CARD 709H Cardiology - PeaceHealth Sacred Heart

Credits: 4
Students will be working with physicians from Oregon Cardiology, a high-volume practice. They will be exposed to a full spectrum of cardiac pathology including heart artery disease, cardiac dysrhythmias, heart valve disease, and heart failure. During the rotation, students will see both new and follow-up patients in a variety of hospital and clinical settings such as the ICU, office, catheterization lab, and operating room. Students will be expected to learn how to organize and present a routine cardiac history and physical exam, formulate assessments and plans based on their patient encounters. Focused reading of guidelines, textbooks and pertinent literature should support these assessments. Students will be exposed to the full range of cardiac diagnostic and therapeutic modalities which may include open heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, electrocardiography, electrophysiological testing and non-invasive stress testing. Students will be expected to understand the basic utility of these modalities as they apply in the broad context of medical care. At the end of their rotation students will better be able to:

recognize commonly encountered cardiac pathophysiology;
know how to initiate a course of treatment/investigation/consultation based on their assessments;
understand the role cardiologists play in caring for the medical and surgical patient;
become familiar with the manifestations and treatment of common cardiac pathology.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit