Foundation Course in Cardiology

Foundation Course in Cardiology Trent Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre Queens Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals

Course Leader: Dr Alun Harcombe

Draft Course outline: Day 1. Wednesday 17th October 2007 Registration & Coffee: Foyer, Postgraduate Medical Centre 8:30 – 9:00 Bus leaves hotel at 8:15am and returns at 18:00hrs

Time Activity / Tutor Venue Objective Nos. 09:00 Introduction. Seminar room Objective setting. Group allocations. G05/5a Alun Harcombe 09:15 Echocardiography Seminar room 1 Principles and Practice. G05/5a John Walsh 10:15 Coffee

10:30 Workshop I: Transthoracic, Clinical Skills 1 Transoesophageal and Advanced training areas Echocardiography 1 to 3 John Walsh (three groups A, B & C) (Rotate at 50mins) 13:00 Lunch (downstairs foyer)

14:00 Introduction to the cardiac Seminar room 2 catheterisation laboratory G05/5a James Cotton 14:30 How to do it I: Moderator - Dr Pitt Seminar room 2 Cardiac Catheterisation live cases: G05/5a - Radial approach 15:00 Haemodynamics/Right Heart Studies Seminar room 2 Mike Pitt G05/5a

15:30 How to do it II: Moderator - Dr Pitt Seminar room 2 Cardiac Catheterisation live cases: G05/5a - Left and Right Heart Catheterisation 16:00 Tea

16:30 Workshop II: Clinical Skills 2 Interpreting coronary angiograms Training: Groups Gp. A area 1 A B C Gp. B area 2 Gp. C area 3

Dr Pitt Dr Cotton Dr Harcombe 17:30 Review of outcomes and reflection Seminar room G05/5a 20:00 Course Dinner for tutors and students, Bentons Brasserie Foundation Course in Cardiology Trent Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre Queens Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals

Day Two: Thursday 18th October 2007

Time Activity / Tutor Venue Objective Nos. 09:00 Cardiac Surgery for Cardiologists Seminar room 4 Andy Owens G05/5a

10:00 Implanting Permanent Pacemaker, Seminar room 2 ICD and CRT Devices G05/5a Andrew Staniforth 11:00 Coffee

11:15 How to do it III: Seminar room 2 Moderator – Dr Harcombe G05/5a Live case: Permanent Pacemaker 12:45 Lunch (downstairs foyer)

13:30 Workshop II: Clinical Skills 2 Pacemaker programming and trouble training areas shooting. Groups A, B & C 1-3

15:30 Tea

16:00 Academic Cardiology/Research Clinical Skills 2 Prof. Peter Weissberg training area

16:30 Electrophysiology Studies & Clinical Skills 3 Ablation training area Dr Stuart Harris

17:15 Review and Reflection Foundation Course in Cardiology Trent Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre Queens Campus, Nottingham University Hospitals

Day Three: Friday 19th October 2007

Time Activity / Tutor Venue Objective Nos. 09:00 “How to interact with Industry Seminar room 5 Representatives – and How Not To” G05/5a Beccy Holmberg 09:30 Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Seminar room 2 Principles and Practice G05/5a Mark deBelder 10:30 Coffee

11:00 Workshop III: Clinical Skills 2 IABP Insertion and Trouble Shooting Areas 1-3 Datascope Clinician input: Dr deBelder, Dr Harcombe 13:00 Lunch (downstairs foyer)

Problem I: Managing II: Complicated III: Complex heart based arrhythmias myocardial failure learning Andrew Staniforth infarction John Walsh Alun Harcombe Clinical Skills Area 1 Clinical Skills 2 Clinical Skills 3 14:00 – Group A Group B Group C 14:45 14:45 – C A B 15:30 15:30 Tea

16:00 – B C A 16:45 16:45 Conclusion, Feedback & Certificates Faculty

Mr Jonathon Allen, Medtronic UK

Dr Mark deBelder, Consultant Cardiologist, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

Dr James Cotton, Consultant Cardiologist, Wolverhampton Heart Centre

Beccy Holmberg, Cardiovascular Industry Consultant

Dr Alun Harcombe, Consultant Cardiologist, QMC, Nottingham

Dr Stuart Harris, St. Bartholomews Hospital, London and King Georges Hospital, Barking, Essex

Mr Andrew Owens, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

Dr Mike Pitt, Consultant Cardiologist, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham

Dr Andrew Staniforth, Consultant Cardiologist, QMC, Nottingham

Dr John Walsh, Consultant Cardiologist, QMC, Nottingham

Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director, BHF, London

Sponsors The organisers are extremely grateful for the generous support of all our sponsors without whom the course could not have been arranged. Please take time to interact with the sponsor’s representatives during coffee and lunch breaks, all of whom are experienced cardiovascular professionals.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course students will:

1. Be familiar with the principles of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography.

2. Have understood and experienced the technology and procedures involved in cardiac catheterisation, right heart studies, temporary transvenous and permanent pacemakers, ICDs and Biventricular devices, and intra-aortic balloon pumps.

3. Have explored the principles and technology involved in electrophysiology studies and radiofrequency ablation.

4. Have gained experience in the fundamentals of cardiac surgery along with cardiovascular physiology in the perioperative cardiac surgical patient.

5. Be able to understand the process of decision making in cardiology.