Cardiovascular Board Review for Initial Certification and Recertification

This course offers scholarships to individuals in training who excel. The deadline for receipt of application is May 12, 2025.

Scholarships will be awarded to exceptional fellows to attend this five-day, in-person course, with online content as well, which covers all areas of cardiovascular diseases through both didactic teaching as well as interactive board simulation question/answer sessions. It would be envisioned that this fellow takes this information back to their institution and conducts teaching and discussion sessions with his/her peers. 

The scholarship award includes complimentary tuition for in-person attendance.
- Networking Breakfast with Scholarship Participants
- Lunch with Dr. Nishimura and Course Directors
- Breakfast and Master Class with Drs. Rick Nishimura and Carole Warnes:  Develop Communication/Teaching Skills

The scholarship application form can be found HERE

Requirements: (all documents must be submitted together):

• completed application form
• letter of recommendation from training director
• personal statement of career interest from applicant
• current curriculum vitae from applicant

The selection process will be based upon the qualities of:

• knowledge of cardiovascular diseases
• interest in education
• leadership that the fellow has been able to demonstrate

Submit by email to: Algadi.Petra@mayo.edu

The deadline for receipt of application is May 12, 2025.

Comments by Past Scholarship Participants

"This was a transformational experience. I learned not only clinical knowledge from each lecture but also pearls about medical education."

"Several points stood out to me about the Mayo Clinic Cardiology Board Review Course. First, the lectures are delivered by content experts and AHA/ACC guideline writers in their respective fields. There is an effort to harmonize concepts across days so the lectures are not disparate. Second, the lecturers use interactive and innovative teaching methods. Dr Geske and Dr Cullen's pressure-volume loop exercises provided the greatest clarity on this topic I have seen in ten years. Third, there are special sessions dedicated to the nuances of ECG coding, angiographic coding, and echo coding, with live coding practice sheets as well as post-course practice exercises. Fourth, the course directors create a lighthearted and welcoming environment for everyone, whereby we could pose the most minutiae of minutiae to content experts. Being surrounded every day from breakfast to dinner by others who are focused on learning definitely helped my learning. I am so grateful to be selected as part of the inaugural class of Nishimura Scholars. I am also grateful to Yale (my home institution) for supporting me in coming to the Mayo Clinic."   -Ruey Hu, MD, MPH