About the course
The fellows’ course ANZ has been missing
A dedicated, hands-on foundation course for interventional cardiology fellows in Australia and New Zealand, held at the start of the interventional year.
The case for CORE
Skills too important to leave to chance
Only a small number of interventional cardiology fellows train each year, spread across many hospitals. There is no prescribed interventional curriculum and no exit examination, so what each fellow learns depends heavily on where they train.
Much of the practical craft of the catheterisation laboratory is learned between cases rather than taught deliberately, including the problems that most often harm patients in a new operator’s first months.
CORE brings fellows together for focused lectures and extensive hands-on teaching across the whole PCI workflow, from planning a case to managing its complications.
What CORE stands for
Four principles behind every session
Teaching is built around what a new operator does, not just what they know.
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 it is for
Fellows at the start of their interventional year
CORE is built for advanced trainees starting a dedicated interventional cardiology fellowship in Australia or New Zealand. Held at the end of February, it shapes habits while they are still forming.
Fellows are nominated by their interventional program directors, and places are offered by invitation.
The course grew out of what trainees asked for. Advanced trainees surveyed by the convenors described a clear need for a dedicated, hands-on program, and its format is drawn from their answers.
Governance
Clinician-led, industry-supported
Fellows first
Every decision begins with one question: what will make the fellows better operators? From curriculum design to faculty selection and hands-on training, the course is built around the needs of the next generation of interventional cardiologists.
Independent program
The program, the faculty and the selection of fellows rest solely with the four course convenors, who decide together.
Clinicians and industry, together
Education partners bring the latest equipment and technical expertise to every hands-on session, while the convenors and faculty set what is taught and how. Together they deliver training that neither could offer alone.
Skills, not products
All teaching content is written by the convenors and faculty. Support from education partners is unconditional educational sponsorship under the Medical Technology Association of Australia Code of Practice and its New Zealand equivalent.
Questions
FAQ
Who is eligible?
Advanced trainees in Australia and New Zealand who have accepted or started a dedicated interventional cardiology fellowship beginning in 2027.
How are fellows chosen?
Fellows are nominated by their interventional program directors. The convenors then jointly issue invitations, with places spread across Australia and New Zealand.
When will invitations be issued?
In December 2026. The final program and full faculty follow in January 2027.
What is the format?
Two days that combine short, focused lectures with extensive hands-on teaching in small groups, guided by 10 expert faculty.
Where is the course held?
In Sydney, New South Wales, on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 February 2027. The venue will be announced with the final program.