3-Day Focused Cardiac Ultrasound & Echo Workshop

3-Day Focused Cardiac Ultrasound & Echo Workshop

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Learn to Scan the Heart With Confidence

Develop practical cardiac ultrasound skills through three full days of intensive hands-on training.

This course is designed for clinicians who want to become confident obtaining and interpreting focused cardiac ultrasound views at the bedside.

You will not spend three days simply watching echocardiography demonstrations.

You will learn the views, position the probe yourself, acquire the images, optimize them, interpret what you see and receive direct feedback from your instructor.

The course combines online preparation before the workshop with three days of supervised practical training.

The emphasis is on hands-on scanning, image acquisition and clinically useful interpretation.

Before the Workshop — Online Preparation

Before attending the practical course, participants receive online preparatory material covering the foundations required for the hands-on sessions.

Online preparation includes:

• Ultrasound fundamentals
• Basic cardiac anatomy
• Cardiac ultrasound terminology
• Probe selection and handling
• Machine controls and knobology
• Image optimization
• Basic Doppler principles
• Cardiac ultrasound orientation
• Introduction to standard cardiac views

Participants must complete the required online material and pre-course quiz before attending the practical workshop.

This allows the three practical days to focus primarily on scanning and supervised practice.

What You’ll Actually Do

Across three full days you will:

• Learn and practice standard cardiac ultrasound views
• Scan real patients/models under supervision
• Position and manipulate the probe yourself
• Acquire and optimize cardiac images
• Learn how to obtain good diagnostic windows
• Practice repeated image acquisition
• Assess cardiac structures systematically
• Perform focused functional assessments
• Practice basic Doppler techniques
• Recognize common abnormal findings
• Interpret your own images
• Receive individual instructor feedback

Small Practical Groups

Approximately 4–5 participants per instructor to maximize individual scanning time.

The goal is simple:

You scan. You acquire the views. You interpret the images. Your instructor guides and corrects you.

DAY 1 — CARDIAC ULTRASOUND FOUNDATIONS & STANDARD VIEWS

Understanding the Heart on Ultrasound

Introduction to:

• Cardiac anatomy
• Ultrasound orientation
• Probe selection
• Patient positioning
• Cardiac presets
• Image optimization
• Depth and gain
• Focus
• Basic Doppler

Standard Cardiac Views

Learn how to obtain and optimize:

Parasternal Long Axis

• LV
• RV
• LA
• Aortic root
• Mitral and aortic valves
• Pericardium

Parasternal Short Axis

Progressive short-axis assessment at different levels:

• Aortic valve level
• Mitral valve level
• Papillary muscle level
• Apical level

Apical Views

• Apical 4-chamber
• Apical 5-chamber
• Apical 2-chamber
• Apical long-axis where appropriate

Subcostal Views

• Subcostal 4-chamber
• Pericardial assessment
• IVC view

Live demonstration → hands-on scanning → image review

DAY 2 — FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC ASSESSMENT

Once participants can reliably obtain the standard views, the focus moves to extracting clinically useful information from those images.

LV Assessment

Learn focused assessment of:

• LV size
• Global LV systolic function
• Regional wall-motion abnormalities — introduction
• Qualitative estimation of LV function
• Basic quantitative approaches where appropriate

RV Assessment

• RV size
• RV compared with LV
• RV systolic function
• RV pressure/strain patterns — introduction
• Basic clinical interpretation

Pericardium

Identify:

• Pericardial effusion
• Size and distribution
• Common mimics
• Basic features that may suggest hemodynamic significance

IVC Assessment

• IVC identification
• Long-axis and short-axis imaging
• IVC diameter
• Respiratory variation
• Integration with other cardiac and clinical findings
• Limitations of IVC-based assessment

Basic Doppler

Introduction to:

• Color Doppler
• PW Doppler
• CW Doppler concepts
• Doppler angle
• Flow direction
• Velocity measurement
• Basic valve assessment

Hands-On Scanning

Participants practice each assessment repeatedly with instructor feedback.

DAY 3 — CLINICAL ECHO & INTEGRATED CARDIAC POCUS

Focused Valve Assessment

Introduction to the major valves:

• Mitral valve
• Aortic valve
• Tricuspid valve
• Pulmonary valve

Learn to recognize common gross abnormalities and understand when more comprehensive echocardiography is required.

