Principles of Ultrasound Heart Scan

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Course materials will be distributed via mail to students.

The course is 1 semester full-time or 2 semesters part-time via distance education. A semester duration is 12 weeks. For students completing full-time there will be four subjects per semester, and for part-time, two subjects per semester. Subjects must be taken in sequence.

170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject.

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in either the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma in Clinical Ultrasound or Master of Clinical Ultrasound. This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the Course Overview, Objectives and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this course are encouraged to discuss this matter with the Student Equity and Disability Support Team: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

This subject will outline a physics related to medical ultrasound use; an introduction to transthoracic echocardiography using the focused assessment technique HEARTscan (Haemodyanmic Echocardiography Assessment in Real Time).

Topics include:

1. the role of Echocardiography in Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine
2. Optimising Ultrasound Images (Knobology)
3. Physics/Modes of Ultrasound/Transducers
4. Anatomy of the Heart
5. Anatomy of the Valves
6. Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiography Examination
7. Basic Haemodynamic State Assessment
8. HEARTscan Valves
9. HEARTscan Case Studies
10. Comprehensive Transoesophageal Echocardiography Examination Artefacts

The completion of the subject, students should:

1. Understand the physics related to ultrasound generation
2. Understand the different modes of ultrasound, including M-mode, two-dimensional imaging, Doppler ultrasound and colour flow mapping
3. Understand transducer design principles
4. Understand the basis of artefact generation
5. Understand the basis of optimising ultrasound images
6. Understand how to obtain transthoracic echocardiography images
7. Understand basic assessment of haemodynamic state
8. Understand basic valve assessment using colour flow and two-dimensional imaging
9. Interpret and complete a HEARTscan study
10. Review 20 HEARTscan studies

1. 80% of assessment: one open-book multiple-choice examination consisting of 50 questions. Students will have 1 week to complete the examination during the assessment period at the end of the semester.
2. 20% of the assessment: completion of self assessment modules at the end of each tutorial, progressively through the semester. These are completed in the workbooks issued to students and it is a requirement that these workbooks are signed and returned for assessment.

Royse C, Donnan G, royse A. Pocket Guide to Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography. 2006; McGraw-Hills

Other materials will be provided as a package of readings, PowerPoint presentations and case studies.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Enhance time utilisation
• Improve written skills and problem solving skill

All students are expected to have access to a computer that can operate a Windows platform or simulation.

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