Implementing a Women's Cardiovascular Health Training Program in a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: The MUCHACHA Curriculum

Nosheen Reza; Srinath Adusumalli; Matthew D Saybolt; Frank E Silvestry; Monika Sanghavi; Jennifer Lewey; Marietta Ambrose

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.033

Implementing a Women's Cardiovascular Health Training Program in a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship: The MUCHACHA Curriculum

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jan 15;2(1):164-167. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.033. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Authors

Nosheen Reza¹, Srinath Adusumalli¹, Matthew D Saybolt², Frank E Silvestry¹, Monika Sanghavi¹, Jennifer Lewey¹, Marietta Ambrose¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune City, New Jersey.

Abstract

Sex- and gender-specific training for cardiovascular clinicians is essential to enhance knowledge and quality of women's cardiovascular health care. In 2016, the University of Pennsylvania cardiovascular fellowship program established a dedicated women's cardiovascular health curriculum, motivated by the fellow-in-training desire to gain formal and focused training in this emerging field.

Keywords: awareness; pregnancy; primary prevention; risk factor; treatment.

Publication types

Editorial