Introduction to Adult Echocardiography - Live Course (Dec 07 - 11, 2020)

Introduction to Adult Echocardiography - Live Course is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc. and will be held from Dec 07 - 11, 2020 at Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, St Petersburg, Florida, United States of America. Target Audience:This hands-on adult echocardiography ultrasound course is intended for sonographers, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and other medical professionals learning how to perform and/or interpret adult echocardiography exams. Participants may include (but is not limited to): radiology, internal medicine, critical care, primary care, emergency medicine, and cardiology professionals. Accreditation:Introduction to Adult EchoCardiography - Live Course:The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 35.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 35.25 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit(s). Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 35.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program Imaging Fundamentals: The Basics - Online Video:The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Course Description:Introduction to Adult Echocardiography Live Training & CME Course is a five (5) day comprehensive echocardiography course in St. Petersburg, FL that is taught by leading echocardiography experts and is designed to provide a strong foundation to perform and/or interpret adult cardiac ultrasound examinations. All topics of discussion are based on ASE, ACEP, and WINFOCUS ultrasound practice guidelines. The structure of the course is a combination of live lectures, scanning demonstrations, interactive case studies, and a human heart cadaver lab presented by echocardiography experts. Extensive scanning skills training is provided with our industry leading 3:1 participant to faculty hands-on scan ratio with live models to enable the learner to immediately begin integrating the skills learned into clinical practice. The adult echocardiography training courses are specifically designed for physicians, sonographers and other medical professionals who are looking for only the best echocardiography training and CME. Topics:• Ultrasound Imaging Fundamentals• Anatomy of the Heart and EKG• 2D Evaluation of Cardiac Anatomy: Parasternal, Apical, Subcostal, and Suprasternal Windows• Parasternal Long Axis & Short Avis with Live Demonstration• 2D Measurements and Normal Values• Doppler Fundamentals• Color Doppler: Evaluation Sites & Normal Flow Patterns• Evaluating with Pulsed & Continuous Wave Doppler• M-Mode Workshop• Mitral & Aortic Valves• Cardiomyopathies• Gross Anatomy Workshop• Doppler Evaluation of MVD and AVD• Right Heart Disease• Coronary Heart Disease• Diastolic Function/Contrast Echocardiography• Pericardial Disease & Cardiac Masses Objectives:• Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Echocardiography examinations.• Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images (sonographer) and recognize potential imaging errors (Physician).• Demonstrate routine scan protocols to evaluate an adult patient using 2D/M-Mode/Color Flow & Doppler echocardiographic techniques.• Perform standard 2D, m-mode and Doppler measurements• Identify normal/abnormal characteristics of 2D cardiac anatomy.• State the role of cardiac Doppler and list the necessary qualitative/quantitative measurements.• Identify the ultrasound findings associated with valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, ischemic heart disease, pericardial disease and cardiac masses.• List the latest imaging techniques in quantification of right and left ventricle wall motion. Document findings and apply standardized guidelines during compilation of an Echocardiography worksheet (sonographer) and dictated report (Physician).• List the steps necessary for system optimization during contrast echo imaging.• Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques & interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy. 3 Speaking Daniel P. Bourque Echocardiography Diane E. Debich-Spicer Pathology Steven Walling Echocardiography