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Physician ID:
251
Hours:
Monday 8 AM – 5 PM; Tuesday 7:30 AM – 5 PM; Wednesday 8 AM to 5 PM; Thursday 7:30 AM – 5 PM; Friday 7:30 AM to 3 PM
Hours have been provided by the preceptor. Hours are subject to change at the preceptor’s discretion, but the minimum total hours will remain approximately the same.
Location: New Orleans
This inpatient and outpatient US clinical experience will take place close to New Orleans, Louisiana (75 miles west of downtown).
Inpatient/Outpatient US Clinical Experience in Cardiology in New Orleans
Specialties: Cardiology
Location: New Orleans
Price:
Hospital Letterhead: No
Faculty Appointment: Yes - Dartmouth Medical School
Information about this clinical experience:
You will be under the supervision of a physician who is board certified in cardiology. The physician is on staff at multiple hospitals, including Ochsner Health and Baton Rouge General Hospital among others. The preceptor is actively involved in the education of medical students and serves as “Clinical Assistant Professor” at an Ivy League medical school located in the Northeast. During residency, the doctor was the recipient of an award given to a resident who demonstrates unselfish devotion and compassionate concern to patients.
This preceptor believes in tailoring the experience based on the interests of the rotator. Rotators will learn how to evaluate and manage patients with a wide range of cardiac complaints. Emphasis will be placed on delivering guideline-based care to patients with heart disease. Rotators will be able to spend time in the cardiac catheterization lab, electrophysiology lab, and round with the structural heart disease team. One to two days will each be spent with the nuclear medicine technician, ultrasound technician, and stress test technician learning how to perform cardiac stress tests and echocardiograms.
The inpatient component of the rotation will take place at two different hospitals, approximately once a week. In addition, the physician takes weekend call during one weekend of every month. During this weekend, the rotator will round with the physician at the hospital.
As this is an underserved community, learners will gain insight about the factors that are driving health care disparities including income, education, employment, housing, transportation, and limited insurance, and how these factors can lead to an increase in cardiovascular disease.
During your experience, you will learn the following U.S. medical practices under the preceptor’s supervision:
Taking patient histories.
Performing physical exams under the physician's supervision.
Presenting patients.
Researching the literature to answer clinical questions at the point of care.
Educating patients.
Spending time with other healthcare professionals in the office to understand their roles and responsibilities.
Who should consider this rotation:
International medical graduates (IMGs) and students seeking US clinical experience in family medicine, internal medicine, or cardiology.
How to obtain a letter of recommendation:
The rotator should ask the preceptor for a LOR near the conclusion of the rotation. Dr. Desai has provided the physician with guidelines about best practices in letter writing that meet residency program requirements. In some cases, the preceptor may ask the rotator to write a letter of recommendation draft.
During the rotation:
Our team will be checking in periodically with you to ensure that you are having an optimal experience. We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions during the rotation.
Testimonials
"A rotation to someone who already has strong knowledge of OBGYN, otherwise it can be a little overwhelming. The inpatient experience is also something that is a plus in this rotation as it shows pretty much the activity of an Obstetrician with all the complexities of the decisions that are made in short seconds that a rotation with only an outpatient setting will not provide. Another plus is the doctor is working in multiple Hospitals in the Medical Center (Memorial, Houston Methodist, Women´s Hospital, among others). This diverse experience enables us to understand that there are different ways of approaching the same problem. The outpatient setting is very diverse with a great number of patients. We can see every day, some diseases and pregnancy complications that are rare. The doctor's team ( RN, Sonographer) was fantastic in providing integration at the office, and they fulfilled the lack of attention that sometimes there was."
Maria
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