Interventional Cardiology Virtual Lab
On March 16th, twelve members of the DICE program joined Dr. Mena Gewarges and Dr. Tahira Redwood for a virtual Interventional Cardiology lab at Toronto General Hospital. The lab session allowed the Temerty Medicine students (and one UofT Undergraduate) to observe a live diagnostic angiogram and catheterization procedure that included aortic and arterial imaging techniques. The lab provided the students with an opportunity to interact with the patient prior to the procedure, and observed various components of the operating room via two mobile video feeds. The students also participated in a post-procedural Q&A session with Dr. Tahira Redwood and enjoyed the opportunity to interact with other members of the hospital’s Cardiology staff.
Dr. Tahira
Redwood
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This lab was a truly inspiring experience for me. Being able to interact with a patient, cardiology staff and medical students, despite the limitations of the pandemic, added a much needed dimension to my preparation for medical school application. Likewise, seeing so many BIPOC students and doctors and clinicians engaged in the operating room was an especially encouraging and validating experience for me. The lab also helped contextualize some of the background Undergraduate cardiac physiology within a clinical setting. — Michael Zarathus-Cook (UofT, Undergraduate)
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This lab was a truly inspiring experience for me. Being able to interact with a patient, cardiology staff and medical students, despite the limitations of the pandemic, added a much needed dimension to my preparation for medical school application. Likewise, seeing so many BIPOC students and doctors and clinicians engaged in the operating room was an especially encouraging and validating experience for me. The lab also helped contextualize some of the background Undergraduate cardiac physiology within a clinical setting. — Michael Zarathus-Cook (UofT, Undergraduate)
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This lab was a truly inspiring experience for me. Being able to interact with a patient, cardiology staff and medical students, despite the limitations of the pandemic, added a much needed dimension to my preparation for medical school application. Likewise, seeing so many BIPOC students and doctors and clinicians engaged in the operating room was an especially encouraging and validating experience for me. The lab also helped contextualize some of the background Undergraduate cardiac physiology within a clinical setting. — Michael Zarathus-Cook (UofT, Undergraduate)
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This lab was a truly inspiring experience for me. Being able to interact with a patient, cardiology staff and medical students, despite the limitations of the pandemic, added a much needed dimension to my preparation for medical school application. Likewise, seeing so many BIPOC students and doctors and clinicians engaged in the operating room was an especially encouraging and validating experience for me. The lab also helped contextualize some of the background Undergraduate cardiac physiology within a clinical setting. — Michael Zarathus-Cook (UofT, Undergraduate)
Dr. Mena Gewarges