INPATIENT CARDIOLOGY
Supervised by house staff and attending physicians activities include: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. On an inpatient cardiology rotation, evaluate and manage a full spectrum of patients with acute and chronic cardiovascular problems and may provide perioperative consultations for hospitalized adult patients. Care for patients with chest pain, arrhythmias, MI, heart failure, valvular disease and shock. Learn the indications for and data provided by common cardiac diagnostic tests including ECG, echo, stress tests, bedside ultrasound and coronary angiography.
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. Perform a hypothesis driven history and complete a targeted exam. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 3. Using clinical evidence, adapt and justify the working diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 4. Present a diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities. Audience: Graduate 5. Correctly interpret imaging and laboratory findings and communicate results to patients and team members. Audience: Graduate 6. Complete written documentation in a comprehensive, concise, accurate and timely manner. Audience: Graduate 7. Review, interpret and present current literature to support patient care. Audience: Graduate 8. Develop clinically relevant questions to advance learning. Audience: Graduate 9. Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians and non-physician team members. Audience: Graduate 10. Communicate and collaborate with consultants and/or primary team and other providers to coordinate care. Audience: Graduate 11. Engage patients in shared decision making regarding tests, orders and procedures. Audience: Graduate 12. Avoid medical jargon when communicating with patients and families. Audience: Graduate 13. Recognize limitations and seek assistance as appropriate. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Perform a hypothesis driven history and complete a targeted exam. Audience: Graduate 2. Develop and present a weighted differential diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 3. Using clinical evidence, adapt and justify the working diagnosis. Audience: Graduate 4. Present a diagnostic plan including laboratory and imaging modalities. Audience: Graduate 5. Correctly interpret imaging and laboratory findings and communicate results to patients and team members. Audience: Graduate 6. Complete written documentation in a comprehensive, concise, accurate and timely manner. Audience: Graduate 7. Review, interpret and present current literature to support patient care. Audience: Graduate 8. Develop clinically relevant questions to advance learning. Audience: Graduate 9. Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians and non-physician team members. Audience: Graduate 10. Communicate and collaborate with consultants and/or primary team and other providers to coordinate care. Audience: Graduate 11. Engage patients in shared decision making regarding tests, orders and procedures. Audience: Graduate 12. Avoid medical jargon when communicating with patients and families. Audience: Graduate 13. Recognize limitations and seek assistance as appropriate. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027