Medical education


The effect of a multimodality cardiac imaging elective on pre-clinical medical students

Rebecca Kusko MS, Marina Iskandir MD, Allen Haynes MD, Simon Williams MD, Scott Shurmur MD, Mohammad M. Ansari MD

ABSTRACT

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine has developed an immersive Cardiac Imaging and Innovation week for medical students during their preclinical year. A pre- and post-survey administered to participants showed increased knowledge and improved impressions of cardiology. The students ranked the experience as high quality. This project suggests that similar elective experiences could enhance education during the preclinical period of medical education.

Keywords: medical education, cardiology, technology, imaging, echocardiography




Article citation: Kusko R, Iskandir M, Haynes A, Williams S, Shurmur S, Ansari MM. The effect of a multimodality cardiac imaging elective on pre-clinical medical students. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2020;8(35):72–76

From: Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Submitted: 3/31/2020

Accepted: 6/26/2020

Reviewer: Steven Urban MD

Conflicts of interest: none

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