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. 2021 Jul 15:151:114-117.
doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.03.052. Epub 2021 Apr 15.

How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Cardiology Fellow Training

Sabeeda Kadavath  1 , Dalia Hawwas  2 , Aaron Strobel  3 , Jay Mohan  4 , Marie Bernardo  5 , Adnan Kassier  6 , Lina Ya'qoub  7 , Nidhi Madan  8 , Said Ashraf  9 , Negar Salehi  10 , Sagger Mawri  11 , Karim Abdur Rehman  12 , Aisha Siraj  13 , Chadi Alraies  14 , Marwan Saad  15 , Herbert Aronow  15
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How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Cardiology Fellow Training

Sabeeda Kadavath et al. Am J Cardiol. .

Abstract

With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, resources have been reallocated and elective cases have been deferred to minimize the spread of the disease, altering the workflow of cardiac catheterization laboratories across the country. This has in turn affected the training experience of cardiology fellows, including diminished procedure numbers and a narrow breadth of cases as they approach the end of their training before joining independent practice. It has also taken a toll on the emotional well-being of fellows as they see their colleagues, loved ones, patients or even themselves struggling with COVID-19, with some succumbing to it. The aim of this opinion piece is to focus attention on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fellows and their training, challenges faced as they transition to practicing in the real world in the near future and share the lessons learned thus far. We believe that this is an important contribution and would be of interest not only to cardiology fellows-in-training and cardiologists but also trainees in other procedural specialties.

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Disclosures The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper

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