Educational Support

The GP Handbook

This handbook aims to cover the use of echocardiography in the management of clinical disease processes.

The detailed principles of ultrasound are not covered but it is hoped the reader will gain information that will allow better understanding of the reasons for requesting an echo and how the results should be interpreted in a clinical context.

To request a GP handbook please complete our enquiry form.

Training Seminars

As a part of our service we are more than happy to provide training seminars to GP and other allied professionals around echocardiography, with a focus on common reasons for referral and interpreting the study findings. The topics covered in such a seminar include:

• Introduction to Community Echocardiography
• Common referral criteria
• Principle and echocardiography demonstration
• Echocardiography modalities
• Assessment of LV systolic function
• Assessment of LV diastolic function
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
• Pericardial Effusion
• Interpretation of echocardiography report
• Echocardiography report template
• Echotech reporting guidelines