Clinical Electives
Cardiology 310 | |
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| Course Leader | Philip Stockwell, MD |
| Add Notification days | 90 |
| Drop Notification days | 90 |
| Add Restriction days | 14 |
| Drop Restriction days | 14 |
| Competencies | Ability IV: advanced level |
| Contact Information | pstockwell@lifespan.org |
| Course Type | Elective |
| Criteria for Honors | Outstanding performance |
| Criteria for Passing | Satisfactory attendance. Excellence in case presentation, understanding of pathophysiology and application to patient management. |
| Dept ID | 10 |
| Description | 1. To provide medical students and house officers with mentored instruction in the basic approach to the patient with suspected cardiovascular disease. Participants will independently evaluate and examine patients with cardiovascular disease and develop a treatment plan in conjunction with an attending cardiologist 2. To expose medical students and residents to basic diagnostic modalities in clinical cardiology including electrocardiography, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and diagnostic cardiac catheterization. 3. To encourage participants to pursue independent study of selected topics in general cardiology through reading of selected texts and articles. 4. To allow participants to attend various weekly cardiology conferences |
| Duration | 4 weeks |
| Location | RIH |
| Maximum students per rotation | 2 |
| Number of nights on call per week | None |
| Planned Independent Projects for Students | Go to www.acc.org and navigate to Clinical Statements and Guidelines. On pulldown menu, select Practice Guidelines. These guidelines are outstanding and provide a wealth of information on all relevant topics in general cardiology. I highly recommend them now and in your future career. I would consider the following to be required reading (complete one each week of your rotation): |
| Prerequisites | Completion of Medicine core clerkship |
| Report To | Location to report on first day of rotation: Rhode Island Hospital Echocardiography Laboratory, second floor of main hospital building. Report at 8am. There you can page the cardiology fellow with whom you will be working for the month. He or she will give you further details. You can contact me prior to the rotation for the name and beeper number of the fellow for the month. Or, you can ask Jane Freer who is a secretary in the Echo Lab. In addition, she has one beeper available to the medical students per month which she can give to you. She also has a copy of the monthly conference schedule. |