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Training targets
Read from the active version, by effective date.
Level I
- Scheduled months4months
The program’s 2026 orientation material indicates ACGME changes may reduce scheduled cath time to 5 months. Not yet a stated requirement.
- Diagnostic procedures100procedures
- Coronary angiograms50minimum
Counted within the 100 diagnostic procedures.
- Hemodynamic assessments25minimum
Counted within the 100 diagnostic procedures.
UT Cardiac Catheterization Curriculum, revision 6/24/2021
Level II
- Scheduled months6months
COCATS may still require additional elective time for formal Level II. The program has not confirmed how that is counted here.
- Diagnostic procedures300procedures
UT Cardiac Catheterization Curriculum, revision 6/24/2021
Cases completed
- Total diagnostic caths
- Coronary angiography
- RHC and hemodynamic cases
- Optional procedure categories
Whether the counts come from MedHub, from the cath reporting system, or from verified manual entry — and what the logging workflow is. No total appears until one of them is connected.
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Skill milestones
- Pre-procedure evaluation
- Access
- Right heart cath
- Angiographic and hemodynamic interpretation
- Post-procedure management
UT Cardiac Catheterization Curriculum, revision 6/24/2021
Medical knowledge
- Indications, contraindications and complications of cath for coronary, valvular, myocardial and basic congenital disease
- Radiation safety, contrast complications and renal protection
- Pharmacology of antiplatelets, anticoagulants, vasopressors and vasodilators used in the lab
- Normal and abnormal hemodynamics, shunt assessment, coronary anatomy and angiographic disease severity
- Access and closure strategies and their complications
- Interventional and structural indications
- Biopsy and pericardiocentesis concepts
- Mechanical circulatory support indications
UT Cardiac Catheterization Curriculum, revision 6/24/2021
Structural exposure
- TAVR observation
- MitraClip observation
- Peripheral angiography exposure
Whether the program still expects a set number of structural observations, and how they are recorded.
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Evaluations
- Completed and pending attending evaluations
- Mid-rotation check-in
- End-of-rotation evaluation
The evaluation platform link, and which form Cath uses.
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Learning goals
Personal goals and reflections. Private.
Nothing recorded. There is no way to write to this yet — the module is here because the program asked for it, and the entry path is the next piece of work.
No case counts are shown. UTKardio is connected to no procedure log, and a total invented here is one a fellow would measure themselves against. The targets above are published training standards, dated and sourced, and they are read from a table rather than written into this page — see §12.
Still needed from the program
Listed rather than guessed. These are the facts this page cannot answer.
- Procedure logWhether case counts come from MedHub, from the cath reporting system, or from verified manual entry, and any required categories beyond the program’s own.
- StructuralWhether the program still expects a set number of TAVR or MitraClip observations, and how they are recorded.
Last updated 2026-09-19 · Program, Cath Work Guide specification, 2026-09-19
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