Welcome to the cardiology department at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA. The one-month cardiology rotation provides the medical student with a broad clinical experience that occurs both at the bedside in the cardiac care unit and on the general medical floors. Medical students will be placed on patient care teams and interact with attending cardiologists, cardiology fellows and residents to observe and learn core skills involved in evaluating a patient presenting with cardiac disease.

This team interaction provides the basis for medical student learning to include the importance of pertinent history and physical examination findings, ordering laboratory studies and diagnostic testing, and interpreting and applying the results of cardiac diagnostic testing. Also, core clinical lectures in areas such as managing patients with acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, valvular heart disease,and arrhythmias are given. Emphasis is made on learning to read EKGs under the guidance of staff cardiologists and fellows. Also, the educational experience is further augmented by daily cardiology lectures in which you will participate.

Requests for cardiology rotations should be submitted to Ms. Kelly Beers. Thank you for your interest in our program.