Description
🫀 SCA Echo Board Exam Review Course 2025
📅 Date: June 2025
📍 Live Course + Mock Exams + Interactive Panels
🎯 Designed for candidates preparing for the Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (Advanced PTEeXAM)
🩺 Course Overview
This high-yield, intensive review course is designed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) to help participants excel in the Advanced PTEeXAM. It offers a solid foundation in ultrasound physics and echocardiographic principles through expertly delivered lectures, hands-on hemodynamic workshops, and six full-length mock exams with real-time panel discussions.
🎯 Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
✅ Review core concepts of ultrasound physics
✅ Perform hemodynamic calculations using echo principles
✅ Apply 2D/3D echocardiography and Doppler imaging in both normal and pathological states
✅ Evaluate valvular anatomy and function, including prosthetic valves
✅ Utilize echo-guided decision-making for complex surgeries and interventional procedures
🧪 What’s Included
🔹 Didactic Lectures
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Ultrasound Physics (Parts 1–3)
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Hemodynamic Principles (Core & Advanced)
🔹 Workshops
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Interactive Hemodynamics Workshops (4 sessions)
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Physics & Clinical Application Integration
🔹 Mock Exams (6 total)
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40 questions each
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Followed by expert panel discussions
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Immediate explanations of key concepts
🔹 Expert Faculty
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Dr. Feroze Mahmood
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Dr. Aidan Sharkey
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Dr. Sohail Mahboobi
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Dr. Anastasia Katsiampoura
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Dr. Mark Robitaille
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Dr. Kendra Derry
🗓️ Agenda Highlights
📅 Saturday – Physics Focus + Mock Exams 1–3
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Morning: 3-part series on Ultrasound Physics
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Afternoon: Mock Exams 1–3 + expert commentary and Q&A
📅 Sunday – Hemodynamics + Mock Exams 4–6
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Morning: 4-part Hemodynamics Workshop
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Afternoon: Physics & Clinical Principles + Mock Exams 4–6
👩🏾⚕️👨⚕️ Who Should Attend?
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Anesthesiologists, cardiologists, and intensivists preparing for the Advanced PTEeXAM
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Physicians seeking a deeper understanding of perioperative echocardiography
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Fellows and trainees in cardiovascular anesthesiology or echocardiography
✅ Why This Course?
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📚 Combines theory + practice + exam prep
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🧠 Deepens echo-based diagnostic and clinical decision-making
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📝 Includes 6 realistic mock exams with breakdowns
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🎓 Taught by nationally recognized leaders in the field
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