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Echo Course

What will I learn?

Improve your medical skills with the Echo Course, made for health workers who want to be experts in echocardiography (heart ultrasound). You'll learn how to check heart function well, including how the heart valves are working, how much blood the heart is pumping out (ejection fraction), and if there are any problems with the heart muscle moving properly. You'll also learn how to manage patients by understanding what the echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) shows and making treatment plans. We will teach you the right way to do the examination, how to set up the machine properly, and how to read the different pictures you get from the echocardiogram. This course is short, good quality, and made for busy health professionals to improve their skills.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Become an expert in checking how the heart valves are working so you can examine the heart properly.

Be able to analyze the ejection fraction (how much blood the heart pumps out) to find heart problems.

Learn to see wall motion abnormalities (problems with the heart muscle moving) to diagnose problems accurately.

Learn how to set the echocardiography machine for the best pictures.

Be able to make patient management plans using the information from the echocardiogram (heart ultrasound).

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.