CARDIOLOGY CONSULTATION SERVICE ELECTIVE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Become familiar with the evaluation and management of acute and chronic, often complex, cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, MI, heart failure, valvular disease and shock that occur in adult patients hospitalized for other illnesses, traumatic injuries or surgery. Audience: Graduate 2. Assess preoperative risk for non-cardiac surgery. Audience: Graduate 3. Learn the indications for and data provided by common cardiac diagnostic tests including electrocardiogram (ECG), echo, stress tests, and coronary angiography. Audience: Graduate 4. Learn the principles of consultation and how to function effectively in this role. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate competency in the performance of cardiovascular history and physical examinations. Audience: Graduate 6. Accurately read and interpret normal ECGs with common abnormalities. Audience: Graduate 7. Correlate cardiac laboratory information, such as: diagnostic coronary angiography, hemodynamic monitoring, and results in electrophysiological testing. Audience: Graduate 8. Recognize the major signs and symptoms of cardiac disease. Audience: Graduate 9. Evaluate and recommend appropriate diagnostic testing for common cardiovascular conditions. Audience: Graduate 10. Witness cardiac catheterizations, various types of stress testing, and echocardiograms. Audience: Graduate 11. Accurately interpret the results of various cardiovascular diagnostic tools. Audience: Graduate 12. Recognize the most efficient and effective methods of treatment for a variety of common cardiovascular conditions. Audience: Graduate 13. Develop in-depth skill in obtaining a cardiovascular history. Audience: Graduate 14. Develop in-depth skill in performing physical examinations relevant to cardiovascular disease. Audience: Graduate 15. Identify appropriate laboratory, procedural, and diagnostic testing for common cardiovascular diseases and become proficient at interpretation of the results. Audience: Graduate 16. Improve skill of interpreting ECGs as a part of the evaluation of patients with heart disease. Audience: Graduate 17. Learn special procedures utilized in evaluation and measurement of patients with cardiovascular disease, including stress tests, echocardiograms, cardiac catherizations and other coronary interventions. Audience: Graduate 18. Acquire knowledge of the methods utilized in the clinical management of patients with cardiovascular disease, particularly coronary disease, heart failure and arrhythmias. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Become familiar with the evaluation and management of acute and chronic, often complex, cardiovascular conditions such as arrhythmias, MI, heart failure, valvular disease and shock that occur in adult patients hospitalized for other illnesses, traumatic injuries or surgery. Audience: Graduate 2. Assess preoperative risk for non-cardiac surgery. Audience: Graduate 3. Learn the indications for and data provided by common cardiac diagnostic tests including electrocardiogram (ECG), echo, stress tests, and coronary angiography. Audience: Graduate 4. Learn the principles of consultation and how to function effectively in this role. Audience: Graduate 5. Demonstrate competency in the performance of cardiovascular history and physical examinations. Audience: Graduate 6. Accurately read and interpret normal ECGs with common abnormalities. Audience: Graduate 7. Correlate cardiac laboratory information, such as: diagnostic coronary angiography, hemodynamic monitoring, and results in electrophysiological testing. Audience: Graduate 8. Recognize the major signs and symptoms of cardiac disease. Audience: Graduate 9. Evaluate and recommend appropriate diagnostic testing for common cardiovascular conditions. Audience: Graduate 10. Witness cardiac catheterizations, various types of stress testing, and echocardiograms. Audience: Graduate 11. Accurately interpret the results of various cardiovascular diagnostic tools. Audience: Graduate 12. Recognize the most efficient and effective methods of treatment for a variety of common cardiovascular conditions. Audience: Graduate 13. Develop in-depth skill in obtaining a cardiovascular history. Audience: Graduate 14. Develop in-depth skill in performing physical examinations relevant to cardiovascular disease. Audience: Graduate 15. Identify appropriate laboratory, procedural, and diagnostic testing for common cardiovascular diseases and become proficient at interpretation of the results. Audience: Graduate 16. Improve skill of interpreting ECGs as a part of the evaluation of patients with heart disease. Audience: Graduate 17. Learn special procedures utilized in evaluation and measurement of patients with cardiovascular disease, including stress tests, echocardiograms, cardiac catherizations and other coronary interventions. Audience: Graduate 18. Acquire knowledge of the methods utilized in the clinical management of patients with cardiovascular disease, particularly coronary disease, heart failure and arrhythmias. Audience: Graduate