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2 Day BSE Prep Course – Online
Open to all Physiologists who are undertaking the BSE Exams in the next year.
Places are subsidised for those working in publicly funded hospitals via HSE CPD funding.
Those in private hospitals can also avail of the course unsubsidised.
Location: Online
Date: 9th & 10th March 2023
Cost: Public Hospital – €40 Private Hospital – €340
Facilitated by Dr Grant Heatlie consultant cardiologist, Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previous member BSE council and accreditation committee)
Day 1: Friday 9th March 2023 9.00am – 5.15pm
Programme:
08.50 – 09.00: Registration and entry to Zoom Meeting 09.00 – 09.15: Welcome and registration 09.15 – 09.30: Echo – anatomical correlates 09.30 – 10.30: Physics and Doppler physics 10.30 – 10.45: Break 10.45 – 11.15: Calculations – shunts/volumes/valve dysfunction 11.15 – 12.15: Tissue Doppler/speckle tracking 12.15 – 13.00: Assessing the left ventricular function1300 – 1400 Lunch 14.00 – 14.15: Assessing right ventricular function 14.15 – 14.45: Valvular stenosis 14.45 – 15.15: Valvular regurgitation 15.15 – 15.30: Prosthetic valves 15.30 – 15.50: Congenital heart disease 15.50 – 16.10: Break 16.10 – 16.30: Pericardial disease 1630 – 16,45: Cardiomyopathies 16,45 – 17,00: Other echo modalities 17,00 – 17,15: Pulmonary Vein Flow
Day 2: Saturday the 10th March 2023
8.00 am – 5.15 pm
7.50 – 8.00: Registration and entry to Zoom Meeting 8.00 – 8.20: BSE examination aims, structure and marking schemes 8.20 – 10.20: Practice theory questions – done as group 10.20 – 10.35: Break 10.35 – 12.30: Practice Video questions – done as group 12.30 – 13.30: Lunch (provided) 13.30 – 14.20: Mock Theory Exam 14.20 – 15.20: Answers and discussion 15.20 – 15.35: Break 15.35 – 16.35: Mock video exam 16.35 – 17.15: Answers and discussion 17.15: Close