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Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation Internship
Internship Rotations
Phase II cardiac rehabilitation
- Patient orientation
- Patient education and risk factor modification
- Telemetry monitoring
- Rest and exercise blood pressures
- Titrating patient workloads according to heart rate and rating of perceived exertion
Phase III cardiac rehabilitation
- Exercise leadership
- Rest and exercise blood pressures
- Patient education
- Chart reviews
- Monitoring of patient progression/maintenance
- Rhythm strips
- Pool program
- Optimal Aging (OA)
- Women Exercising to Live Longer (W.E.L.L.)
- Advanced Training Program (ATP)
Stress testing parts I and II (8 weeks total)
Time is split between the Corewell Health and Wellness Center- Coolidge and the main Royal Oak campus
- Observation of various cardiac procedure
- Echocardiographic procedures (2D, TEE)
- Pacemaker clinic
- Electrophysiology (EP) lab
- Cath lab (PCI/stent)
- Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)
- Telemetry monitoring system (TMS)
- Nuclear Medicine (MUGA)
- Enhanced External Counter Pulsation therapy (EECP)
- Hands-on participation in the stress labs at both locations (regular GXTs, exercise and pharmacologic MPIs and stress echos, VO2 testing and resting metabolic rate testing)
- EKG prep
- Medical history taking
- Explanation of all test types/protocols
- Resting and exercise blood pressures
- Monitoring 12-lead EKGs
- Test supervision
- Test interpretation
- Relaying results to patients
- Observation of various cardiac procedure
Other requirements
- Weekly lecture series
- Rotation quizzes/exams
- Comprehensive final exam
- 12-lead EKG interpretation packet
- Newsletter article
- Written and oral case studies
- Mock mini lecture
Contact us
Kristen Kubert
Clinical Internship Program Coordinator
Call 248.655.3137