Developments in international, national and local policies, government strategies and drivers and service provision are together making new demands on cardiac care delivery. Cardiology is a dynamic and rapidly changing specialty, which requires health care professionals (HCP) to be able to deliver high quality, evidence-based care to a range of service users, in a variety of clinical settings.

Syllabus

Within this module the student will explore:

• Ethical theories and applied clinical ethical decision-making
• Epidemiology,pathophysiology and management of coronary heart disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathies/Genetic heart disease
• Risk factor assessment
• Applied cardiac pharmacology
• Applied cardiac physiological investigations and treatments including Pacemakers, automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator (AICD), Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (DRT)
• Electrocardiography (ECG) – including basic rhythm interpretation, atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, atrio-ventricular blocks
• Principles in taking a 12 Lead ECG - including basic and advanced interpretation of abnormalities
• Cardiac Investigations such as Troponin, coronary angiography and CT angiography
• Treatments of Coronary Heart Disease including medical therapies, Primary angioplasty and stenting
• Assessment of the cardiovascular patient
• Behavioural Cardiology
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Assessment

100% contribution to final mark

Mode of Feedback to Students

Formal written feedback by 1st marker (module lead)