Addictive Learning That Sticks

This course covers 25 core cardiology concepts that "all medical students should know upon graduation from medical school."  

The course material was initially developed for use in a series of randomized trials conducted with over 1700 students at 7 medical schools:
   Baylor College of Medicine
   Harvard Medical School
   Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami
   Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
   University of Alabama (Birmingham) School of Medicine
   University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
   University of Virginia School of Medicine

The content was developed by Dr. Kirdar, content-validated by a second clinical cardiologist, pilot-tested on 30 Harvard students, and fine-tuned to optimize its psychometric properties (reliability, difficulty, etc.).

All course-author revenue from this course will be donated to Partners in Health (www.pih.org).
 

This course covers core cardiology topics which include:

• Recognition of EKG abnormalities (digoxin toxicity, pericarditis, hyperkalemia, etc.)
• Management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS)
• Management of cardiac valvular disease
• Recognition of supra-ventricular tachycardias
• Cardiac physical examination techniques
• Management of symptomatic tachycardias
• Management and sequelae of congenital cardiac disorders
• Antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with cardiac abnormalities
• Management of peri-operative anticoagulation and risk assessment 
• Management of a “triple-A” (abdominal aortic aneurysm)
• Interpretation of exercise tolerance test results
• Interpretation of pulmonary arterial catheter measurements

This course is intended for students in the health professions.  It can be used as an introduction to these cardiology topic areas or as a review & reinforcement of this content.  The course assumes a basic knowledge of EKG interpretation and cardiac physiology.