Institution: University Specialty Clinics

Location: Columbia, South Carolina

Duration: 4 weeks

Course Offered: Throughout academic year

Number of Students: 1 per rotation

Students Report To: University Pediatric Cardiology, One Richland Medical Park, Suite 410, 9:00 a.m., Mondays.  Phone (803)434-7940, Fax (803) 434-2262, email oshuler@sc.edu.

*USC SOM  Third Year Elective

The cardiology elective consists of several distinct areas of service; general inpatient, PICU, NICU, newborn nursery services, and outpatient clinics, particularly the CRS Clinic and private patients seen in the Pediatric Cardiologist Office. The student will spend time in these areas with daily rounds on all of the hospitalized patients. The EKG's, echocardiograms, chest x-rays, and other procedures on each patient will be reviewed. The student will be expected to interpret the EKG's and echocardiograms along with the pediatric cardiologist. The student will attend the CRS Pediatric Cardiology clinics and selected outreach clinics. The student will also attend the private clinics in the Pediatric Cardiology Department. In this setting, the history/physical examination and the diagnosis of congenital heart disease will be emphasized. At the end of the elective, the student will have a good working basic knowledge of pediatric cardiology.