The Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Training Programs: Challenges, Responsibilities, and Opportunities

Affiliations

¹ Medstar Heart and Vascular Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Electronic address: Gaby.weissman@medstar.net.
² Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁵ University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont.
⁶ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁷ University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
⁸ Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
⁹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
¹⁰ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Gaby Weissman et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 18;76(7):867-870.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.06.026. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

¹ Medstar Heart and Vascular Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Electronic address: Gaby.weissman@medstar.net.
² Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁵ University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont.
⁶ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁷ University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
⁸ Weill Cornell Medicine-New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
⁹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
¹⁰ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Keywords: COVID-19; medical education; training.

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