Department of Medicine

cath lab smDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine

Fellowship Program Curriculum

Six positions are offered in year one of the program.  ACGME has approved a total of eighteen positions for our cardiology fellowship program, six positions in each year.

The first year of fellowship includes training in each of the following areas:

The second year curriculum includes:

  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Electrophysiology
  • Echocardiography
  • Lakeside OR smExercise testing and ambulatory ECG monitoring
  • Nuclear Cardiology
  • Heart Failure
  • Research

The third year curriculum includes:

  • Echocardiography/TEE
  • Nuclear medicine
  • Clinical/Research concentration
  • Cardiac catheterization

Fellow Evaluation

The evaluation process is core competency-based, and a variety of assessment tools, both formal and informal, are utilized to provide fellows with information on their progress in professional development. 

These are:

  • Verbally review goals and objectives with the fellows at the start of the rotation. 
  • At the end of the rotation verbal evaluation of performance is provided by the supervising attending.
  • Written evaluations are provided at the end of each rotation using E-value ( a web-based program). 
  • Low score notices and confidential comments will be screened by the Program Director as they are submitted.  Cardiology fellows also evaluate the supervising attending at the end of each rotation.
  • Biannual verbal feedback and use of E-value evaluations on clinical competence and professional development by the Program Director.

Program Evaluation

Annual review of case-mix and volume of patients evaluated on each rotation.
Review by the Program Director of the on-line program evaluations submitted by the fellows annually.