Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Standards for Training in Exercise Medicine and Curriculum Outline

J H Huang; S G Wittekind; A R Opotowsky; K Ward; A Lyman; N Gauthier; M Vernon; A W Powell; D A White; T J Curran; W B Orr; P Stephens; B Robinson; T D Pham; W A Mays; D Burstein; M Carr; S Paridon; J Rhodes; P Koenig

doi:10.1007/s00246-022-03048-y

Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Standards for Training in Exercise Medicine and Curriculum Outline

Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Mar;44(3):540-548. doi: 10.1007/s00246-022-03048-y. Epub 2022 Nov 23.

Authors

J H Huang¹, S G Wittekind², A R Opotowsky^{3

4}, K Ward^{5

6}, A Lyman⁷, N Gauthier⁸, M Vernon², A W Powell^{3

4}, D A White⁹, T J Curran⁸, W B Orr¹⁰, P Stephens¹¹, B Robinson¹², T D Pham¹³, W A Mays⁴, D Burstein¹⁴, M Carr^{5

6}, S Paridon¹¹, J Rhodes⁸, P Koenig^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA. [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁴ The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
⁵ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
⁸ Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Ward Family Heart Center, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.
¹⁰ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
¹¹ Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
¹² Nemours Cardiac Center, Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA.
¹³ Department of Cardiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.

PMID: 36422652
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-03048-y

Abstract

Over the past 2 decades, fundamentals of exercise medicine, including clinical exercise testing, assessment and promotion of physical activity, exercise prescription, and supervised exercise training/rehabilitation programming have demonstrated considerable clinical value in the management of children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease. Although the principles of exercise medicine have become an integral component in pediatric cardiology, there are no standardized training recommendations for exercise physiology during pediatric cardiology fellowship at this time. Thus, the Pediatric Cardiology Exercise Medicine Curriculum Committee (PCEMCC) was formed to establish core and advanced exercise physiology training recommendations for pediatric cardiology trainees. The PCEMCC includes a diverse group of pediatric cardiologists, exercise physiologists, and fellowship program directors. The expert consensus training recommendations are by no means a mandate and are summarized herein, including suggestions for achieving the minimum knowledge and training needed for general pediatric cardiology practice.

Keywords: Cardiac rehabilitation; Exercise physiology; Fellowship training; Pediatric cardiology; Training recommendations.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiology* / education
Child
Curriculum
Exercise
Fellowships and Scholarships
Heart Diseases*
Humans

Grants and funding

K23 HL159325/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States