Camp Cardiac - Coronary Artery Disease

Time: 60 minutes

Audience: High school juniors and seniors

Teaching Methods: Chalk-talk

Learning Objectives:

  • Define coronary artery disease

  • Discuss the underlying pathophysiology of coronary artery disease

  • Identify symptoms of acute coronary syndromes

  • Outline risk factors for coronary artery disease

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Description: This was a 1 hour long chalk talk as part of a week long Camp Cardiac session at the University of Washington for local high school students (grades 11 and 12) with interest in a career in medicine. The chalk-talk took place during the second day of a week long course as an introduction to cardiac pathology, prior to this session the learners had lecture on basic cardiac anatomy and function.

Evaluations:

There was no formal feedback however below is an excerpt from a thank-you from the Camp Cardiac coordinators:

“Thank you again for helping us with camp! I got feedback from several campers that your talk was very clear and helpful, and it gave them a solid foundation of understanding to build upon. Also, as a counselor, it was great to have a refresher on these topics as well!”

Reflections: Given this talk was for high-school students I wanted to stay relatively simple with the concepts. The learners were very engaged and asked fantastic questions. I feel the scope was appropriate for the level of the learner and there was enough time to answer questions as we worked through each learning objective.