Aortic Root & Proximal Aorta

Introduction to:

• Aortic root identification
• Basic measurements
• Gross dilatation
• Common technical pitfalls

Cardiac Ultrasound in Acute Care

Learn how focused cardiac ultrasound can contribute to assessment of:

Hypotension / Shock

Combine:

• LV assessment
• RV assessment
• Pericardium
• IVC
• Lung ultrasound where appropriate

Acute Dyspnea

Integrate cardiac findings with:

• Lung ultrasound
• IVC
• Clinical assessment

Suspected Pericardial Effusion

Systematic assessment of:

• Pericardium
• Cardiac chambers
• IVC
• Signs that require urgent further assessment

Suspected RV Strain

Focused assessment of:

• RV size
• RV function
• Septal configuration
• IVC
• Integration with clinical findings

Image Optimization & Common Pitfalls

Throughout the course, participants learn how to recognize and correct common technical problems.

Image Optimization

• Depth
• Gain
• Focus
• Frequency
• Sector width
• Patient positioning
• Probe positioning

Common Pitfalls

• Foreshortening
• Poor acoustic windows
• Incorrect probe orientation
• Off-axis imaging
• Misidentifying cardiac structures
• Incorrect Doppler angle
• Overinterpretation of limited views

The emphasis is on knowing when you have obtained a reliable view and when you need to scan again.

Case-Based Interpretation

The final day includes integrated clinical cases where participants work through:

Clinical presentation → focused cardiac examination → image acquisition → interpretation → clinical integration

Cases may include:

• Hypotension
• Acute dyspnea
• Chest pain
• Suspected heart failure
• Suspected pericardial effusion
• Suspected RV dysfunction
• Volume assessment
• Undifferentiated shock

What You’ll Learn to Recognize

By the end of the workshop, participants will have been introduced to focused assessment of:

• LV systolic function
• RV size and function
• Pericardial effusion
• Gross chamber abnormalities
• Basic valvular abnormalities
• IVC appearance
• Basic Doppler findings
• Aortic root abnormalities
• Common cardiac ultrasound pitfalls

Who Is This Course For?

Suitable for healthcare professionals who want to develop practical focused cardiac ultrasound skills, including:

• Emergency physicians
• Internal medicine physicians
• Critical care physicians
• Anaesthetists
• Family medicine physicians
• General practitioners
• Acute-care clinicians
• Other appropriately qualified healthcare professionals using or planning to use cardiac ultrasound

Prerequisite

Basic ultrasound knowledge is recommended.

Participants without previous ultrasound experience may first benefit from completing the SK Health Ultrasound Basics Workshop.

What You Leave With

• Certificate of Completion
• Training hours stated on the certificate
• Online preparatory material
• Pre-course quiz
• Three full days of hands-on cardiac ultrasound training
• Supervised cardiac scanning
• Standard cardiac views practice
• Focused cardiac assessment skills
• Individual instructor feedback
• Case-based image interpretation

Want More Than 3 Days?

The standard programme is 3 days.

If you want to develop your cardiac ultrasound skills further, additional dedicated days can be arranged.

Possible additional training includes:

Advanced Cardiac Ultrasound

• More detailed cardiac measurements
• Advanced Doppler
• More extensive valve assessment
• Advanced LV/RV assessment
• Advanced hemodynamic applications

Advanced Echo

Additional training for clinicians wanting deeper exposure to echocardiographic examination and interpretation.

Critical Care Cardiac Ultrasound

Dedicated cardiac ultrasound for:

• Shock
• Hemodynamic assessment
• Fluid responsiveness
• RV failure
• Mechanical ventilation
• ICU applications

Additional days can be tailored according to the participants’ experience, specialty and learning objectives.

Important Scope of the Course

This is a Focused Cardiac Ultrasound / Echo course designed around practical bedside assessment.

It is not a comprehensive echocardiography reporting or accreditation programme.

The course teaches focused cardiac ultrasound skills and helps participants understand when findings require formal comprehensive echocardiography or specialist assessment.

Course Format

Online Preparation + 3 Full Days Hands-On

Small groups of approximately 4–5 participants per instructor

Live demonstrations + supervised scanning + image interpretation + clinical cases

NEXT DATE TBA

Course Fee

AED 8,500 per participant

Includes:

• Online preparation material
• Pre-course quiz
• 3 full days of hands-on cardiac ultrasound training
• Live demonstrations
• Supervised scanning
• Small-group practical instruction
• Certificate of Completion

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