Extending fellowship for specialised training in paediatric cardiology: deciding when “enough is enough” and when “the sky’s the limit”
Year: 2020
Type: editorial
Abstract: Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future -Brian Tracy "What next?"We ask ourselves this at every step of our education and training.Once the novelty and excitement of entering paediatric cardiology fellowship starts to wane, confusion and uncertainty soon arise.The end is nowhere near, and a huge conundrum lurks near our training horizon.Extend the fellowship at least another year to specialise further?Stop at 3 years and pursue a career as a general cardiologist? Ipso FactoAll of us imagine the perfectly fulfilling opportunity after fellowship, and after years of rigorous training, the ultimate goal would be to get that job.In a field like paediatric cardiologyhistorically speaking a relatively new field of specialisation, the job market is a treacherous sea, with dramatic high and low tides.More than 50% of the newly minted paediatric cardiologists enter advanced-year fellowships after the core programme.1 With the uncertainty in the job markets, it has been reported that 10-20% of graduating fellows may end up jobless or working in a non-cardiology job. 2 Hence, it becomes imperative to weigh the pros and cons of choosing to subspecialise after the categorical paediatric cardiology fellowship.
Source: Cardiology in the Young
Authors: Pushpa Shivaram, Shelby Kutty
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3094851188