Curriculum:

Year 1

2 Rotation Blocks in each of the following (1 Block = 4 weeks):

• Cardiac Consults
• Echocardiography
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Electrophysiology

1 Rotation Block in each of the following:

• Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Nuclear Cardiology
• Preventive Cardiology
• Congestive Heart Failure

Continuity Clinic:

• Cardiology fellows see outpatients one afternoon a week starting July.

Year 2

2.5 Rotation Blocks in each of the following:

• Consults (General Consults, Electrophysiology, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit)

2 Rotation Blocks in each of the following:

• Nuclear Cardiology
• Echocardiography
• Cardiac Catheterization

1 Rotation Block in the following:

• Congestive Heart Failure

4 Elective Blocks

• Electives can be selected depending upon the area of interest (including research). Away electives also available.

Continuity Clinic:

• Cardiology fellows see outpatients one afternoon a week.

Year 3

2 Rotation Blocks in each of the following:

• Nuclear Cardiology
• Echocardiography

1/2 Rotation BlocK in CCU

1 Rotation Block in the following:

• Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Connecticut Children's)
• Congestive heart failure
• Vascular

5 1/2 Elective Blocks

• Electives can be selected depending upon the area of interest (including research). Away electives also available.

Continuity Clinic:

• Cardiology fellows see outpatients one afternoon a week

Conference Schedule

Summer Survival Lecture Series

• Starts in July and covers all the essential topics for first year fellows over a 6 week time-frame.

Weekly Conferences:

• EKG conference
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Electrophysiology
• Cardiology Grand Rounds
• Journal Club

Monthly Conferences:

• Cardiac Consult/CCU Case Conference
• Nuclear/Cardiac Catheterization Correlation Conference
• Morbidity and Mortality
• Nuclear Cardiology Lecture Series
• Echocardiography Lecture Series
• Congestive Heart Failure Series
• EKG Conference
• Cardiac CT/ Cardiac MRI Conference Series
• Cardio-Oncology Conference Series
• Preventive Cardiology and Lipid Conference Series
• Adult Congenital Cardiology Conference Series
• Women’s Heart Conference Series
• City Wide Conference (Combined UConn and Hartford Hospital Fellow Conference)
• Echo Sonographers Conference

Each Fellow is required to present Grand Rounds as a third year and City Wide conference during their first and second year. Fellows are expected to present research conference once a year during their second and third years summarizing their completed or ongoing research projects.