ECHO II/III

Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate, consent and participate in all TEE requests, including TEE/cardioversions.

  • Cover the first year when they are in clinic

  • Teach the 1st year fellow some fundamental echo reading skills

  • Read echos with a focus on advanced cases

  • Complete scanning requirements

  • Put together Echo Case Conference (see below) whenever scheduled during Thursday Imaging Conference (8-9 am)**

  • Do TEEs in the OR and watch surgical cases

  • Use the TEE simulator to become facile with views and your own “protocol” for efficiently performing a complete TEE exam.

 Daily schedule:

  • 8:00- 5:00, M-F, except clinic and conferences:

  • Day starts at 8:00, check board for the days TEEs so these patients can be evaluated. Most of the outpatients are scheduled in the morning

  • If no patients are scheduled get hands on echo practice, go to OR for extra TEE practice with the anesthesiologist, use the simulator.

  • Attend all university conferences. Imaging conference occurs Thursday at 0800 in the Regional Heart Center. Teleconference remote logon via PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/700228741

  • You are responsible for consenting patients for procedures.

imaging conference (Thurs am 8-9 am): 

  • Put together a loose "presentation" (really not a presentation but simply a guideline for organization) for each Thursday that is labeled as "Echo Case Review"

  • The goal is to have these conferences revolve around cases that teach about a particular theme

    • Examples: RV quantification, MR quantification by PISA method, pulmonary HTN, ASD (can go through types, have examples of each)

  • Structure/Format

    • Intro question to get people thinking (2-4 min)

    • Basics of whatever you are discussing (i.e. RV size, RV quantification and pitfalls of each method) (5 min)

    • Cases (35-45 min)

    • Wrap up board questions (5-10 min)