title: Will the nation need more cardiologists in the future than are being trained now?
abstract: This article supports the view that in the future our nation will need more general cardiologists who perform no high-tech procedures than we are currently training. It also addresses the reason graduates of American medical schools, especially women who make up 40% to 50% of the graduating class, are not choosing cardiology fellowship programs as they were previously. A remedy for this serious problem is offered.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1462 Clifton Road NE, Suite 301, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. jhurst@emory.edu
authors.forename: J Willis
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hurst
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce