ESC Core Curriculum for the Cardiologist
Felix C. Tanner, Nicolas Brooks, Kevin Fox, Lino Gonçalves, Peter Kearney, Lampros K. Michalis, Agnès Pasquet, Susanna Price, Éric Bonnefoy, Mark Westwood, Chris Plummer, Paulus Kirchhof, ESC Scientific Document Group, Stephan Achenbach, Maria João Andrade, Neil Angus, Dan Atar, Lina Badimón, Andreas Baumbach, Jeroen J. Bax, Rоnen Beeri, Alexander Borg, Alice Brennan, Andrzej Budaj, Alessandro Candreva, Céline Carrera, Barbara Casadei, Manuel Castellà, Christina Chrysohoou, Sarah Clarke, Martín Cowie, María G. Crespo‐Leiro, Rudolf A. de Boer, Paul Dendale, Giovanni Di Salvo, Kevin Dominques, Jeremy Dwight, Thor Edvardsen, Andrejs Ērglis, David Erlinge, Donna Fitzsimons, Dan Foldager, Anna Freyschuss, Chris P Gale, Stephan Gielen, Michael Glikson, Ian D. Graham, Joseph S Green, R. Griebenow, Diederick E. Grobbee, Tomasz J. Guzik, Tina Hansen, Juha Hartikainen, Róbert Hatala, Hein Heidbüchel, Ana Huelmos, Bernard Iung, Line Joubert, Efstratios Karagiannidis, C Kirchhof, Jesper Kjærgaard, Dipak Kotecha, Vijay Kunadian, Ulf Landmesser, Cecilia Linde, T F Luescher, Adrian Marty, Julia Mascherbauer, Brendan McAdam, Tuula Meinander, Deddo Moertl, Zuzana Moťovská, Joseph Moutiris, Tone M Norekvål, Gunnar Olsson, Jurgita Plisienė, Silvia G. Priori, Marco Roffi, Michelle Ros, Petar Seferovic, J W Sellors, Alessandro Sionís, Jan Steffel, Rui Campante Teles, Ivo van der Bilt, Patrick M.J. Verhorst, Franz Weidinger, Matthias Wilhelm, Ian Wilson, Stephan Windecker, José Luís Zamorano
Abstract
This 2020 update of the ESC Core Curriculum in Cardiology reflects contemporary and emerging requirements for the practice of cardiology and the resulting training needs. The changing nature of the profession and the changing environment of health care shaped this update of the previous version.1 The document has four main parts: - This chapter outlining the main training requirements and their presentation in Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). - A chapter explaining the requirements for training centres. - A chapter outlining the general skills, knowledge, and attitudes required in cardiology. - Eight chapters outlining EPAs in the different areas of cardiology. [...]