The Candidate will gain experience in Echocardiography.
Mode: Online classes (2/week) and quality physical sessions.
Eligibility: Nurses, sonographers, clinical officers, general practitioners, physicians, surgeons, anaesthesiologists. Must demostrate accessibilty to Echo machine and competent supervisor/ institution. Must be a paid up member of KCS.
Duration of the course: 4 months
Certification: By KCS and American College of Cardiology (ACC) for those who attend all virtual and physical sessions.
The course program is as below:
Week 1
Date: Apr 12th 2023
Topic: Introduction and Course Outline
Clinical application of Echocardiography
Faculy: KCS – Dr. Bernard Samia
Week 2
Date: Apr 17th 2023
Topic: The Doppler Principles - Spectral Doppler, Color Doppler, Tissue Doppler
Faculy: KCS – Michael Foster
Date: Apr 19th 2023
Topic: Cardiac Structure
a) Cardiac embryology
b) Cardiac anatomy
c) The pericardium
Faculy: KCS – Dr. Adan Hassan
Week 3
Date: Apr 24th 2023
Topic: Normal Echo valvular anatomy
Faculy: ACC – Dr. Hellen Nguchu
Date: Apr 26th 2023
Topic: Cardiac physiology
a) The cardiac cycle in Echo images
b) Cardiac changes with exercise
c) Cardiac changes in pregnancy
Faculy: ACC – Dr. Bernard Samia
Week 4
Date: May 1st 2023
Topic: 2D echo, M-Mode echo
Faculy: ACC
Date: May 3rd 2023
Topic: Strain imaging echo
Faculy: KCS
Date: May 8th - 10th 2023
Topic: Practical session
Faculy: KCS
Week 5
Date: May 8th 2023
Topic: The echo in cardiac disease
a) Evaluation of LV function
Faculy: KCS
Date: May 10th 2023
Topic: Evaluation of RV function
Faculy: KCS
Week 6
Date: May 15th 2023
Topic: Valvular heart disease
a) Rheumatic fever
b) Rheumatic heart disease
Faculy: ACC
Week 7
Date: May 22nd 2023
Topic: Mitral stenosis
Faculy: ACC
Date: May 24th 2023
Topic: Mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse
Faculy: ACC
Week 8
Date: May 29th 2023
Topic: Cardiomyopathies
a) Dilated cardiomyopathy
b) Post-partum cardiomyopathy
Faculy: ACC
Date: May 31st 2023
Topic: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jun 5th - 8th 2023
Topic: Practicals
Faculy: KCS
Week 9
Date: Jun 5th 2023
Topic: Cardiomyopathies
a) Endomyocardial fibrosis
b) Restrictive cardiomyopathy
c) Constrictive cardiomyopathy
d) LV non compaction
Faculy: KCS/ACC
Date: Jun 7th 2023
Topic: Ischaemic cardiomyopathy
a) Assessment of wall motion
b) Regional wall motion abnormalities
Faculy: ACC
Week 10
Date: Jun 12th 2023
Topic: Acute coronary syndrome complications- VS Rupture, free wall rupture, aneurysms
Faculy: KCS
Date: Jun 14th 2023
Topic: a) Stunned versus hibernating myocardium
b) Basics of stress echocardiography
Faculy: ACC
Week 11
Date: Jun 19th 2023
Topic: Ventricular thrombus and masses
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jun 21st 2023
Topic: Atrial thrombus and masses
Faculy: ACC
Week 12
Date: Jun 26th 2023
Topic: Pericardial disease
a) Assessment of pericardial effusion
Faculy: KCS
Date: Jun 28th 2023
Topic: Evaluation of VSDs
Faculy: ACC
Week 13
Date: Jul 3rd 2023
Topic: Evaluation of ASDs, PFOs
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jul 5th 2023
Topic: Echo evaluation of stroke
Faculy: ACC
Week 14
Date: Jul 10th 2023
Topic: Echo in congenital heart disease
a) The basics
a) Tetralogy of fallot
Faculy: KCS
Date: Jul 12th 2023
Topic: PDAs and single ventricle, common outlet
Faculy: KCS
Week 15
Date: Jul 17th 2023
Topic: Evaluation of prosthetic valves
Faculy: KCC
Date: Jul 19th 2023
Topic: Echocardiography pulmonary embolism
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jul 24th - 26th 2023
Topic: PRACTICALS/visiting ACC faculty
Faculy: ACC/KCS
Week 16
Date: Jul 24th 2023
Topic: Pulmonary hypertension
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jul 26th 2023
Topic: Echocardiography in critical care
Faculy: ACC/KCS
Week 17
Date: Jul 26th 2023
Topic: Echocardiography evaluation in strokes
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jul 31st 2023
Topic: Echo in Emergency department
Faculy: ACC
Week 18
Date: Aug 7th 2023
Topic: Revision
Post-course assessment
Faculy: KCS
