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Location |
Stroger |
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# Weeks |
4 |
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Hours/week on site |
41-50 |
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Open to M3s? |
no |
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Scheduled through OASIS? |
yes |
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On Rush schedule? |
yes |
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# other students |
3 |
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Prerequisites |
Internal Medicine |
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Interviewing/Step 2 flexibility |
The cardiology fellow was the only one really keeping track of your days, so the fellow basically will decide which days you can take off. |
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Overnight call? |
no |
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Work weekends? |
no |
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Weekend call? |
no |
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Is there an exam at the end of the rotation |
no |
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Students required to give a presentation |
no |
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Teaching hours/day |
1-2 |
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Teaching style |
Morning report/Case conference, Lecture given by resident or attending |
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Suggested reading/pocket contents |
I took this rotation to practice reading EKGs - "The Only EKG book you'll ever need" by Thaler is excellent (much better than Dubin's). Otherwise I just read articles off of Up-to-date as themes came up. You will need your stethoscope and penlight (look at people's necks for JVP and JVD), Calipers will also be needed but you can get away with "poor man's calipers" just using a piece of paper to draw lines in (ask your team about it). |
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Structure of rotation |
Team-based |
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Amt/quality of time residents/attendings |
Cardiology Fellow did teaching at some point during the day - although I hear this is variable depending on the fellow and attending. Some attendings do a lot of teaching as well during rounds. Each morning except for once a week there is a cardiology lecture given by one of the attendings - these are very good and meant for residents to complete gen med boards. |
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Proportion of time evaluating pts alone |
75-100% |
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# pts evaluated/day |
0-2 |
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Procedures |
never |
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Typical day |
We'd start with the am lecture, then meet the team when the Fellow would assign new patients to be seen, we'd see new patients and catch up with old ones then meet again to start attending rounds (different attending would schedule it at a different time). Attendings switch every two weeks so in a four week rotation you may work with as many as 3 different attendings. Residents and fellows are on a monthly schedule. |
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Usefulness for any residency (# stars/5) |
4 |
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Usefulness for this residency (# stars/5) |
5 |
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Useful for other specialties |
Internal Medicine, Family, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and any others that require a knowledge of reading EKGs or evaluating heart condition/tolerance for surgery. |
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Overall rating (# stars/5) |
5 |
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Recommended to other students (# stars/5) |
5 |
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Other comments |
There was free lunch 3-4 times per week. |