Why the study?
While core training equips cardiologists with core cardiovascular competencies, appropriate training, assessment, and maintenance of post-certification competencies are required to function within a multidisciplinary Heart Team across the full spectrum of cardiovascular care.
Design
Position statement
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Cardiologists must maintain post-certification competencies for effective Heart Team care; extends core training standards into lifelong multidisciplinary expertise.
All doctors require broad-based clinical knowledge, skills, and attitudes, but no doctor can be independently competent in every aspect of clinical practice. Within cardiology, core training equips cardiologists with core cardiovascular competencies, but appropriate training, assessment, and maintenance of post-certification competencies are required for cardiologists to function as part of a comprehensive multidisciplinary Heart Team across the full spectrum of cardiovascular practice required by our patients. This position statement describes the role of post-certification competencies in the delivery of cardiovascular care.
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Plummer et al. (2025) studied this question. Post-certification competencies are essential for cardiologists to effectively deliver comprehensive multidisciplinary cardiovascular care beyond core training.
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