Kiramijyan Sarkis, Didier Romain, Koifman Edward, Negi Smita I
Section of Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C..
Section of Interventional Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2016 Oct-Nov;17(7):438-440. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2016.08.009. Epub 2016 Sep 6.
It has become challenging for cardiovascular fellows-in-training (FIT) to determine which national cardiovascular conference (NCC) to attend given the broad range of meetings and the breadth of information offered. The aim of this study was to report our own experiences of the utility and individual strengths of the NCCs and to further understand the interventional cardiology (IC) FITs' viewpoint regarding the benefits of the individual NCCs.
A survey was formulated with questions and scenarios regarding topics deemed to be of highest importance for an IC-FIT. The survey emphasized experiences regarding the utility and benefits of the NCCs, time management, optimization of acquired education, and specific interests in clinical and research topics. The completely anonymous survey was sent via an email format to a total of 234, majority of IC (fourth and fifth years) and a minority of general (third year), FITs.
A completed survey response was received from 131 of the fellows (56%). The results demonstrated that the IC-FITs endorsed that the small, focused sub-specialty interventional meetings vs. the large society general meetings were more beneficial in regard to the didactic education offered. In addition, the IC-FITs indicated that pre-planning for the meetings is the most beneficial approach in optimizing one's education and that the caliber of expert faculty, case-based and live-case presentations are among the most important aspects of the meetings.
Interventional cardiology FITs prefer the small sub-specialty interventional meetings over the large society general NCCs in regard to the benefits of didactic learning.
鉴于心血管会议种类繁多且提供的信息广泛，心血管专科培训学员（FIT）很难决定参加哪一场全国性心血管会议。本研究的目的是报告我们自身关于全国性心血管会议的实用性和各自优势的经验，并进一步了解介入心脏病学（IC）专科培训学员对于各个全国性心血管会议益处的看法。
针对被认为对介入心脏病学专科培训学员最为重要的主题，设计了一份包含问题和情景的调查问卷。该调查重点关注全国性心血管会议的实用性和益处、时间管理、所获教育的优化以及对临床和研究主题的特定兴趣等方面的经验。这份完全匿名的调查问卷通过电子邮件发送给了总共234名学员，其中大部分是介入心脏病学学员（四年级和五年级），少数是普通心脏病学学员（三年级）。
131名学员（56%）回复了完整的调查问卷。结果表明，介入心脏病学专科培训学员认可，就所提供的教学教育而言，小型、专注于亚专业的介入会议比大型学会的一般性会议更有益。此外，介入心脏病学专科培训学员指出，会前对会议进行规划是优化个人教育的最有益方法，专家教员的水平、基于病例和实时病例展示是会议最重要的方面。
就教学学习的益处而言，介入心脏病学专科培训学员更喜欢小型亚专业介入会议，而非大型学会的一般性全国性心血管会议。
