OCOM 608 - Medical Knowledge: Cardiovascular

• to enable students to be life-long learners, self-motivated, and able to continue and advance their knowledge of cardiovascular medicine both now as students, and in later years as practicing physicians;
• to enable students to understand the fundamental biomedical concepts that are needed for effective diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular disease and disorders in a diverse patient population. These concepts will be derived from the study of the disciplines of physiology, pharmacology, anatomy, embryology, histology, pathology, infectious disease, biochemistry, nutrition, and social medicine.
• to expose students to these fundamental biomedical concepts, and to the scientific basis for medical decision making through the context of several cardiovascular cases dealing with palpitations, heart murmurs, hypertension, chest pain and shortness of breath;
• to expose students to emerging scientific knowledge and technologies that will have a significant impact on medical thinking and their own clinical practice in the years to come; and
• to enable students to refine their clinical skills of patient interviewing and physical examination as they relate to patients who present with cardiovascular disease or disorders.