CardioNerds Academy Objectives

• CardioNerds Fellows will develop the technical skills necessary to produce high-quality medical education content in the form of podcasts
• CardioNerds Fellows will innovate and contribute to the academic medicine community
• The CardioNerds Academy will facilitate mentorship of CardioNerds Fellows, who will form a community of future cardiology leaders 
• CardioNerds Fellows will continue to carry out the CardioNerds mission: disseminate high-quality educational cardiology content to all levels of learners 

CardioNerds Academy Core Competencies 

• Script production (at least 4 scripts) 
  • Outline teaching goals for a topic 
  • Develop interview guides that facilitate learning 
  • Summarize core teaching points
• Create high-quality Show Notes summaries (at least 4)
• Develop skills in audio recording and editing (4) 
• Create a infographic or visual abstract summary of a core topic (1) 
• Create a Tweetorial that summarizes a CardioNerds episode (1)
• Conduct a longitudinal year-long thesis project based on individual CardioNerds Fellow’s interests, guided by a dedicated faculty advisor in addition to guidance by CardioNerds (e.g. journal club, Newsletter, visual design, website design, app, review article, social media, med ed, women’s cardiovascular health, health care equality)
• Complete a Capstone Project in the form of an academic poster or publication (e.g. case report, poster presentation of longitudinal thesis project at regional or national meeting, AAMC MedEd portal)
• Attend a national or regional cardiology meeting with CardioNerds
• Write a blog post (e.g. ACC blog)