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: Sept 26th 2022
Topic: Principles of Ultrasound
Echocardiography principles
Faculy: KCS – Mike Foster
Date: Sept 28th 2022
Topic: The Doppler Principles - Spectral Doppler, Color Doppler, Tissue Doppler
Faculy: KCS – Mike Foster
Date: Sept 29th 2022
Topic: Pre-course Assessment
Faculy: KCS/ACC
Week 2
Date: Oct 3 2022
Topic: Cardiac Structure
a) Cardiac embryology
b) Cardiac anatomy
c) The pericardium
Faculy: ACC
Date: Oct 5th 2022
Topic: Normal Echo valvular anatomy
Faculy: ACC
Week 3
Date: Oct 10 2022
Topic: 2D echo, M-Mode echo, strain Imaging
Faculy: ACC
Date: Oct 12th 2022
Topic: 3D and 4D echo
Faculy: KCS
Week 4
Date: Oct 17 2022
Topic: Cardiac physiology
a) The cardiac cycle in Echo images
b) Cardiac changes with exercise
c) Cardiac changes in pregnancy
Faculy: KCS
Date: Oct 19th 2022
Topic: The echo in cardiac disease
a) Evaluation of LV function
Faculy: KCS
Date: Oct 22nd 2022
Topic: Practical session
Week 5
Date: Oct 24th 2022
Topic: Evaluation of RV
a) RV dysfunction
b) Pulmonary embolism
Faculy: ACC
Date: Oct 26th 2022
Topic: Valvular heart disease
a) Rheumatic fever
b) Rheumatic heart disease
Faculy: KCS
Week 6
Date: Oct 31st 2022
Topic: Infective endocarditis
Faculy: ACC
Date: Nov 3rd 2022
Topic: Mitral stenosis
Mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse
Faculy: ACC
Week 7
Date: Nov 3rd - 8th 2022
Topic: Cardiomyopathies
a) Dilated cardiomyopathy
b) Post-partum cardiomyopathy
Faculy: ACC
Date: Nov 3rd - 8th 2022
Topic: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Endomyocardial fibrosis
Restrictive cardiomyopathy
Constrictive cardiomyopathy
LV non compaction
Faculy: ACC
Date: Nov 3rd - 8th 2022
Topic: Practical session /visiting ACC Faculty
Faculy: ACC/KCS
Week 8
Date: Nov 14th 2022
Topic: Ischaemic cardiomyopathy
a) Assessment of wall motion
b) Regional wall motion abnormalities
Faculy: ACC
Date: Nov 16th 2022
Topic: Acute coronary syndrome complications- VS Rupture, free wall rupture, aneurysms
Faculy: ACC
Week 9
Date: Nov 21st 2022
Topic: Stunned versus hibernating myocardium
Basics of stress echocardiography
Faculy: ACC
Date: Nov 23rd 2022
Topic: Cardiac masses
LV thrombus
Faculy: ACC
Week 10
Date: Nov 28th 2022
Topic: Atrial thrombus and masses
Other valvular masses
Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves
Faculy: ACC
Week 11
Date: Nov 30th 2022
Topic: Pericardial disease
Assessment of pericardial effusion
Faculy: KCS
Date: Dec 5th 2022
Topic: Shunts
Evaluation of VSDs
Faculy: ACC
Week 12
Date: Dec 7th 2022
Topic: Evaluation of ASDs, PFOs
Faculy: KCS
Date: Dec 12th 2022
Topic: Echo evaluation of stroke
Faculy: ACC
Date: Dec 17th 2022
Topic: Practical session
Faculy: KCS
Week 13
Date: Dec 19th 2022
Topic: Echo in congenital heart disease
a) The basics
b) Tetralogy of Fallot
Faculy: KCS
Date: Dec 21st 2022
Topic: PDAs
Single ventricle, common outlet
Faculy: KCS
Week 14
Date: Jan 2nd 2023
Topic: POCUS in Echocardiography
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jan 4th 2023
Topic: Pulmonary hypertension
Faculy: ACC
Week 15
Date: Jan 9th 2023
Topic: Echocardiography in critical care
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jan 11th 2023
Topic: Echocardiography in perioperative care
Faculy: KCS
Week 16
Date: Jan 16th 2023
Topic: Revision of interesting images
Faculy: ACC
Date: Jan 18th 2023
Topic: Practical session on use of ECHO equipment
a) Echo machine user
b) Machine performance
c) Trouble shooting and basic maintenance
d) Correct handling of probes
Use of ECHO PAC software
Faculy: KCS/ACC
Date: Jan 21st 2023
Topic: Practical session/Post-course assessment
Faculy: KCS/ACC
