title: Unmet needs of young interventional cardiologists: the EAPCI Young survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As part of the EAPCI Young Initiative, the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) conducted a survey to address the educational needs of young interventional cardiologists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A questionnaire was distributed to all individuals registered in the ESC database aged <36 years with an interest in interventional cardiology. Nearly two-thirds of participants (60%) indicated that they had difficulty in finding a fellowship training position. The desire for a fellow's course at European level was expressed by 95%, while 94% were in favour of developing a network of young interventional cardiologists in Europe. More than three-quarters of respondents (79%) said they had had difficulty in obtaining funding to attend EuroPCR. Multiple difficulties were identified in setting up a research programme, two of the more frequent being problematic access to research networks and the difficulties of finding a mentor. Career orientation was identified as another issue, with more than half of respondents (59%) declaring they followed career options by chance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The survey underlines the need to fill a gap in order to address the needs of young interventional cardiologists. It may serve as a starting point for developing educational initiatives targeted at young interventional cardiologists.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ducrocq
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Capodanno
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Windecker
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fajadet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education*; D002321:Career Choice; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D055070:Resistance Training / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires