Reshaping cardiology amidst COVID-19: prioritizing medical education

Prioritizing Investment in Medical Education

David P. Wilson, Sally M. Blower We agree with the thesis of Rosen et al. [1] that, despite initiatives such as the World Health Organization’s “3 by 5” program, rationing of HIV/AIDS antiretroviral therapy (ART) will be necessary in the majority of African countries. Diffi cult choices will need to be made, and choices will be constrained due to the limited health infrastructure and lack of qu...

Data, information, and knowledge amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Converting data into information, knowledge, and then wisdom is the most onerous part of science, especially biological sciences. More attention must be paid to the difficulty inherent in this process amid the emergence and the spread of a novel virus, since neglecting the distinction between these epistemic categories can lead to incomplete and even incorrect identification of the causes and t...

Echocardiography education in COVID-19 era

Medical strategies for Disease Covid-19

Following the outbreak of Covid-19, many related studies were published rapidly around the world. In this study, we examined published or in-publication studies over the strategies to deal with Covid-19. To this end, 16 published scientific papers were investigated using content analysis and meta-analysis. As a result, 16 medical strategies and 3 macro-management strategies were extracted. Fina...

Have Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education initiatives improved the education of cardiology fellows? Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Initiatives Improve the Education of Cardiology Fellows

Training cardiovascular specialists in the present era is highly complex. The list of topics and procedures continues to grow; the required knowledge base for providing cutting-edge clinical care and passing examinations is increasing; and technologies and research are advancing rapidly. Cardiology fellows face a changing template of demands from training programs, governing bodies, professiona...