2025 SCA Echo Board Review Course

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.