INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Organised by the

INSTITUTE OF RADIOGRAPHY

Date: 27^th – 29^th August, 2013

Venue: University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State

Course Fee:         N30,000.00 (To include course materials and lunch only)

This introductory course is to expose participants to the principles of Echo cardiogram and its clinical applications.

1. What is an Echo?

i.              Principles of Echo

ii.             Principles of Doppler

2. Conventional Echo:

i.              Two Dimensional (2D) Echo

ii.             Motion Mode (M-Mode) Echo

iii.            Continuous Wave Doppler

iv.           Pulsed Wave (PW) Doppler

v.            Clinical Applications of Conventional Echo

3. Colour Doppler Echo:

i.              Principles

ii.             Technique

iii.            Advantages and Limitations

iv.           Applications

4. The Echo Windows:

i.              Transthoracic Echo

ii.             Transoesophageal Echo

iii.            Future direction in Echo

5. Normal View and Value

i.              Normal Echo

ii.             Sequence of Scanning

iii.            Normal Variant

iv.           Normal Values

6. Abnormal View and Value:

i.              Ventricular Dysfunction

ii.             Valvular Disease

iii.            Cardiomyopathies

iv.           Coronary Artery Diseases

The course will comprise of an intensive theoretical component to provide adequate foundation knowledge

of echocardiogram and hands-on components to re-enforce the theoretical component and skill acquisition.

All participants must be registered with the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria and must be holders of current practicing Licenses.

REGISTRATION:

1. Intending participants should pay their registration fees at any UBA branch nationwide to Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria, Account Number 1004137156.
2. Participants are to send proof of payment with completed Course Registration Slip on or before the 27^th August, 2013. Please note that physical registration / documentation of participants ends on Tuesday, 27^th August, 2013 by 9.00am.

3. Please call the Institute on: 0705 309 0081 OR 0808 322 2200. Email: [email protected]