title: Preparing today's cardiovascular trainees to meet the challenges of tomorrow: team research and interdisciplinary training.
abstract: There is a growing focus on interdisciplinary team approaches in science and public health research, including cardiology. This trend is apparent in a large body of team publications and the strong interest from the funding agencies to support interdisciplinary research. Despite this increased emphasis on the importance and roles of teams, schools fail to better prepare their students and trainees with skills that allow them to work in or lead teams. In this article, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different team models and highlight the training program implemented by the Alberta Heart Failure Etiology and Analysis Research Team (HEART), which involves 24 scientists/mentors across the research and health care spectrum focused on understanding heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: alex.clark@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Alexander M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kelly A D
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Narine
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Zoe Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Kelly S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wiens
authors.affiliation: Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Todd J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Jason R B
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dyck
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education*; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005178:Faculty; D006333:Heart Failure; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations