M3 Cardiovascular Diseases

ELEC353 / PMDN 601

Department
Internal Medicine

Clinical or Non-Clinical Course
Clinical

Physician Assessed Patient Facing
Yes

Prerequisites
None

Goal
The student will spend two weeks with an assigned attending and/or fellow. This subspecialty elective is inpatient based. The students will assist the preceptors in the evaluation of the cardiology consults in the hospital and participate on the cardiology teaching service. The students will assist in performing a physical exam and formulate a treatment plan based on the patient’s history, physical, and psychosocial issues. The students will be able to identify the indications for cardiac catheterizations, stress testing, and echocardiograms in the evaluation of cardiac diseases and have an opportunity to observe cardiac catheterizations, stress testing, and echocardiograms with their preceptors.

Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Perform an appropriate history and physical exam in a patient presenting with chest pain, shortness of breath and to establish a differential diagnosis and severity with a specific emphasis on the cardiac exam.
  2. Define indications for and interpret the significance of the results of diagnostic tests such as electrocardiogram, echocardiogram, and stress testing.
  3. Describe the signs, symptoms, causes and management of congestive heart failure.
  4. Describe and define signs and symptoms associated with ischemic cardiac pain, generate a differential diagnosis recognizing specific history and physical exam findings that suggest ischemic chest pain from non-ischemic chest pain.
  5. Communicate the diagnosis, treatment plan, and prognosis of the disease to patients and their families, and when appropriate, identify and educate patients about cardiovascular risk factors for disease relative to their age and gender.
  6. Students should see patients (as assigned by preceptor) and present them in an organized format to the preceptor.
  7. Students should formulate an assessment and plan for the patients they see.
  8. Students will attend cardiology teaching conferences at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.
  9. Students will conduct themselves in a professional manner and maintain good working relationships with patients, families, team members and health care professionals.

Method of Assessment
Standard Clinical 2wk Elective Evaluation - Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Additional Methods
Daily rounds and student presentations

Course Director
Sudhir Mungee, MD

Course Coordinator
Ashley Finney
afinney@uic.edu
309-840-7268

Location
SFMC

Setting
Outpatient
Inpatient

Night Call
No

Laboratory
Yes

Please Specify
Infrequent

Weekends
No

House Staff
Yes

Number of Learners per Block
1

Duration
2 weeks

Who is this elective available to
M3s (in Phase 2)

Blocks Available
All except fall and winter break.