Ambulatory clinic

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The outpatient cardiology clinic experience takes place at LA General Medical Center.  Fellows are assigned to one half-day of general cardiology continuity clinic per week throughout the academic year which takes place on either a Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday afternoon.  Fellows are grouped into teams composed of five fellows across different training levels, all primarily staffed with one continuity attending for each team.   

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New fellows will take over a patient panel from a graduating fellow and follow these patients over the course of their training.  In the ambulatory setting, fellows will hone skills in new consultation, appropriate referral for cardiac diagnosis, primary prevention, managing chronic cardiac disease, and triaging acutely decompensated cardiac conditions.  Point of care ultrasound will be available and encouraged when appropriate.  Fellows have support from a general clinic coordinator, heart failure clinic coordinator, cardiology pharmacist, and several nurse practitioners.    

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In addition to general continuity clinic, fellows will have exposure to multiple subspecialty clinics including Advanced Heart Failure, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, and Electrophysiology.  

Clinic time will be scheduled with consideration for fellow well-being.  Clinics are not assigned when rotating on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Keck Heart Failure service, or when post-call.