Veterans Affairs Health Care System as Cardiology Training Site: A Fellow’s Perspective

[...]perhaps most important, the authors' premise that post-graduate training in cardiology at VA sites should replicate that which fellows receive as part of their core training at their respective academic health center is somewhat short-sighted. [...]the VA learning experience is one that complements and balances the ofttimes more high-volume, procedurally directed inpatient exposure that cardiology fellows receive routinely in their university-based educational experience.