THI’s Education Programs are supported by a large team of publication and multimedia production experts specialized in scientific editing, library sciences, multimedia productions, graphics arts, and digital communications. Every day, these talented teams help THI’s physicians and researchers publish their findings by editing and formatting journal articles, book chapters, conference abstracts, presentations, and grants. The scientific publications team comprises scientific editors and writers, grants specialists, and editorial assistants. Most of the editors have advanced degrees in the sciences, and all are capable of editing papers at every level, from ensuring that research methods and results are reported properly to correcting grammar and punctuation.

In 2020, the scientific publications team edited hundreds of manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals. These publications document the important basic science and clinical research being done at THI and are shared across the medical and scientific community through society meetings, online journals, the THI Journal and THI Website, and other digital media channels around the world.

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Since 1974, the Texas Heart Institute Journal has served as a valuable educational tool and resource for physician-scientists and clinical investigators around the world.

The Texas Heart Institute Journal (ISSN 1526-6702) is a peer-reviewed journal published by THI as part of its medical education program. The purpose of the Journal is to educate, with emphasis on disseminating information to physicians in practice. The Journal was originally published under the name Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982, and the Journal was published in print through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347). It is indexed by Index Medicus/MEDLINE and by other indexing and abstracting services worldwide.

Today, the Journal invites the submission of clinical and laboratory research papers, reviews, techniques papers, history of medicine pieces, case reports and series, image papers, guest editorials, and letters to the editor. Last year, the Journal accepted manuscripts from authors in over 30 different countries.

Continuing Medical Education

For nearly 40 years, THI’s Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) has been recognized as an accredited provider of relevant, effective, and practice-based CME activities that support the improvement of health care quality in the United States.

The mission of THI’s CME program is to provide physicians and medical professionals with comprehensive and innovative CME activities that are designed to increase medical knowledge and skills and, ultimately, to change practice behavior to improve patient care. These goals are accomplished by recruiting program directors and speakers for a series of high-quality CME offerings.

In 2020 THI pivoted its program offerings during the COVID pandemic. The team accredited live CME symposia, regularly scheduled series, and journal CME activities. The focus turned to offer online programs and virtual offerings with 35 online programs and 4 virtual symposia.

A total of 1,602 physicians and 532 non-physicians participated in THI’s CME- accredited activities. The success of THI’s CME program illustrates the Institute’s extensive reach within the medical community at the local, national, and international levels.

THI continues to partner with Baylor St. Luke’s and the Catholic Health Initiatives Health System in accrediting their CME offerings across the country. THI also works with physicians at Baylor College of Medicine in accrediting and planning several of their educational offerings. This alliance strengthens and expands THI’s education efforts and scope beyond cardiology to many other subspecialties.

Looking toward the future, THI’s will continue to expand the meaningful impact it has on the local and global medical community, supporting the Institute’s overall mission to reduce the devastating toll of cardiovascular disease through medical education programs.