SCA Echo Board Review Course 2025 (Videos with subtitles + Slides)
The Echo Board Exam Review Course is designed for Fellows who will be sitting the National Board of Echocardiography Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Examination (Advanced PTEeXAM). A panel of experts will lead sessions designed to help prepare Echo Board candidates for the exam.
AGENDA
SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2025
- 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM Welcome and Introductions Dr. Aidan Sharkey, MD
- 10:05 AM – 10:35 AM ULTRASOUND PHYSICS 1 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 10:35 AM – 10:45 AM Break
- 10:45 AM – 11:10 AM ULTRASOUND PHYSICS 2 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 11:10 AM – 11:25 AM Break
- 11:25 AM – 12:00 PM ULTRASOUND PHYSICS 3 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
- 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM MOCK EXAM 1 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Mark Robitaille, MD
- 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break
- 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM MOCK EXAM 2 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Sohail Mahboobi, MD, FASA
- 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Break
- 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM MOCK EXAM 3 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Shweta Yemul Golhar, MD
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2025
- 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM Welcome and Introductions
- 10:05 AM – 10:40 AM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 1 Dr. Aidan Sharkey, MD
- 10:40 AM – 10:50 AM Break
- 10:50 AM – 11:10 AM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 2 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 11:10 AM – 11:20 AM Break
- 11:20 AM – 11:40 PM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 3 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 11:40 PM – 11:50 PM Break
- 11:50 AM – 12:15 PM HEMODYNAMICS WORKSHOP 4 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Break
- 1:00 PM – 1:35 PM PHYSICS & HEMODYNAMIC CORE PRINCIPLES 1 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 1:35 PM – 1:45 PM Break
- 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM PHYSICS & HEMODYNAMIC CORE PRINCIPLES 2 Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE
- 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Break
- 2:30 PM – 3:45 PM MOCK EXAM 4 AND PANEL DISCUSSION Kendra Derry, MD, FRCPC
Educational Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Review the fundamentals of ultrasound physics.
- Perform hemodynamic calculations using ultrasound.
- Define the clinical application of two and three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging and use of Doppler principle to assess normal and abnormal cardiac states.
- Discuss the normal and abnormal anatomy and function of the native and implanted valves using 2D/3D imaging and Doppler derived quantification.
- Assess the integral role of echocardiography guided decision-making in complex surgery, percutaneous therapies, and clinical dilemmas.
