EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
CARDIOLOGY
PGY1 – CORE INTERNAL MEDICINE
Principle Objectives
To further develop clinical skills, enhance patient problem formulation and formulate
treatment plans through exposure to a wide variety of patients with cardiac disease in
the in-patient and emergency room settings.
CanMEDS 2000 ROLE/SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Medical Expert/Clinical Decision Maker
1. To assess in an accurate manner patients with coronary artery disease, valvular
heart disease, congenital heart disease hypertension, cardiac dysrhythmias,
congestive heart failure.
2. To enhance technical experience in the performance of procedures such as
interpreting the electrocardiogram, venipuncture, intravenous therapy etc.
Communicator
1. To improve clinical skills by obtaining case histories of assigned patients on the
cardiology service with a wide variety of cardiac diseases.
2. To further develop skills in medical record keeping by recording the case histories of
patients and writing progress notes in an appropriate manner.
3. To develop skills in verbal presentation by presenting cases at ward rounds, in the
clinic and on occasion at formal teaching conferences (if applicable).
4. To develop skills in dictating patient records by preparing discharge summaries and
dictating letters to referring physicians on patients seen in consultation in the
outpatient clinic (when appropriate).
Collaborator
1. To understand and integrate the roles of other healthcare providers including
cardiac surgeons, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, dieticians
and social workers into the management of the patients.
Educational Goals and Objectives
CARDIOLOGY – PGY1 – CORE INTERNAL MEDICINE
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2. To foster respect for and appreciate the importance of communication with Allied
Healthcare providers and referring physicians in the care of patients.
Manager
1. To gain experience in formulating a list of appropriate investigations and treatment
of patients with cardiac disease with supervision by the resident on the service and
the attending physician.
Health Advocate
1. To become familiar with the use of various appropriate diagnostic methods in
cardiology (ECG, Echocardiography, Nuclear Cardiology, etc.) by interpreting the
results of investigations performed on the assigned in-patients.
2. Identify and assess using appropriate interventions to modify and treat risk factors
for coronary arterary disease.
Scholar
1. Identify and review current medical resources for pertinent and up to date
information on common cardiac clinical problems.
2. To demonstrate an understanding of the important of basic pathophysiology to the
practice of cardiac medicine.
3. To apply the principles of critical appraisal to sources of medical information.
Professional
1. To practice medicine in a professional manner and to render routine emergency
cardiac care coverage on an in-patient cardiology service.
2. To recognize the role of biomedical ethics in medicine including clinical practice,
teaching and research.
3. To display attitudes conducive to an effective doctor-patient /family, physician to
physician and physician to allied healthcare provider relationships.
June 2003