CARDIOVASCULAR DIVISION
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
8.30-9.30AM
MORNING REPORT/CCU
ROUNDS
8AM-1PM
CARDIOLOGY CLINIC
8.30-9.30AM
MORNING REPORT/CCU
ROUNDS
8.30-9.30AM
MORNING REPORT/CCU
ROUNDS
8.30-9.30AM
MORNING REPORT/CCU
ROUNDS
10AM-11AM
WEEKLY CV
LEADERSHIP STAFF
MEETING (Myra Maghasi,
Head Nurse, Rep from
Echo and EKG, Peter
Park, CV Administrator,
Fellow Lead)
3.30-5-15PM
CARDIOVASCULAR
TEACHING
CONFERENCE
2PM-5PM
CARDIOLOGY CLINIC
4PM-5PM
RESEARCH PROJECTS
CALL
(Last Wednesday of the
month)
CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC
CENTER (EKG/ECHO)
CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC
CENTER (EKG/ECHO)
CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC
CENTER (EKG/ECHO)
CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC
CENTER (EKG/ECHO)
CARDIAC DIAGNOSTIC
CENTER (EKG/ECHO)
SIGN OUT “CCU
ROUNDS”
SIGN OUT “CCU
ROUNDS”
SIGN OUT “CCU
ROUNDS”
SIGN OUT “CCU
ROUNDS”
SIGN OUT “CCU
ROUNDS”
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WEEKLY SCHEDULE
CV DIVISION OPERATIONS
1. One CV Fellow/Attending of the CV division will be ‘on call’ daily (24 hours). The call period begins and ends at 8.30AM on a
daily basis.
2. The ‘on call’ physician will be available for consultation during the 24 hour period and may be reached at any time using the
CV division ‘call phone’ # 0718814703. This phone will be handed off to the next ‘on call’ physician at 8.30AM daily.
3. Night call coverage will be provided by the assigned CV Registrar and/or cardiology fellows. Keys to the cardiac center will
be available through the radio room adjacent to the ER and must be signed out there in the event an EKG or Echo is
required afterhours.
4. Morning report/CCU rounds will be held in the Cardiac Care Unit.
5. Patients admitted from the cardiac clinic will be assigned for follow up in the hospital by the physician admitting the patient. If
the admitting physician is not the ‘on call physician’, the admitted patient will be assigned to the ‘on call physician’ of the day
of admission.
6. Admitted patients or patients seen on consultation will be followed in the hospital frequently by consulting physicians,
progress notes will be written and their status or change in status will be reported at morning report on a daily basis (if
needed).
7. On non-call days, physicians will be assigned to the EKG/Echo/Treadmill labs where Echo/treadmill reading and teaching will
occur. All EKGs will be read by the ‘Echo/EKG physician’.
8. Work on cardiac research projects will also occur during on call and non on call days as schedules will allow.
9. North American Cardiology attendings in Eldoret will be available to assist in the care of patients or Echo/EKG /treadmill
evaluations as needed. Cardiac fellows will likewise be available to assist non-cardiology fellows caring for cardiac patients.
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10. ALL CV division physicians will help in coverage/ care of consult and ward patients as needed based on the clinical
demands of a given work day.
11. Thursday CV Leadership staff meeting includes Division Chair, Myra Maghasi, Peter Park (Business/Operations), Fellow Rep,
Peris Martim (CCU Head Nurse) and a rep from Echo and EKG. The staff meeting will commence at 10am in the CCU
Conference room. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss operational/clinical issues that affect patient care to determine
resolution.
12. The call schedule for a month will be made by the 2nd year fellow and will be published one week before the end of the
month preceding the month. The call schedule will posted on the hospital wards, outpatient clinic areas, cardiac center and
doctor’s mess 2 days before the end of the preceding month.
13. Vacation (leave) requests for a month must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the end of the month preceding the month
in which the vacation request occurs.
14. PUNCTUALITY in attendance at all scheduled cardiology events (clinical and teaching) cannot be overemphasized.
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