ACC Leadership:
Create 3-year research grant awards that are dedicated to early-career academic cardiologists Create funding foundation dedicated to support research awards Work with other professional cardiovascular associations to increase the portion of their grants to early-career cardiologists Further expand the emerging faculty and leadership programs to foster excellence in teaching but also leadership for clinical efforts in academia Create 2-year grants to support cardiology fellows for dedicated research during fellowship Accelerate development and increase funding of key resources for early-career members such as the College-wide mentoring program, funding and grants database, and grant writing workshops Work with the Board of Governors to develop regional collaboration networks where early-career cardiologists can learn and access new technology in support of their research Conduct longitudinal studies and surveys with yearly reports on the state of early-career academic cardiologists, including all categories defined in this manuscript Work with other medical associations to quantify and reward academic pursuits
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ACC Advocacy:
Increase awareness on the continuing severe burden of cardiovascular disease on society Increase awareness of cardiology influences in health care and the dramatic improvements in disease treatment fueled by research careers Advocate for increasing NIH funding of cardiovascular research, increasing GME support, and dedicating a portion of research funds for physician-scientists
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Division Chiefs and Academic Leadership:
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Create start-up packages that include protected time and 3-year research support dedicated for early-career academic cardiologists
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Find methods to measure and reward academic pursuits and teaching
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Nurture and protect early-career faculty
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Work with program directors to create innovative teaching for trainees and early-career faculty
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Program Directors:
Work with division and departmental leadership to create positions that provide protected time for academic pursuits including research, teaching, and training for academic cardiologists Work with division and departmental leadership to create and support innovate teaching to allow the growth of trainees and early-career members. This would include leadership development, funding development, grant writing, clinical operations, and the business of medicine (logistics of billing and seeing patients efficiently).
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Established Investigators:
Make it a priority to mentor early-career academic cardiologists Incorporate cardiology fellows into your research program Share resources such as laboratory equipment, animal models, databases, techniques, and technical support directly and through regional collaboration networks being developed by the ACC
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Trainees:
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Ask your program director(s) for dedicated time to pursue research electives
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Seek out high quality mentor(s) who have made a priority of helping trainees
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Follow a clinical leader, and ask for formal didactics on the business of patient care, clinical leadership, and research funding
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All Cardiologists:
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Volunteer to be a mentor. Whether you are in private practice or academics, more mentors are needed.
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Participate as a preceptor, lecturer, or skills teacher in training programs
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