ADVANCED SHORT COURSE · HALF DAY

Left Ventricular Function and Ischaemia

Half day

4 contact hours

Melbourne, VIC

You train hands-on with the same ultrasound equipment used in Heartscope's cardiology clinics.

Course overview

If you can already obtain the standard transthoracic views, this course covers left ventricular function in more detail. You'll refine your images and measurements, then use clinical cases to examine global function, regional wall motion and ischaemic patterns.

Your educator will review your technique and interpretation. You'll consider how image quality affects the assessment, how findings relate to the patient's presentation and when a comprehensive examination is needed.

Who this course is for

Intensivists and intensive care registrars

Emergency physicians and registrars

Anaesthetists and anaesthetic registrars

Cardiology trainees

General and respiratory physicians

Sonographers extending into critical care

Entry requirements

For healthcare professionals

You should already be able to obtain the standard views. Our Cardiac Ultrasound: Core Practice course covers them, as do comparable hands-on courses elsewhere.

In-person attendance

You'll need to attend our Melbourne training centre. The practical sessions can't be completed online.

Course objectives

On completion, participants will be able to:

Optimise the LV views

Refine machine settings, probe position and patient position for consistent LV assessment.

Assess systolic function

Use EPSS, MAPSE, Simpson's biplane, MR dP/dt and MPI, with attention to the strengths and limitations of each method.

Assess regional wall motion

Review the LV segment by segment and relate abnormalities to coronary territories.

Recognise ischaemic patterns

Work through common acute and chronic ischaemic presentations using structured cases.

Apply the findings

Combine acquisition, measurement and case interpretation while recognising when comprehensive echocardiography is required.

Course curriculum

The main learning areas are outlined below.

Course outcomes

You'll practise assessing global and regional left ventricular function.



You'll use educator feedback to improve your images and interpretation.



You'll learn the limits of focused assessment and when a comprehensive examination is needed.




You'll receive a Scope Institute certificate recording the training you've completed. This is non-accredited professional training. It isn't CPD-accredited, but doctors can self-record eligible hours.

Accreditation

This course is not currently accredited by a specialist college and no CPD points are attached to it. Applications are in progress with the bodies listed below, and this page will be updated as each is confirmed.

Applications in progress

ACEM

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

ASUM

Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine

CICM

College of Intensive Care Medicine

ANZCA

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

ACRRM

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

No accreditation should be assumed until it is stated here. The certificate issued on completion documents the contact hours completed and the topics covered.

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