You said, and we did! Past students provided us with feedback that we need to update our resources for the Congenital Heart Disease portion of the Cardiovascular Unit, and after many hours of labor, we are pleased to present you with the CHD Shorts video series.
This series will take the student through the foundational elements of understanding congenital heart disease (CHD), including the spectrum of pathology in CHD, some broad categories which will aid the student in understanding different presentations of CHD, and understanding the basic pathophysiology of these different categories. Additional video shorts will spotlight genetic diseases, syndromes, and the importance of teratogenicity, while still others will spotlight specific congenital heart diseases. While this video series is by no means exhaustive, we hope that it will provide everything the student needs to prepare for in-class sessions and for their internal and external examinations.
See the Session-based breakdown of the videos below for the suggested best timing for students in their cardiovascular pre-clerkship curriculum.
Session-based breakdown of the videos
Watch the following videos before each of these sessions.
Note: If you wish to speed up the viewing process, increase the playback speed to 1.25.
The Other CHD topics videos that remain below may be viewed as the student’s schedule permits.
Upon completion of this series, supplemented by in-class activities, the student will have a solid platform on which to launch practice of their clinical skills in clerkship in patients with suspected or known congenital heart disease. For other students at any stage of the M.D. program, please come back and visit to review any of these videos any time it may be useful! We hope you enjoy these materials!
Introduction to congenital heart disease
Left-to-right shunts
Right-to-left shunts
Other congenital heart disease topics
While we don ‘t have time to cover these topics in our limited in-class time, consider viewing them to further expand your learning of Congenital Heart Disease.
Coarctation of the aorta is a good topic to study for Step 1 and Step 2 exams.
Students in a cardio rotation will likely see single-ventricle conditions—a complex topic.