Rotation Director: Shukri David, M.D. 
Duration: One month
Maximum number of student per four-week period: Five
Candidates: Senior students of approved allopathic and osteopathic medical schools
Evaluation: Oral and written
Description:
The senior elective rotation in cardiology at Providence Hospital introduces students to all aspects of cardiovascular medicine. A large patient population demonstrating all aspects of valvular, ischemic, hypertensive and congenital heart disease is utilized to instruct the student in the skills of clinical assessment and physical diagnosis. A busy cardiac catheterization laboratory provides the opportunity to observe left and right heart catheterization, angiography and coronary and vascular interventions.
Students will spend a balanced amount of time between seeing patients on consultations with the staff cardiologists and seeing patients in the cardiology fellows’ clinic. They will have the opportunity to participate in the full spectrum of noninvasive cardiology testing, including ECG interpretation, echocardiography, electrophysiology lab and stress testing.
Students also attend weekly cardiology lectures, including ECG interpretation lectures for students, fellow-led lectures for all rotating residents and students, echocardiography conferences, catheterization conferences and cardiology grand rounds.
Workweek: 5 days/week; 8 hours/day; 1 Saturday per month; no call
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Bibliography:
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- Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 17th Edition – cardiology section
- Rapid Interpretation of EKG’s, Sixth Edition by Dale Dubin
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