ECHO II/III

Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate, consent and participate in all TEE requests, including TEE/cardioversions.

  • Cover the first year when they are in clinic

  • Teach the 1st year fellow some fundamental echo reading skills

  • Read echos with a focus on advanced cases

  • Complete scanning requirements

  • Attend weekly Imaging Conference (see below) on Thursday 7:30-8:30 am via zoom

  • Do TEEs in the OR and watch surgical cases

  • Use the TEE simulator to become facile with views and your own “protocol” for efficiently performing a complete TEE exam.

  • See “Echo I” for recommended reading and TEE protocol

 Daily schedule:

  • 8:00 - 5:00, M-F, except clinic and conferences:

  • Day starts at 8:00, check board for the days TEEs so these patients can be evaluated. Most of the outpatients are scheduled in the morning

  • If no patients are scheduled get hands on echo practice, go to OR for extra TEE practice with the anesthesiologist or use the simulator.

  • Attend all university conferences. Imaging conference occurs Thursday at 0800 in the Regional Heart Center.

  • You are responsible for consenting patients for procedures.

Imaging Conference (Thurs am 7:30-8:30 am) on Zoom: 

Alternates between:

  • EchoSAP: Echo board review questions. Sessions are led by a 2nd or 3rd year fellow.

  • Attending lecture series: Echo lectures given by imaging attendings at UW and visiting lecturers.

  • Echo Case Review: Review of interesting echocardiograms

    • Plan to present 1-2 cases with discussion points

  • Occurs weekly on Thursday from 0730-0830 on zoom. Alternates between:

    • EchoSAP: Echo board review questions. Sessions are led by a 2nd or 3rd year fellow.

    • Attending lecture series: Echo lectures given by imaging attendings at UW and visiting lecturers.

    • Echo Case Review: Review of interesting echocardiograms

      • Plan to present 1-2 cases with discussion points

  • Echo Case Review: Put together a loose "presentation" (really not a presentation but simply a guideline for organization)

    • The goal is to have these conferences revolve around cases that teach about a particular theme

    • Examples: RV quantification, MR quantification by PISA method, pulmonary HTN, ASD (can go through types, have examples of each)

    • Structure/Format Per Case:

      • Intro and review of images (5 min)

      • Basics of whatever you are discussing (i.e. RV size, RV quantification and pitfalls of each method) (5-10 min)

      • Wrap up, discussion (5 min)