key: cord-0815997-02cva81o authors: Kapur, Navin K. title: RESPONSE: Hybrid Training for Interventional, Heart Failure, and Critical Care Medicine date: 2020-06-16 journal: J Am Coll Cardiol DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.011 sha: 8b589e603fa15d541e2623c3027fa12308fe08c4 doc_id: 815997 cord_uid: 02cva81o nan Hybridized programs are a terrific opportunity to change the way we think and practice. However, given the complexity of managing patients with interventional, heart failure, or critical care problems, there is no room for short-cuts in education. The most impactful quote by Descartes summarizes the direction for aspiring hybrid physicians: "Cogito, ergo sum," or "I think, therefore I am." Regulae ad directionem ingenii/ rules for the direction of the natural intelligencea bilingual edition of the cartesian treatise on method Conceptual considerations for device-based therapy in acute decompensated heart failure Novel devices in heart failure: BAT, atrial shunts, and phrenic nerve stimulation Cardiac critical care: training pathways and transition to early career