ADULT INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ELECTIVE

MEDICINE 945

Supervised by house staff and attending physicians activities include: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. On an inpatient cardiology rotation, evaluate and manage a full spectrum of patients with acute and chronic cardiovascular problems and may provide perioperative consultations for hospitalized adult patients. Care for patients with chest pain, arrhythmias, MI, heart failure, valvular disease and shock. Learn the indications for and data provided by common cardiac diagnostic tests including ECG, echo, stress tests, bedside ultrasound and coronary angiography.

PEDIAT 943

Supervised by house staff and attending physicians activities include attending a variety of outpatient clinics with pediatric cardiologists, inpatient pediatric cardiology rounds and consults with the inpatient service team, observing various scheduled procedures (including echocardiography, ECG, cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology study), attending pediatric cardiology related conferences, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases.

MEDICINE 951

Provide a broad introduction to the cardiovascular syndromes and diseases that constitute a large part of the practice of adult medicine. This experience has been particularly useful for three groups: those who plan to enter an adult primary care discipline, those entering residency in emergency medicine, and those with an interest in adult cardiology.

MEDICINE 919

Care for hospitalized patients on general medicine or hospital medicine services. Admit new patients, round on previously admitted patients, participate in multidisciplinary rounds, and work to transition patients to the next level of care. Evaluate and manage both patients with common inpatient conditions and medically complex patients requiring collaboration with consulting specialties. Complete other patient care related learning activities as assigned by instructors (e.g., literature reviews, presentations on specific topics); these are dependent on the individual student, attending physician, and clinical site.

MEDICINE 943

Opportunities to learn the process involving the evaluation and management of a full spectrum of acute and chronic cardiovascular diseases, as well as preoperative consultation for hospitalized adult patients. Become familiar with the principles of effective consultation and how to operationalize this role, through evaluating patients, presenting relevant data, providing effective cardiac consultation as an integral member of a fast-paced inpatient team. Essential skills are taught, including: interpreting 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) and cardiac rhythm data from telemetry with assistance, observing select cardiac diagnostic tests and reading studies with faculty or fellows. Attendance at weekly Cardiovascular Medicine Grand Rounds is required.