Day in the Life: Cardiology

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! I know I’ve already had a Day in the Life in Cardiology from my intern year, but let’s face it–the heart’s important–hence, my second 2-week rotation in Cardiology!

Day in the Life: Cardiology

8:00am – 12:30pm/1:00 – 5:00 pm

I worked with a couple different cardiologists while I was on this rotation, usually splitting my time half at their clinic and half over at mine. This rotation was fairly similar to my cardiology rotation last year (not too surprising, given that both were outpatient cardiology rotations ;P ).

I got to see a good variety of different patients, from new consults for abnormal EKGs or echocardiograms to cardiac clearance for surgeries to regular follow-ups for patients with heart failure, heart attacks, valve replacements, etc. There was also a PA student and a medical student working with him at the time, so we all kinda tag-teamed to help out! I did a lot of counseling on healthy eating and exercise, as well as on smoking cessation, with varying degrees of success:

6/7-10/11pm (or weekend afternoons)

My evenings and weekend afternoons were generally free, so since it’s fall, I went to cover different sporting events (see more from my sports med rotation!). :]! One of my attendings also invited me to come to a talk he was going to be doing at a local fancy-schmancy restaurant, so I figured I’d go. It was mildly awkward in the sense that I knew absolutely no one and was the only resident there (there were a few cardiology fellows, but I didn’t know em’ either).

(No matter though, the food was absolutely delicious. :P )

• Have you ever gone to a dinner where you knew pretty much no one?
• Check out my previous Day in the Life’s!