Curriculum

Cardiovascular (SMD 543)

Total Contact Hours: 68 hours

Director: Timothy Janz, M.D., Professor, Emergency Medicine

Description: Diseases and illnesses of the cardiovascular system are presented from multiple perspectives, including modern therapies. Learning activities highlight ECG interpretation, making a differential diagnosis, and strategies for prevention of heart disease.

Course Learning Goals, Assessment, Practice, Teaching and Learning Activities, and their Integration with the Institutional Educational Objectives:

Institutional Objectives

Learning Goals

Assessment Activities (graded)

Practice/Feedback Activities (non-graded)

Teaching and Learning Activities

K1

C2, C3

P1, P2, P3

Given a case vignette of a patient with CAD, VHD, acute/chronic heart failure, endocarditis, pericarditis, myocarditis, a cardiomyopathy, identify the key anatomic, physiologic, and pathogenic features and how they match with clinical presentation, including heart sounds and select evidence-based options for treatment (pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic). 

TBL IRAT/GRAT

MCQ Exam

Term 2 Final

Online Practice Questions (Physio)

In-Class Practice Questions (Autonomic Pharm)

Workshop Cases

ECG Review

TBL GAPP

Textbook Readings

Notepack

Live Lectures

TBL

K1

C2, C3

P1, P2, P3

Given a case vignette of a patient with hypertension or hypotension, identify the key anatomical, physiologic, and pathogenic features leading to clinical presentation, determine appropriate further diagnostic approaches to make a differential diagnosis and select evidence-based approaches to treatment (including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic); if pharmacologic, identify relevant indications, contraindications, side and adverse effects, and drug/drug interactions.

TBL IRAT/GRAT

MCQ Exam

Term 2 Final

Online Practice Questions (Physio)

In-Class Practice Questions (Autonomic Pharm)

Workshop Cases

ECG Review

TBL GAPP

Textbook Readings

Notepack

Live Lectures

TBL

K1

C2, C3

P1, P2, P3

Apply knowledge of the biochemistry, genetics, and physiology of lipid metabolism to identify pathologic and clinical features of hyperlipidemia and select evidence-based pharmacologic interventions.

TBL IRAT/GRAT

MCQ Exam

Term 2 Final

TBL GAPP

Textbook Readings

Notepack

Live Lectures

TBL

K1

C2, C3

P1, P2, P3

Given a normal ECG tracing, identify the relationships between heart anatomy and cardiac electrical activity and match with findings of physical exam.

TBL IRAT/GRAT

MCQ Exam

Term 2 Final

Online Practice Questions (Physio)

In-Class Practice Questions (Autonomic Pharm)

Workshop Cases

ECG Review

TBL GAPP

Textbook Readings

Notepack

Live Lectures

TBL

 

K1

C2, C3

P1, P2, P3

Given a ECG tracing, identify its key characteristics, clarify if normal or abnormal, and, if abnormal, identify the type of abnormality, its likely pathogenesis and clinical manifestation.

TBL IRAT/GRAT

MCQ Exam

Term 2 Final

Workshop Cases

ECG Review

TBL  GAPP

Textbook Readings

Notepack

Live Lectures

TBL

 

K1

C2, C3

P1, P2, P3

Given a case vignette of a patient with a cardiac dysrhythmia, identify its key ECG, clinical history and physical exam features and select evidence-based pharmacologic approaches for treatment.

TBL IRAT/GRAT

MCQ Exam

Term 2 Final

Workshop Cases

ECG Review

TBL  GAPP

 

K1

C2, C3

P1, P2, P3

Given a case vignette of a patient with a possible congenital heart defect, identify the salient anatomic, genetic, pathologic, and clinical features, and select appropriate further diagnostic testing and evidence-based treatment approaches.

TBL IRAT/GRAT

MCQ Exam

Term 2 Final

TBL peer feedback at end of Term 2  

Online Practice Questions (Physio)

TBL  GAPP

Textbook Readings

Notepack

Live Lectures

TBL

 

Institutional Educational Objectives

Category addressed Definition
1. Institutional Objectives What does our institution want our graduates to do?
2. Learning Goals If your students mastered the content of your course, what would they be able to do?
3. Assessment Activities (graded)
4. Practice/Feedback Activities (non-graded)
What will students need to do for them and others (peers, professors) to know whether they have achieved this specific learning goal?
5. Teaching and Learning Activities How will students get the information they need to learn?

Knowledge and Lifelong Learning

  • K1: The graduate will demonstrate knowledge of the basic medical sciences; clinical skills; and the ability to acquire, manage, and use current information for clinical decision-making and problem-solving in the care of individual patients, family members, populations, and systems of care delivery.
  • K2: The graduate will demonstrate knowledge of the ethical, social, economic, and cultural influences upon the health of and health care delivery to patients and patient populations, and will be able to propose realistic approaches to improving the health of an individual patient and for a patient population.
  • K3: The graduate will be able to identify the diverse factors that influence the health of the individual and the community; identify the socio-cultural, familial, psychological, economic, environmental, legal, political, and spiritual factors impacting health care and health care delivery; and be able to respond to these factors by planning and advocating the appropriate course of action at both the individual and the community level.

Interpersonal and Communication

  • C1: The graduate will demonstrate the ability to establish a professional relationship with a patient, build a comprehensive medical and social/personal history, conduct either a focused or comprehensive physical examination as indicated, construct a differential diagnosis, and recommend a course of treatment consistent with current standards of care.
  • C2: The graduate will demonstrate the ability to communicate (written and oral) clearly, professionally, and effectively with patients, their family members, health care team members, and peers.
  • C3: The graduate will demonstrate the capacity to listen to and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from peers and teachers, as well as give constructive feedback and evaluation to peers and faculty as requested.

Professionalism, Advocacy, and Personal Growth

  • P1: The graduate will be able to identify personal strengths and weaknesses in the care of patients and working with colleagues and allied health professionals, and, if indicated, demonstrate the ability to make changes in behavior that facilitate collaborative relationships.
  • P2: The graduate will demonstrate through the period of undergraduate medical education a pattern of responsible behaviors consistent with the highest ethical standards of the profession: honesty, confidentiality, reliability, dependability, civility, and punctuality.
  • P3: The graduate will demonstrate a commitment to leadership and the advancement of new knowledge.
Last edited on 01/28/2015.