Upper Peninsula Health Education Corporation

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Cardiology Elective
MED 611

Prerequisite: Fourth year medical students who have successfully completed their Internal Medicine clerkship and are relatively proficient in EKG interpretation.

Objectives:

• Become proficient in comprehensive evaluation/physical exam skills for new patients with cardiac disorders.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the interpretation of laboratory, procedural and diagnostic data as it relates to cardiac diseases.

Students are assigned to a cardiology service and are involved in the management of acute and chronic cardiology problems. The clerkship includes time spent on both the invasive and non invasive cardiovascular units, exposure to Swan Ganz catheterization and transvenous pacemaker insertion. Daily rounds are made with the cardiologist. Time will be spent in the Cath Lab.

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