Overview

Overview

Location
Akron General

Duration
4 weeks

Number of Students
2

Chief of Service
Robert Schweikert, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
1 Akron General Ave. 
Akron, Ohio 44307

Contact
Lisa Lawson
Student Coordinator
330.344.5470
LawsonL@ccf.org

Teaching Faculty

  • Jeffery Courson, DO — Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • David Cutler, MD — Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Anubhav Garg, MD — Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Sachin Gandhi, MD — Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Vinayak Hegde, MD — Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • David Hedrick, MD
  • James Hodsden, MD — Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Mark Iler, MD — Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Anmar Kanan, MD
  • George Litman, MD — Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Fernando Munoz, MD — Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Vinay Pai, MD, FACC — Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
  • Robert Schweikert, MD — Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Description

Description

Objectives

  • To provide medical students with necessary exposure to assess and care for the adult cardiac patient.

Description

  • The student will participate in daily teaching rounds with the attending and house staff team.
  • The student will be exposed to the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic intervention necessary in the care of the adult cardiac patient.
  • The student will work up at least three patients per week.
  • The student will attend daily EKG teaching sessions to gain proficiency in electrocardiographic diagnosis.
  • The student will work with the attending physician in an outpatient practice. The student will attend daily noon didactic lectures, with work rounds taking place in the afternoon.

Night Call/Special Requirements

  • None