At a glance
A hands-on foundation course
Two intensive days that pair short, focused lectures with extensive hands-on teaching in small groups, across the whole PCI workflow, from planning a case to managing its complications.
Why CORE
The practical core of the cath lab, taught deliberately
Interventional training varies widely between centres, and much of the practical craft of the cath lab is picked up between cases. CORE brings fellows together at the start of their interventional year for focused, hands-on teaching from experienced operators, before habits set.
Competence
Hands-on skill with the equipment fellows use from their first list.
Outcomes
Decisions anchored in what happens to the patient after the case.
Readiness
Recognising and managing complications before meeting them alone.
Excellence
A peer network across Australia and New Zealand that lasts a career.
Who CORE is for
Built for fellows and the people who train them
For fellows
A structured start to your interventional year
Two days on the core skills of PCI, from planning a case to managing its complications, with time on the equipment rather than watching. You will train alongside fellows from across Australia and New Zealand, and leave with a network that lasts well beyond the course.
For program directors
A shared foundation for your fellow
CORE gives every fellow the same strong start at the start of the interventional year, complementing the training your unit provides. Program directors nominate their fellows, who return with consistent approaches to case planning, safety and complications that your unit can build on.
Strong foundations.
Confident operators.
CORE sets a shared standard for how a new interventional operator plans, performs and rescues a case. Fellows practise the techniques that matter most in their first months of independent work: access and closure, guide and wire selection, lesion preparation, intracoronary imaging and physiology, and the stepwise management of complications. They leave with sound habits, a common language with their supervisors, and the confidence to apply both from their very next list.
How fellows take part
By nomination and invitation
Fellows are nominated by their interventional program directors. Invitations will be issued in December 2026.
- Invitations issued25 fellows across Australia and New Zealand.
- Final programFull faculty and venue announced.
- CORE 2027Sydney, New South Wales.