/Division of Cardiology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado.

Abstract

As the global burden of cardiovascular disease continues to increase worldwide, nurturing the development of early-career cardiologists interested in global health is essential to create a cadre of providers with the skill set to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases in international settings. As such, interest in global health has increased among cardiology trainees and early-career cardiologists over the past decade. International clinical and research experiences abroad present an additional opportunity for growth and development beyond traditional cardiovascular training. We describe the American College of Cardiology International Cardiovascular Exchange Database, a new resource for cardiologists interested in pursuing short-term clinical exchange opportunities abroad, and report some of the benefits and challenges of global health cardiovascular training in both resource-limited and resource-abundant settings.

Keywords: cardiovascular training; delivery of health care; early career; fellowships and scholarships; mentors.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Cardiologists
Cardiology / education*
Career Choice
Clinical Competence
Databases as Topic
Global Health / education*
Humans
International Educational Exchange*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding