Student Courses

Course Director: Robert C Bernstein, MD

Course Location: Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Course Description:

Career exploration on busy inpatient consultative general cardiology and cardiac subspecialty services. Course includes exposure to cardiac echo, transesophageal echo, stress testing, and nuclear imaging as well as elective and emergent interventional cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, structural heart, and advanced heart failure, and cardiac transplant evaluations and procedures. Focus is on seeing both the breath and depth of cardiovascular disease and the cardiologist’s role leading care management. Participate in clinical assessment, decision making, and acute care management of patients with a wide range of cardiovascular pathology.

Learning Objectives:

Observational exposure to 1) wide range of cardiovascular pathology
and 2) a day in the life of cardiologists.

Course Format:

M3. No formal student evaluation. Two week inpatient elective. No
night call or weekends. Anticipate rounding with a different cardiologist most days to provide a
range of pathologies and experiences.

Additional preceptors:

All Sentara Cardiology Specialists physicians

Course Director: Robert C Bernstein, MD

Site Lead: Luke Kohan, MD

Course Location: Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital

Course Description:

Busy consultative cardiology service. Course includes exposure to cardiac echo, transesophageal echo, stress testing, and nuclear imaging as well as emergent interventional cardiology procedures and device (pacemaker and defibrillator) implantation. Focus is on clinical assessment, decision making, and acute care management of patients with
a wide range of cardiovascular problems including acute coronary syndromes, rhythm disorders, valvular heart diseases, and cardiogenic shock.

Learning Objectives:

1) Perform a targeted cardiovascular history and exam including pertinent negative and positive findings.
2) Develop a cardiovascular differential diagnosis and plan;
3) Appropriate use of lab, non-invasive, and invasive testing including study limitations;
4) Cardiac invasive hemodynamics associated with heart failure, shock, and other cardiovascular conditions and how they correlate with exam findings;
5) Basic pharmacology of intravenous and oral medications employed for acute and chronic cardiac conditions.

Course Format: M4. Four week inpatient elective. Perform consultations and follow up rounds, observe procedures. One on one patient presentations and topic discussions with multiple attending physicians. No night call or weekends.

Additional preceptors: Alan Banks, MD; Robert Bernstein, MD; Luke Kohan, MD; Partha Manchikalapudi, MD; Ramanaiah Kakani, MD; Scott Robertson, MD; Ronald Stine, MD; Sanjay Shah, MD

Course Director: Robert C Bernstein, MD

Site Lead: Deepak Talreja, MD

Course Location: Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

Course Description:

Busy consultative cardiology service. Course includes exposure to cardiac echo, transesophageal echo, stress testing, and nuclear imaging as well as elective and emergent intervention cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, and structure heart evaluations and procedures. Focus is on clinical assessment, decision making, and acute care management of patients with a wide range of cardiovascular problems including acute coronary syndromes, rhythm disorders, valvular heart disease, and cardiogenic shock.

Learning Objectives: 

1) Perform a targeted cardiovascular history and exam including pertinent negative and positive findings;
2) Develop a cardiovascular differential diagnosis and assessment plan;
3) Appropriate use of lab, non-invasive, and invasive testing including study limitations;
4) Cardiac invasive hemodynamics associated with heart failure, shock, and other cardiovascular conditions and how they correlate with exam findings;
5) Basic pharmacology of intravenous and oral medications employed for acute and chronic cardiac conditions.

Course Format: M4. Four week inpatient elective. Perform consultations and follow up rounds, observe procedures. One on one patient presentations and topic discussions with multiple attending physicians. No night call or weekends.

Additional preceptors: David Adler, MD; Ramin Alimard, MD; Robert Bernstein, MD; Jon Grammes, DO; Jeffrey Hedley, MD; Venkat Iyer, MD; Sarah Joyner, MD; Ronald McKechnie, MD; Edward Miller, MD; James Miller, MD; Deepak Talreja, MD

(may be arranged if special circumstances exist on an individual basis)
Course Director: Robert C Bernstein, MD

Site Lead: To be determined

Course Location: Norfolk General Hospital (alternative locations as dictated)

Course Description:

Student, along with course director, needs to outline the necessary course setting, anticipated clinical experience, and specific focus of the course.

Learning Objectives: 

Student, along with course director, needs to articulate a series of clear challenging but obtainable learning objectives for the course.

Course Format: M4. Student, along with course director, needs to provide the course duration, student responsibilities, and learning method.

Additional preceptors: to be arranged