Course Leader: James Fingleton, MD

Other Faculty: R. Indeglia, MD

Course Location:The Miriam Hospital

When Offered: Throughout the year

Maximum Students per Rotation:1-4

Duration of Rotation: 2 weeks or longer

Type of Rotation: Inpatient General

Number of Hrs/Wk of Classroom/Discussion: N/A

Number of Nights On call per Week: None

Planned Independent Projects:  Opportunities for clinical research will be available for the well-motivated student. No independent projects will be required.

Prerequisites:  Completion of the Core Clerkship in Surgery

Criteria for Honors:   An Honors grade should be awarded to a student whose performance in all phases of the elective surpassed the standards required by the faculty and was clearly superior to that of the average student taking this elective.

Competencies:    Ability III – Intermediate and Advanced

Description:   The student is assigned to the cardiothoracic surgical service. Students participate actively in the preoperative review of diagnostic tests such as cardiac catheterization films, MRI's, CT scans, etc. The student will be directly involved in daily rounds on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Students will scrub in on cardiothoracic surgical cases with a faculty mentor on a daily basis. Students will actively participate in the regular conference schedule and will be expected to attend a weekly Cardiac Catheterization Conference on Thursday mornings and Multidisciplinary Rounds on the CVTS ICU. Principles of surgical diagnosis and clinical physiology are especially emphasized for the student. The faculty mentor will assign supplemental reading pertaining to the types of specific cardiac anomalies and surgical interventions.