INTERNATIONAL OPEN MEDVARSITY
HONG KONG
DIPLOMA IN 2D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
OVERVIEW
Certificate |
- IOM Accredited |
Course Language |
- English & Chinese |
Admissions |
- December |
Programme Duration |
- 1 Year |
Course Description
The ‘Fellowship in 2D Echocardiography‘ course is designed to provide the practitioners with the detailed knowledge required to become competent in echocardiography. This course covers the basics of echocardiography, normal views and values, scan protocols and provides a diagnostic level of knowledge on various cardiac pathologies. This course is meant for doctors interested in learning to perform basic echocardiography and the doctors who are a part of or willing to be a part of the cardiac team. The training doctors will be posted in the 2D Echo department at hospitals as a part of their clinical internship program to learn how to conduct, interpret and read Echos.
Course Validity: 1 year
Module 1 : Basics of Echo
- Introduction
- Conventional Echo
- Color Doppler Echo
- The Echo Windows
- Normal Views and Values
Module 2 : Echo and Cardiac Disorders
- Ventricular Dysfunction
- Cardiomyopathies
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Systemic Hypertension
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Diseases of Aorta
- Congenital Diseases
- Valvular Diseases
- Pericardial Diseases
- Endocardial Diseases
- Intracardiac Masses
- Thromboembolic Diseases
- Systemic Diseases
Module 3 : Simtics Simulation Modules
- Echocardiography
- Introductory - Basic Scan Techniques, Cardiovascular pathology for sonographers, Ultrasound physics IÂ ,Ultrasound Physics II
- Echocardiography - Basic Echocardiography Techniques, Basic Echocardiography Views, ECG, Doppler Techniques, Embryology & Congenital disorders, Endocarditis & Pericarditis, TEE & Stress Echo, Valve Disease, Wall Motion & Diastolic Function