Footnotes

• Contributors EMcA: review of literature, writing of manuscript. CB-D: review of literature, editing of manuscript. MSS: writing of science paragraph, editing of the manuscript. AB: design of manuscript, review of literature, editing of manuscript.

• Funding This research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease at the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol. This article presents independent research funded by the NIHR. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.

• Competing interests In compliance with EBAC/EACCME guidelines, all authors participating in Education in Heart have disclosed potential conflicts of interest that might cause a bias in the article. The authors have no competing interests.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.