The Clinical Cardiology Elective is a 4-week clinical experience at Boston Medical Center. In this elective, students will become a member of the Cardiology Consult team comprised of a staff cardiology, a cardiology fellow, and one to three PGY-2s. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of cardiac patients and share in the responsibilities for patient evaluation, management, and disposition. This elective emphasizes the fundamentals of the cardiac examination and therapeutics. Students will learn the significance, usefulness and manner of performing special diagnostic studies including electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, exercise stress tests, holter monitors, nuclear scans and cardiac catheterizations and will apply these to patient care. Teaching activities include daily rounds with staff cardiologist, EKG reading, Cardiology Grand Rounds, and Conferences. Students are expected to develop competency in EKG reading during the rotation. By special arrangement, additional elective time can be provided for certain students with a special interest in arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, echocardiography, stress testing or clinical research." All students and residents are expected to develop competency in EKG reading offered during the rotation. By special arrangement, additional elective time can be provided for certain students with a special interest in arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, echocardiography, stress testing or clinical research. Teaching activities include: 1. Daily rounds with Staff Cardiologist 2. EKG reading 3. Cardiology Grand Rounds 4. Medical/Surgical Conference 5. Arrhythmia Conference 6. Imaging Conference 7. Research Conference 8. Cardiomyopathy Conference 9. Core Curriculum Conference

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