What you will do:

You will be under the supervision of a physician board-certified in internal medicine and cardiology. This physician holds a staff appointment at University of California Irvine Medical Center.  The attending is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of California Irvine School of Medicine. The preceptor is actively involved in the teaching of interventional cardiology fellows from the University of California Irvine.

During your experience, you will learn the following U.S. medical practices under the preceptor’s supervision (please note that this experience remains within the regulations of California pertaining to the unlicensed practice of medicine):

• Taking patient histories under supervision.

• Performing physical exams under the physician's supervision.

• Presenting patients.

• Writing or entering clinic progress notes under supervision.

• Researching the literature to answer clinical questions at the point of care.

• Educating patients under supervision.

• Delivering talks about important topics.

• Have opportunities to teach other team members.

• Learning about billing and coding.

The activities above will mostly take place in the outpatient setting. As a result of hospital policies, inpatient activities will be more observational.

Approximately once every week, you will accompany the preceptor to the hospital where you will be able to observe procedures or round on hospitalized patients.