Congenital,Obsetric& Medical Conditions

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2014:

This subject will be taught off-campus (online)

Course materials will be distributed via mail to students. Administration is via e-mail

170 hours

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This subject will provide advanced knowledge for echocardiography interpretation in patients with adult congenital, obstetric, and unusual medical conditions.

Topics include:

1. Transthoracic echocardiography in children
2. Atrial defects
3. Ventricular defects
4. Valvular defects
5. Defects of the great vessels
6. Congenital defects that present in adults
7. Assessment of congenital defects after surgery
8. Case reports - 25 cases

The completion of the subject, students should:

1. Learn about adult congenital heart disease and echocardiography evaluation
2. Understand the management of adult congenital heart disease
3. Understand the effect of pregnancy on the cardiovascular system
4. Learn how pregnancy affect cardiac disease
5. Learn echocardiography features of severe pre-eclampsia
6. Understand the approach of incorporating ultrasound into the assessment of post-delivery cardiovascular emergencies
7. Learn the pathology and echocardiography features of cardiomyopathy
8. Learned the power quality and echocardiography features of cardiac tumours
9. Understand how to differentiate pericardial disease states
10. Learn the cardiac pathology and echocardiography interpretation associated with systemic disease states
11. Interpret 25 case studies.

1. 50% of assessment: one open-book multiple-choice examination of 50 questions which takes 100 minutes, during exam week

2. 20% of assessment: completion of multiple choice questions following each tutorial (10 MCQ takes 20 minutes for each of 10 tutorials (200 minutes total)

3. 30% Case studies. Interpretation of 25 case studies, during semester, assessed by structured questions pertaining to each case (5 MCQ per case). Total time is 250 minutes.

All course materials will be provided during the course

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Improve critical evaluation skills
• Evaluate the safety and practice of ultrasound in clinical practice
• Improve problem solving skills
• Improve understanding of diagnostic algorithms
• Enhance information literacy

This subject is available to part-time and full-time students.

This subject is not available to Commonwealth Supported students.

This subject is not available as breadth.

Administration is via e-mail.