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.