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Call For Applications: ACC Educator Fundamental Skills Course
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is accepting applications for the ACC Educator: Fundamental Skills course scheduled for Jan. 26 – 28, 2025, at ACC's Heart House in Washington, DC. Applications are due by Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.
ACC Educator: Fundamental Skills, chaired by Marty Tam, MD, MHPE, FACC and Rhonda Cooper-DeHoff, PharmD, MS, FACC, will provide experiential learning and feedback to enhance presentation skills and explore opportunities to practice and advance your skills as a clinical educator. After successful completion of this course, you will be empowered to develop and deliver engaging educational content as part of activities aligned with the ACC's educational mission.
As part of your participation in this course experience, you will prepare and present a brief, case-based presentation to faculty leaders and peers for feedback. In mid-December there will be one pre-course webinar to review course expectations and discuss the case-based presentation participation requirement so that you may prepare for this important part of the learning experience.
Applications are due by Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. A small cohort of learners will be selected in October, with a notification sent to all applicants via email.
Fellows in Training
This course is designed for cardiology fellows in training (FITs) currently in an ACGME-accredited cardiovascular disease (CVD) fellowship or FITs that have completed an ACGME-accredited CVD fellowship program and are currently in a cardiovascular medicine related sub-specialty fellowship program.
Application Process and Requirements
Interested applicants should complete the online application by Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 and send the following documents as a single combined PDF to tguarino@acc.org:
- A personal letter explaining why you wish to be selected as a course participant. The letter should address your prior successes as a peer educator as well as your goals for future ACC educational engagement. Please limit the letter to one page.
- Curriculum Vitae.
Additionally, your training program director for the fellowship in which you are currently participating must complete this brief form, sharing the 2-3 ways you have demonstrated interest in and commitment to being a peer educator. This must be completed for your application to be considered complete.
Selection Criteria and Process
Exceptional talent and dedication to evolving one's teaching skills will guide the selection of participants. The ACC Educator: Fundamental Skills Planning Committee will review all applications and make the final selection of participants. Applicant decisions will be shared in October. The ACC will cover participants' tuition, lodging and most meals, while participants or their institution will be responsible for transportation expenses to and from the course in Washington, DC.
Please note that while more than one FIT from an institution may apply, we are unlikely to accept more than one individual to allow for a diversity of participant experiences.
Questions may be directed to Tom Guarino at tguarino@acc.org or 202-375-6443.
Cardiovascular Care Team Members
This course is designed for cardiovascular care team members (review the full list of all eligible professions) who have 3-5 years of experience in any discipline within cardiovascular medicine patient care.
Application Process
Interested applicants should complete the online application by Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 and send the following documents as a single combined PDF to tguarino@acc.org:
- A personal letter explaining why you wish to be selected as a course participant. The letter should address your prior successes as a peer educator as well as your goals for future ACC educational engagement. Please limit the letter to one page.
- Curriculum Vitae.
Additionally, please request an FACC with whom you work closely complete this brief form, sharing the 2-3 ways you have demonstrated interest in and commitment to being a peer educator. This must be completed for your application to be considered complete.
Selection Criteria and Process
Exceptional talent and dedication to evolving one's teaching skills will guide the selection of participants. The ACC Educator: Fundamental Skills Planning Committee will review all applications and make the final selection of participants. Applicant decisions will be shared in early October 2024. The ACC will cover participants tuition, lodging, and most meals, while participants or their institution will be responsible for transportation expenses to and from the course in Washington, DC.
Please note that while more than cardiovascular care team member from an institution may apply, we are unlikely to accept more than one individual from a given institution to allow for a diversity of participant experiences.
Questions may be directed to Tom Guarino at tguarino@acc.org or 202-375-6443.
