Accreditation Statement
The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 60.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
How to Get Your CME Certificate
For SCA members (you will have an SCA account)
- Go to SCA University
- Log in and evaluate the meeting.
- Print all pages of your certificate for your records.
For Non-SCA members:
- Click on this link to create a free SCA profile
- Go to SCA University
- Log in using your profile login and password you have just created, and evaluate the meeting.
- Print all pages of your certificate for your records.
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This activity was designed to change learners’ competence and performance by providing them the knowledge to adopt Basic TEE in their clinical practice and care of patients in anesthesiology and critical care medicine.
The Basic Perioperative TEE program focuses on the basic hemodynamic state, ventricular function and valve pathology, which has been categorized into those that are likely to cause hemodynamic compromise or those that may not. By the end of this program, the student will be exposed to a wide variety of cardiac pathology.
This is an online program. Upon payment, the student will receive a “Getting Started” email with instructions on how to receive the program materials upon receipt of payment.
Students have the flexibility to study in their own time and location. Program materials can be accessed through the iTeachU app on smartphones and tablets with iOS, Android or Windows systems. Once the program materials have been downloaded on smartphones and tablets, all the interactive media content can be viewed even when offline (however internet access is required periodically to login or re-verify login credentials). Program materials can also be accessed online using a web browser.
Tutorials
- Introduction to Basic TEE
- TEE Examination
- Anatomy of the Heart and Coronary Arteries
- Anatomy of the Heart Valves
- Basic Haemodynamic State Assessment
- iHeartScan Views, Valves and Pericardium
- Artefact Generation
Statement of Need
- Clinical assessment using conventional aids including the stethoscope and anesthetic monitoring is frequently inaccurate and misses important cardiac pathology in about 50% of patients who are elderly or at risk of heart disease. Use of Basic transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can increase the diagnostic accuracy of cardiac diagnosis to > 90%. Most physicians should be capable of performing Basic TEE to improve diagnostic accuracy for cardiac pathology.
- The use of Basic TEE is established as a practice in Anesthesiology but adoption by anesthesiologists is not yet widespread.
- Acquiring knowledge is difficult to achieve in a busy practice setting.
- Knowledge is an essential component to increasing competency in Basic TEE.
- A structured learning program of theory, supplemented by extensive case review is needed to improve clinical care.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to perform a basic TEE examination.
- Learn the basic principles of how to use Basic TEE and how images are formed.
- Describe how to interpret ultrasound images using two-dimensional and color flow Doppler.
- Describe how to integrate ventricular function and valvular abnormality.
- Learn how to write a basic TEE report.
- Practice basic TEE interpretation and report writing.
Target Audience
Academic and private practice anesthesiologists, residents, and fellows providing care in a teaching or community-based hospital setting.
Version 1 Release Date: 3/11/2013 Version 1 Expiration Date: 3/12/2016
Version 2 Release Date: 3/12/2016 Version 2 Expiration Date: 4/11/2017
Version 3 Release Date: 4/12/2017 Version 3 Expiration Date: 4/13/2020
Version 4 Release Date: 5/21/2020 Version 4 Expiration Date: 3/31/2023
Version 5 Release Date: 02/01/2023 Version 5 Expiration Date 1/31/2026
Activity Release Date: 01/15/2026 Expiration Date/Deadline to Claim CME Credit: 01/15/2028
Commercial Support for Program: None
Recommended time to complete
3 to 6 months
Disclaimer
The information provided in this CME activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a health care provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.
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