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52-534 PEDIATRIC CARDIOVASCULAR INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Department PEDIATRICS Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility
Course Director LESLIE RHODES, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact LATANYA BROWN Enrollment Minimum 1
Email latanyabrown@uabmc.edu Address PP1S 102, zip 1711
Phone 205-638-2021 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24-25, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41, 42-43, 45-46, 47-48, 49-50, 51-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of Pediatrics Clerkship. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Pediatrics
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
Accepts students from osteopathic schools.
Course Description The CVICU Is a great place to learn cardiac physiology and postoperative care. The unit functions as a multi-disciplinary care model where surgeons, intensivists, cardiologists, anesthesiologists and nurse practitioners take an active role In the daily management of the patients Medical students demonstrating Initiative will follow patients and be responsible for their primary care. Several fellows rotate through the CVICU Inducting cardiology, PICU, ER, NICU and ER, therefore the learning experience for each month will vary. Morning review with the multidisciplinary team occurs at 7 am every morning with dally rounds following from approximately 9 am to 11:30 am every day. We admit postoperative patients throughout the day as well as provide anesthesia for bedside procedures. There are several didactic conferences in the mornings and weekly case discussions, which the medical student would be expected to attend. Frequently, multiple procedures occur in the CVICU throughout the day, but the medical student's primary role will be observation given the trainee load In the CVICU. Oftentimes, medical students and fellows are asked to give brief presentations on various cardiac lesions to enhance learning. This rotation can be time intensive and demanding, so It Is recommended only for those medical students with an active interest in cardiology, Intensive care, anesthesiology or cardiac surgery. Learning Objective: By the end of this session the participant will be able to recognize man of the common congenital heart disease lesions and have awareness of the complex interdisciplinary care required for the care of these patients. The student will experience working in an intensive care unit with a wide breadth of cardiac physiology. By the end of this session the participant will be able to start to understand what right to left shunts are and the difference between lung and shunt hypoxia.
Where To Report Benjamin Russel Building, 4th floor conference room, 7:30am.
Requirements Medical students would be expected to arrive to the unit daily at 7am and leave between 4-5pm most days. They will be expected to attend rounds and be up to date on patient data and clinical course. It is also recommended that all students take 3-4 calls per month depending on the number of trainees in the unit.
Evaluation Pass/Fail based on collective evaluations from attendings and fellows.
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