This is a targeted educational package for practitioners that will give them the detailed knowledge required to become competent at clinical ultrasound and echocardiography.
SCA Micro Courses
The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) is an international member organization with cardiac, thoracic and vascular anesthesiologists that promotes excellence in clinical care, education, and research.
The use of portable bedside ultrasound machines is dramatically changing patient assessment and management in the peri-operative, anesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine, surgery and internal medicine fields. It is being rapidly adopted as mainstream practice.
The SCA have collaborated with iTeachU to deliver the SCA Micro Courses -Clinical Ultrasound & Echocardiography to physicians around the world. These comprehensive courses offer echocardiography (TTE and TEE) and other uses of clinical ultrasound including vascular access, lung ultrasound, ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia, FAST and DVT assessment.
The aim of the SCA Micro Courses is to provide topic focused educational courses in specific learning areas. These short courses are cost and time effective with the average learning time of 1 month for a single course or 3 months for a package course.
The SCA Micro Courses are endorsed by The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA). SCA Certificate of Completion will be sent via email upon all assessments and case studies are completed.
The SCA Micro Courses provide flexible eLearning so students can study when and wherever convenient. Course materials can be accessed through the iTeachU app on smartphones and tablets with iOS, Android or Windows systems. Once the course materials have been downloaded on smartphones and tablets, all the interactive media content can be viewed offline (however internet access is required periodically to login or re-verify login credentials). Course materials can also be accessed online using a web browser.
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SCA Micro Package 2: Regional, Lung and Vascular Modules
The first series introduces the student to basic transthoracic echocardiography. Tutorials show how to perform a transthoracic echocardiography examination, how to assess basic haemodynamic state, and how to use two-dimensional and colour flow Doppler modalities to identify significant valve disease.
SCA Micro Package 3: TTE Echocardiography Modules
The first series introduces the student to basic transthoracic echocardiography. Tutorials show how to perform a transthoracic echocardiography examination, how to assess basic haemodynamic state, and how to use two-dimensional and colour flow Doppler modalities to identify significant valve disease.
SCA Micro Package 4: TEE Echocardiography Modules
The first series introduces the student to basic transthoracic echocardiography. Tutorials show how to perform a transthoracic echocardiography examination, how to assess basic haemodynamic state, and how to use two-dimensional and colour flow Doppler modalities to identify significant valve disease.
SCA Micro Package 5: Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Modules
The first series introduces the student to basic transthoracic echocardiography. Tutorials show how to perform a transthoracic echocardiography examination, how to assess basic haemodynamic state, and how to use two-dimensional and colour flow Doppler modalities to identify significant valve disease.
SCA Ultrasound Physics and Anatomy of the Heart
The focus of this course is to learn detailed anatomy of the heart and coronary arteries, as well as the heart valves. An overview of the physics, basic modes of ultrasound, and how to optimise images are taught. This course will add breadth of understanding to the use of clinical ultrasound and echocardiography.
SCA TTE Introduction & Case Interpretation Series 1
The first series introduces the student to basic transthoracic echocardiography. Tutorials show how to perform a transthoracic echocardiography examination, how to assess basic haemodynamic state, and how to use two-dimensional and colour flow Doppler modalities to identify significant valve disease.
SCA TTE Case Interpretation – Series 2
This course is one of several TTE case study series with a mix of pathology. Each of these series contains 10 transthoracic echocardiography case studies for participants to practise interpretation and reporting. These series do not have to be completed in order. Participants can choose any one or more series to study.
SCA TTE Case Interpretation – Series 3
This course is one of several TTE case study series with a mix of pathology. Each of these series contains 10 transthoracic echocardiography case studies for participants to practise interpretation and reporting. These series do not have to be completed in order. Participants can choose any one or more series to study.
SCA TTE Case Interpretation – Series 4
This course is one of several TTE case study series with a mix of pathology. Each of these series contains 10 transthoracic echocardiography case studies for participants to practise interpretation and reporting. These series do not have to be completed in order. Participants can choose any one or more series to study.