Training Pathways in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care: Proceedings From the 10th International Conference of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society. (January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anand, Vijay; Kwiatkowski, David M.; Ghanayem, Nancy S.; Axelrod, David M.; DiNardo, James; Klugman, Darren; Krishnamurthy, Ganga; Siehr, Stephanie; Stromberg, Daniel; Yates, Andrew R.; Roth, Stephen J.; Cooper, David S.
• Is Part Of: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. Volume 7:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 88
• Publication Date: 2016-01
• Subjects: pediatric cardiology -- pediatric cardiac intensive care -- fellowship and training -- cardiac intensive care unit; Pediatric cardiology -- Periodicals; Congenital heart disease in children -- Periodicals; Heart -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart Defects, Congenital -- surgery -- Periodicals; Cardiac Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Child -- Periodicals; Adult -- Periodicals; 618.9212
• DOI: 10.1177/2150135115614576
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2150-1351

Abstract

The increase in pediatric cardiac surgical procedures and establishment of the practice of pediatric cardiac intensive care has created the need for physicians with advanced and specialized knowledge and training. Current training pathways to become a pediatric cardiac intensivist have a great deal of variability and have unique strengths and weaknesses with influences from critical care, cardiology, neonatology, anesthesiology, and cardiac surgery. Such variability has created much confusion among trainees looking to pursue a career in our specialized field. This is a report with perspectives from the most common advanced fellowship training pathways taken to become a pediatric cardiac intensivist as well as various related topics including scholarship, qualifications, and credentialing.