Competency based curriculum for cardiovascular magnetic resonance: A position statement of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.
Elsie T Nguyen, Karen Ordovas, Phil Herbst, Rebecca Kozor, Ming-Yen Ng, Luigi Natale, Robin Nijveldt, Rodrigo Salgado, Felipe Sanchez, Dipan Shah, Jadranka Stojanovska, Anne Marie Valente, Mark Westwood, Sven Plein
Author Information
Elsie T Nguyen: University Medical Imaging Toronto, Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: elsie.nguyen@uhn.ca.
Karen Ordovas: University of Washington, USA.
Phil Herbst: Cardiology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Rebecca Kozor: Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Ming-Yen Ng: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Hong Kong, Division Chief of Cardiac Imaging, HKU-Shenzhen Hospital, China.
Luigi Natale: Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
Robin Nijveldt: Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Rodrigo Salgado: Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Belgium; Dept. of Radiology, Holy Heart Lier, Belgium.
Felipe Sanchez: Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau - Clinica Santa Maria, Santiago, Chile.
Dipan Shah: Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Houston, TX, USA.
Jadranka Stojanovska: New York University-Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Anne Marie Valente: Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Mark Westwood: Centre for Cardiovascular Imaging, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.
Sven Plein: British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
This position statement guides cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging program directors and learners on the key competencies required for Level II and III CMR practitioners, whether trainees come from a radiology or cardiology background. This document is built upon existing curricula and was created and vetted by an international panel of cardiologists and radiologists on behalf of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR).
