Download MS-6-CVM Elective Course Cardiac Imaging

COURSE SPECIFICATION
Faculty of Medicine- Mansoura University
(A)
Administrative information
(1) Programme offering the course:
Master degree of cardiovascular
medicine
(2) Department offering the programme:
Cardiology Department
(3) Department responsible for teaching
Cardiology Department
the course:
(4) Part of the programme:
2nd Part
(5) Date of approval by the
Department`s council
(6) Date of last approval of programme
specification by Faculty council
(7) Course title:
Cardiac Imaging
CARD 514
(8) Course code:
(9) Total teaching hours:
20 hours
(10) Credit hours
1 hours (10 Lecture, 10 Seminars)
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(B) Professional information
(1) Course Aims:
The broad aims of the course are as follows: (either to be written in items or as a paragraph)
To provide the candidate with Updated Knowledge of Scientific
Basis, Indications, and Value of Echo , Cardiac CT Multi slice CT,
Cardiac MRI and Nuclear Cardiology in assessment and Diagnosis
of Various CV Disorders Failure .
(2) Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):
Intended learning outcomes (ILOs); Are four main categories: knowledge & understanding to be
gained, intellectual qualities, professional/practical and transferable skills.
On successful completion of the course, the candidate will be able to:
A- Knowledge and Understanding
A1- To Illustrate Basic Echo examination & Different Modalities
A2- To Illustrate The Different Echo Modalities
A3- To Describe Echo Assessment of Ventricular functions
A4- To Recall the Echo Finding in valvular heart diseases
A5- To Recall the Echo Finding in Congenital heart diseases
A6- To Recall The Indication Cardiac Multi slice CT
A7- To Describe Normal CV finding in Multi slice CT
A8- To Describe abnormal CV finding in Multi slice CT
A9- To Recall indication of Cardiac MRI
A10- To Describe the Normal Cardiac MRI finding
A11- To Describe The abnormal Cardiac MRI finding
A12- To Recall Basic Principles of flow tracers.
A13- To Recall various Nuclear cardiology Protocols
A14- To Describe Assessment of Myocardial viability
2
B- Intellectual skills
B2- Chose the Appropriate Cardiac Imaging Modalities for diagnosis of Different CV Diseases
C- Professional/practical skills
D- Communication & Transferable skills
D3- Work s effectively aa member or leader of professional group
(3) Course content:
Lectures
Subjects
Siminars
Clinical
Total Teaching
Hours
 Echocardiography
Physical Principle , Basic examination &
Different Modalities
Assessment of Ventricular functions
1
1
1
2
3
Echo in valvular and Congenital heart
diseases
 Cardiac Multi slice CT
Basic Principle & Indication
2
2
4
Normal and abnormal cardiovascular
finding
 Cardiac MRI
Basic Principle and indication
1
Normal and abnormal cardiovascular
finding
 Nuclear cardiology
Basic Principles of flow s tracers, and
Nuclear cardiology Protocol
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
3
1
2
3
1
Assessment of Myocardial viability
1
2
3
Total Teaching Hours
10
10
20
(4) Teaching methods:
4.1: Lecture
4.2: Siminars
(5) Assessment methods:
5.1:Written. (for assessment of knowledge skills)
5.2: MCQ. (for assessment of knowledge skills)
Assessment schedule:
1-Firist Exam : MCQ at end of Attendance of the course .
2-Final Exam at end of course:
2-a) Written exam
Percentage of each Assessment to the total mark:
1- MCQ Exam (20% of Written exam mark )
2-a) Written exam marks
(80 %: of total mark)
(6) References of the course:
6.1: Text books:
 Hurst’s Heart
 Braunwald’s Heart disease textbook of cardiovascular
medicine
 Figenbaum Echocardiography
 Robert Anderson Pediatric Cardiology
6.2: Journals:
 New England journal of medicine
 The Heart
 Circulation
 Journal of the American Collage of Cardiology
6.3: Websites:
 Cardiosource
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 Medscape cardiology
 Escardio.org European society of Cardiology
 Tctmed.com
6.1: Others:
(7) Facilities and resources mandatory for course completion:
Lecture Halls
Well equipped non invasive cardiologic investigatory instruments.
Course coordinator: Dr. Esam Mahfouz
Head of the department: Prof. Dr. Eman EL-Safty
Date:
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