Tour of the operating rooms, echo reading room and simulation labs
Review the elective schedule, and goals and objectives
Review the assigned readings and didactics schedule
Review of echo machine knobology
All of the assigned readings will be chapters from the "Practical Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography" David Sidebotham (2nd edition) textbook unless otherwise specified. The book is available at this link: Practical Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography eBook.pdf).
iE33 System Overview: understanding the basics of operating Philips echo machine
TEE Resident Practicum
Assigned reading: Chapter 1 "Physical Principles, Ultrasonic Image Formation, and Artifacts" p. 2-19
Assigned reading: Chapter 2 "Principles of Doppler Ultrasound" p. 21-30
Additional reading:
Presentation on "Physics of Ultrasound"
Assigned reading: Chapter 3 "Image Planes and Standard Views" p. 33-50
Additional reading:
Comprehensive Exam Simulator Guide
Assigned reading:
Assigned reading: Chapter 6 "Common Diagnostic Pitfalls and Cardiac Masses" p. 87-99
Please complete the self-assessment quiz below: