Introduction Document Development Process Writing Committee Organization The writing committee was selected to represent the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and included a cardiovascular training program director, several active cardiovascular scientists and research methodology experts, early-career cardiologists, highly experienced research experts representing both academic and community-based practice settings, the chair of the ACC's Academic Cardiology Section Leadership Council, and a physician experienced in defining and applying training standards according to the 6 general competency domains promulgated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and endorsed by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). Name Employment Representation Consultant Speakers Bureau Ownership/Partnership/Principal Personal Research Institutional/Organizational or Other Financial Benefit Expert Witness Richard Kovacs Krannert Institute of Cardiology--Professor, Clinical Medicine Official Reviewer, ACC Board of Trustees None None None None None None Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy Kansas University Cardiovascular Research Institute Official Reviewer, ACC Board of Governors None None None None None None Howard Weitz Thomas Jefferson University Hospital--Director, Division of Cardiology; Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University--Professor of Medicine Official Reviewer, Competency Management Committee Lead Reviewer None None None None None None Alex Auseon The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Content Reviewer, Academic Cardiology Section Leadership Council None None None None None None John Canty University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center--Albert and Elizabeth Rekate Professor and Chief Content Reviewer, Academic Cardiology Section Leadership Council None None None None None None Larry Jacobs Lehigh Valley Health Network, Division of Cardiology; University of South Florida--Professor, Cardiology Content Reviewer, Cardiology Training and Workforce Committee None None None None None None Andrew Kates Washington University School of Medicine Content Reviewer, Academic Cardiology Section Leadership Council None None None None None None Kiran Musunuru Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University Organizational Reviewer, AHA None None None None None None Table 1 Core Competency Components and Curricular Milestones for Training in Cardiovascular Research and Scholarly Activity Add = additional months beyond the 3-year cardiovascular fellowship; DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid; RNA = ribonucleic acid.