A training project to promote clinical research among young cardiologists

Providing guidance to young cardiologists by promoting collaboration and professional development is one of the main goals that the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO) shares with the European Society of Cardiology. In 2021, the ANMCO President, Prof Furio Colivicchi, launched an initiative to engage young cardiologists from all over Italy in clinical research in collaboration with Dr Aldo Maggioni, director of the ANMCO Research Center. This initiative is part of a strategic plan called next-generation ANMCO, which is inspired by the next-generation EU plan and is designed to strengthen clinical research after the changes imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a greater involvement of young cardiologists. A 4-year clinical research programme, the first such ANMCO programme after the COVID-19 outbreak, has been recently proposed. The ANMCO President-Elect, Dr Fabrizio Oliva, has been delegated to coordinate this programme.