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.

Those in private hospitals can also avail of the course unsubsidised.

Location: Online

Date: 9th & 10th March 2023

Cost: Public Hospital – €40  Private Hospital – €340

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