Cardiology - Rush

Location

Rush

# Weeks

4

Hours/week on site

31-40

Open to M3s?

yes

Scheduled through OASIS?

yes

On Rush schedule?

yes

# other students

0

Prerequisites

Medicine core

Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility

I don’t know

Overnight call?

no

Work weekends?

no

Weekend call?

no

Is there an exam at the end of the rotation

no

Students required to give a presentation

no

Teaching hours/day

1-2

Teaching style

Patient rounds, Morning report/Case conference, Lecture given by resident or attending

Suggested reading/pocket contents

I read absolutely nothing during this rotation.  Many people shy away from this rotation because it sounds demanding.  It is not.  I had fun, and the attendings were great.

Structure of rotation

Team-based

Amt/quality of time residents/attendings

Team consists of 1 fellow, two to four residents, and the attending.  It's a consult service, so you roll in anywhere between 8:00 am to 11:00 am, depending on how fast you pre-round, write your notes, and then round with the attending in the afternoon.  When I started, the fellow was great.  Very good teacher, knew her stuff, didn't coddle us.  The fellow that took her place, not so good.  Constantly confused, couldn't do anything without us by her side.  Other than that, great month.

Proportion of time evaluating pts alone

75-100%

# pts evaluated/day

4-6

Procedures

never

Typical day

see answer to “Amt/quality of time residents/attendings”

Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5)

5

Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5)

5

Useful for other specialties

This is a good one to take.  I wanted to know how to evaluate a pt c/o chest pain.  I'm not going into internal medicine, but I'm pretty sure there's a possibility the material was relevant.

Overall rating (# stars/5)

4

Recommended to other students (# stars/5)

4

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