| Course Name: | Pediatric Cardiology |
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| Course Number: | PE-407 |
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| Elective Type: | B1 |
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| Coordinator(s): | Tiffany Nemetz @ 508-856-7595 tiffany.nemetz@umassmed.edu
Gretchen Jones @ 508-856-3590 gretchen.jones@umassmed.edu |
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| Department: | Pediatrics |
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| Sites Available: | UMMHC-University Campus |
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| Months Offered: | September - May |
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| Number of Students / Month: | 1 |
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| Prerequisites: | Completion of Pediatrics, Medicine, Surgery, and OB/Gyn clerkships (strongly recommended) |
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| Elective Description: 1) Improve/develop skills in cardiac auscultation of infants and children. 2) Learn to recognize the common innocent and organic murmurs of childhood. 3) Develop an understanding of natural history of common cardiac defects and acquired cardiac conditions of childhood. 4) A short didactic on topic of your choice will be researched and presented. |
| Note: NA |
| Location: UMMHC-University Campus |
| Website: http://www.umassmed.edu/pediatrics/ |