2020 SCCT Guideline for Training Cardiology and Radiology Trainees as Independent Practitioners (Level II) and Advanced Practitioners (Level III) in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography: A Statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Andrew D Choi; Dustin M Thomas; James Lee; Suhny Abbara; Ricardo C Cury; Jonathon A Leipsic; Christopher Maroules; Prashant Nagpal; Michael L Steigner; Dee Dee Wang; Michelle C Williams; Irfan Zeb; Todd C Villines; Ron Blankstein

doi:10.1148/ryct.2020200480

2020 SCCT Guideline for Training Cardiology and Radiology Trainees as Independent Practitioners (Level II) and Advanced Practitioners (Level III) in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography: A Statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2020 Oct 15;3(1):e200480. doi: 10.1148/ryct.2020200480. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology & Department of Radiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 4-417, Washington, DC 20037 (A.D.C.); Heart Institute, Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, Ind (D.M.T.); Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Health System, Center for Structural Heart Disease, Detroit, Mich (J.L., D.D.W.); Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex (S.A.); Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Baptist Health of South Florida, Miami, FL, United States and Department of Radiology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL (R.C.C.); Department of Radiology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada (J.A.L.); Department of Radiology, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va (C.M.); Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa (P.N.); Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States (M.L.S.); University of Edinburgh/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (M.C.W.); Division of Cardiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV (I.Z.); and Division of Cardiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Va (T.C.V.); Cardiovascular Imaging Program, Departments of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division) and Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States (R.B.).

Abstract

Cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT) is a well-validated noninvasive imaging tool with an ever-expanding array of applications beyond the assessment of coronary artery disease. These include the evaluation of structural heart diseases, congenital heart diseases, peri-procedural electrophysiology applications, and the functional evaluation of ischemia. This breadth requires a robust and diverse training curriculum to ensure graduates of CCT training programs meet minimum competency standards for independent CCT interpretation. This statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography aims to supplement existing societal training guidelines by providing a curriculum and competency framework to inform the development of a comprehensive, integrated training experience for cardiology and radiology trainees in CCT. This article is being published synchronously in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. © 2020 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Published by RSNA with permission.

2020 by the Radiological Society of North America, Inc.