CARD 709SV Inpatient Cardiology Experience Providence St. V

Students can expect to learn how to obtain a focused cardiac history and physical examination while managing cardiovascular disease predominantly in the inpatient setting. This rotation will help you learn the indications, contraindications, and limitations to noninvasive cardiac testing while becoming more proficient with ECG interpretation and auscultation of heart sounds with a focus on the development of those skills necessary for an internist’s practice in a resource limited setting. A secondary goal is for the student to develop an understanding of the internist’s capabilities and limitations regarding the management of cardiovascular diseases, increasing the skills which can help bring the knowledge of the subspecialist to the practice of the generalist.

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