Perioperative Echocardiography Visiting Preceptorship

Monday, October 27, 2025, 6:30 AM - Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4:00 PM, La Jolla Medical Center, La Jolla, CA


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (33.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (33.00 hours)

Presented by the UC San Diego Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology this four-day preceptorship includes the following highlights: In-OR observership in the new cutting edge Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center Intimate small group setting highlighting a personal level of education Hands-on learning with state-of-the-art TTE and TEE simulator Simulation, didactic and interactive sessions Intraoperative decision making with UCSD Anesthesia faculty Problem based learning and hemodynamic calculation workshops This course is designed for physicians seeking echocardiography proficiency. It will cover the applications of transesophageal echocardiography in the monitoring and diagnosis of cardiac disease in the perioperative patient. Lectures will emphasize image acquisition, probe manipulation, recognition of normal cardiac anatomy, evaluation of cardiac pathology, and other echocardiography essentials. Courses offered quarterly, limited space available.

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1. Identify specific indications and contraindications to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in both cardiac and non-cardiac anesthesiology, including particular uses in assisting invasive line placement, hemodynamic instability, and myocardial and valvular assessments.
2. Demonstrate safe probe insertion techniques, manipulation and image acquisition of a standard approach to a comprehensive 28 view TEE exam.
3. Examine the concepts of the Doppler principle, their application to Pulsed Wave, Continuous Wave, Color Flow and tissue Doppler imaging and their use in hemodynamic calculations, valvular and ventricular assessments.
4. Review pathologic cardiac states and their echocardiographic representations including qualitative and quantitative assessments. Potential pathologic states include but are not limited to mitral valve, aortic valve, tricuspid valve, left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic as well as aortic diseases.
5. Evaluate the use of limited transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) FoCUS exam in the perioperative arena.

Accommodations: We are committed to ensuring that our programs are accessible to all individuals. For general information or to request reasonable accommodations, please contact [email protected] at your earliest convenience.

All in-person events are wheelchair accessible.  Service animals specifically trained to assist a person with a disability are welcome. No other animals, including pets, therapy animals, or emotional support animals, are allowed.

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CME staff, meeting planners, peer reviewers, editorial staff, and CME committee reviewers, do not have any relevant financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies.

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