Competency-Based Medical Education for Fellowship Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Chair, ACC Competency Management Committee, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Electronic address: jarrighi@lifespan.org.
² Co-Chair, ACC Competency Management Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³ FIT Member, ACC Competency Management Committee, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.

James A Arrighi et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 6;77(13):1681-1683.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.02.022. Epub 2021 Mar 9.

¹ Chair, ACC Competency Management Committee, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Electronic address: jarrighi@lifespan.org.
² Co-Chair, ACC Competency Management Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³ FIT Member, ACC Competency Management Committee, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COCATS; competencies; medical education.

Conflict of interest statement

Funding Support and Author Disclosures The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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