title: Training Pathways in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care: Proceedings From the 10th International Conference of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care, Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada vijay.anand@albertahealthservices.ca.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kwiatkowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Nancy S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Ghanayem
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Axelrod
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DiNardo
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Klugman
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ganga
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siehr
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Critical Care Medicine, Medical City Children's Hospital, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stromberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.affiliation: The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: cardiac intensive care unit; fellowship and training; pediatric cardiac intensive care; pediatric cardiology