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)