2 Day BSE Prep Course – Online 

Open to all Physiologists who are undertaking the BSE Exams in the next year.

Places are subsidised for those working in publicly funded hospitals via HSE CPD funding.

Location: Online

Date: 9th & 10th March 2023

Facilitated by Dr Grant Heatlie consultant cardiologist, Royal Stoke University Hospital (Previous member BSE council and accreditation committee)

Preparation Course for BSE Examination

Day 1: Friday 9th March 2023

9.00am – 5.15pm

Programme:

08.50 – 09.00: Registration and entry to Zoom Meeting
09.00 – 09.15: Welcome and registration
09.15 – 09.30: Echo – anatomical correlates
09.30 – 10.30: Physics and Doppler physics
10.30 – 10.45: Break
10.45 – 11.15: Calculations – shunts/volumes/valve dysfunction
11.15 – 12.15: Tissue Doppler/speckle tracking
12.15 – 13.00: Assessing the left ventricular function1300 – 1400 Lunch
14.00 – 14.15: Assessing right ventricular function
14.15 – 14.45: Valvular stenosis
14.45 – 15.15: Valvular regurgitation
15.15 – 15.30: Prosthetic valves
15.30 – 15.50: Congenital heart disease
15.50 – 16.10: Break
16.10 – 16.30: Pericardial disease
1630 – 16,45:  Cardiomyopathies
16,45 – 17,00: Other echo modalities
17,00 – 17,15: Pulmonary Vein Flow

Day 2: Saturday the 10th March 2023

8.00 am – 5.15 pm

Programme:

7.50 – 8.00:     Registration and entry to Zoom Meeting
8.00 – 8.20:     BSE examination aims, structure and marking schemes
8.20 – 10.20:   Practice theory questions – done as group10.20 – 10.35: Break
10.35 – 12.30: Practice Video questions – done as group
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch (provided)
13.30 – 14.20: Mock Theory Exam
14.20 – 15.20: Answers and discussion
15.20 – 15.35: Break
15.35 – 16.35: Mock video exam
16.35 – 17.15: Answers and discussion
17.15:              Close