Course Director: Philip Stockwell, MD
450 Veteran’s Memorial Parkway
East Providence, RI 02914
(401)228-2020 office phone
(401) 228-2026 office fax
(401)350-6302 beeper
pstockwell@lifespan.org

Cardiology faculty: Drs. Abbott (Brian), Arrighi, Berger, Christian, Gilson, Levine, Raymond, Robertson, Stockwell, Weigner and the EP faculty (Buxton, Koo, Kirk, Ellison, Woollett). Each attending rotates for 1 week. Fellows rotate for 1 month.

Course Location:     Rhode Island Hospital

When Offered:     All year

Maximum Students per Rotation:     2

Duration of Rotation:     4 weeks

Type of Rotation:     Consultation Service

Suggested Reading:

Go to www.acc.org and navigate to Clinical Statements and Guidelines. On pulldown menu, select Practice Guidelines. These guidelines are outstanding and provide a wealth of information on all relevant topics in general cardiology. I highly recommend them now and in your future career. I would consider the following to be required reading (complete one each week of your rotation):
1. Atrial Fibrillation
2. Chronic Heart Failure
3. Perioperative Evaluation Prior to Noncardiac Surgery
4. Unstable Angina and Non-ST Segment Elevation MI

Prerequisites:     Clerkship in Medicine

Criteria for Passing:     Satisfactory attendance. Excellence in case presentation, understanding of pathophysiology and application to patient management.

Criteria for Honors:     Outstanding performance.

Competencies:     Ability IV: advanced level

Number of Hrs/Wk of Classroom/Discussion:        4-8 scheduled conferences; 4-6 hours/day

Number of Nights Oncall per Week:     None

Course objectives:

1. To provide medical students and house officers with mentored instruction in the basic approach to the patient with suspected cardiovascular disease. Participants will independently evaluate and examine patients with cardiovascular disease and develop a treatment plan in conjunction with an attending cardiologist
2. To expose medical students and residents to basic diagnostic modalities in clinical cardiology including electrocardiography, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and diagnostic cardiac catheterization.
3. To encourage participants to pursue independent study of selected topics in general cardiology through reading of selected texts and articles.
4. To allow participants to attend various weekly cardiology conferences.