Fellows in Training
As a Fellow in Training at the American College of Cardiology, your attendance at ACC.10 will provide you with a wide range of educational opportunities tailored to your learning style. Not only will you learn from the best cardiovascular providers in the world, you will also have an opportunity to mingle with them, meet peers in your geographic area and specialty, and learn about the many career options you have in academic medicine and private practice.
Plus, while you're in Atlanta make time to attend all the educational programming tailored just for FITS — featuring two Fellows Bootcamps focused in imaging and intervention — plus a wide range of spotlight sessions, symposia, Meet the Experts sessions, lunchtime case reviews, abstract presentations and poster sessions, all with programming of interest to FITs.
Click here to browse sessions and create a personalized itinerary with the program planner. Some sessions and event that are not to be missed include:
FITs: What You Need to Know in Starting a Cardiology Career
Soon you will need to get ready for your boards and plan out your career and financial future. This is a session every FIT should attend. Here, you’ll learn how to get involved at the ACC, what you need to know to pass your boards, how to document and get paid for services you perform, how to select the professional practice that is right for you after your training is over, and more. Specific room number for this event will be posted soon.
Sunday, March 14
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Omni Hotel at CNN Center, International Ballroom A – D
** Free boxed lunch available to first 200**
FIT Forum: Stimulating Options 2010
You’re in training now, but soon you will have to make decisions that will dramatically affect your career and future happiness. You have options you probably don’t know you have. You need to know what they are and how to evaluate these options to optimize your happiness and the happiness of your family. Clinical Investigator in an Academic Center? Clinician and an Educator in an Academic Medical Center? These options and their impact on the decisions you will soon need to make will be explained. Time for questions and answers has also been built into the session. Specific room number for this event will be posted soon.
Monday, March 15
12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Omni Hotel at CNN Center, International Ballroom A – D
** Free boxed lunch available to first 200**
FIT Community Lounge
Where can you go to relax, check your e-mail, and be surrounded by your FIT peers? The answer is easy, visit the FIT Community Lounge. Located in the convention center, room B216, the FIT Community Lounge will be your base of operations when navigating ACC.10. The lounge will be open Sunday through Tuesday during the meeting, and will offer light refreshments throughout the day.
Check back soon for more information on events for FITs at ACC.10 and i2 Summit.