Education & Training
Regular Teaching
Listing of training opportunities available to all our network colleagues.
ACHD Education: Clinical Cases Series
Last Tuesday of every month, 08:00-09:00 on MS Teams
Hosted by: ACHD Department at GSTT
Endorsed by: BSE with 0.5 points per session.
Suitable for: Everyone in the ACHD Network
Cost: Free
dario.freitas@gstt.nhs.uk or harith.alam@gstt.nhs.uk
Upcoming Topics
28/01/2025: Ebstein’s Anomaly – Dr Marina Hughes, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals
25/02/2025: Patent Ductus Arteriosus – Noelle Wolvaardt, Royal Papworth Hospital
25/03/2025: Non-invasive & Invasive Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension in CHD – Dario Freitas & Dr Natali Chung, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospitals
Paediatric CHD Teaching
Tues, Weds & Thurs only, 08:00-08:30 on MS Teams or ELCH Level 1 Walrus
Schedule
Tues: General cardiology topics, including surgery/MRI-CT imaging/fetal/catheter
Weds: ECG teaching
Thurs: Echocardiography
Hosted by: Paediatric CHD Teaching Team at ELCH/RBH
Suitable for: Physiologists, Clinical Fellows, Paediatric Cardiologists, Network PECs, Cardiac Nurse Specialists and all healthcare staff who are interested in CHD
Cost: Free
For further details, contact: ariana.spanaki@gstt.nhs.uk
Upcoming sessions
17/12/24: EACVI-AEPC Echo Certification – Owen Miller
18/12/24: ECGs – Hannah Bahbah
19/12/24: Echo Christmas Quiz – Grace, Ariana, Alex
Monthly PEC Education Course on MS Teams (RCPCH Endorsed) 3rd Wednesday of every month (unless otherwise stated)
Faculty:
Alex Savis: Senior Chief Cardiac Physiologist & Physiologist Lead in Research, Education and Training (Evelina London)
Dr Owen Miller: Consultant in Paediatric & Fetal Cardiology, Deputy Medical Director and Director of International Services (Evelina London)
Dr Adam Carter: Paediatrician with Expertise in Cardiology, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Intended audience: Network PECs, Cardiac Physiologists and Registrars within the Lifelong CHD Network only
Cost: Free
Contact: chdnetwork@gstt.nhs.uk
Please let us know which echo machine(s) you use by completing this short questionnaire: https://forms.office.com/e/ch4SpmXJhX
Upcoming Topics
18/12/2024: Christmas Quiz
15/01/2025: Normal Variants
19/02/2025: PEC-Led Session (Case Studies)
19/03/2025: Vascular Rings
30/04/2025: LVOTO Case Study (PEC Referral)
Formal Echo Teaching
Mondays 12:30-13:30 on MS Teams
The sessions will be based around a case with discussions around the finer details of assessment with echo.
Organised by: Senior echocardiography colleagues from the Royal Brompton
Suitable for: Anyone who is learning echo or would like refreshers within the Lifelong CHD Network
Cost: Free
As a PEC of the Lifelong CHD Network, you should already have received the MS Teams link. However if this is not the case or you need further details, please get in touch with H.MacGloin@rbht.nhs.uk and ask to be added to the list.
Oxford ACHD Echo – Free Congenital Echo Teaching for Beginners
12 Monthly sessions on a Thursday 1700-1800-13:30 via MedAll
Organised by: Oxford Universities NHS Foundation Trust
Suitable for: Anyone who is learning ACHD echo or would like refreshers
Cost: Free
Please click on the logo for more information.
Programme
12.12.24 Sequential Segmental Analysis
9.1.25 & 13.2.25 Transposition of the Great Arteries Pts 1 & 2
13.3.25 ASDs
10.4.25 Single Ventricle / Fontan
8.5.25 AVSDs
12.6.25 Surgical Shunts
10.7.25 Pulmonary Hypertension
11.9.25 The Quiz!
Some pointers from the organisers:
- Even if you are viewing as a group, you will need to log in via MedAll individually on your computer/phone in order to complete the feedback form and receive the certificate at the end.
- Some hospital wifi networks (including ours!) may have a firewall that blocks MedAll – this link might be helpful Tackling firewall issues | MedAll Help Center, or you may need to find a computer that is linked to the Ethernet instead.
- MedAll recommends using Google Chrome as the browser.
Calendar Listing
In addition to training from within our CHD Network, we signpost any training we are aware of from other CHD Networks, and conferences from around the world. As we do not manage all of these, please always refer to the contact details listed.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease 2025
This module critically evaluates the care of adults and young people with congenital heart disease (ACHD). Core topics include common congenital defects, their surgical repair, and long-term complications. The psychological and practical problems that face individuals with ACHD are also addressed. The Module is delivered within a London ACHD centre by clinicians working in the speciality.
Organised by: BARTS, GOSH & LSBU Partnership
Date: Course starts 16th January 2025 and runs up till 1st May 2025. Registration now open.
Audience: For practitioners working in a cardiac setting where adult patients with ACHD are routinely managed.
For further details, please click on poster and refer to contact information.
Paediatric Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography
This interactive course aims to enhance understanding of congenital echocardiography at a basic level of experience and covers cardiac lesions found in both neonates and children.
It covers all primary applications of paediatric congenital cardiac echocardiography, providing comprehensive learning through case-based lectures and practical hands-on sessions brought to life by our wonderful volunteer paediatric patients with pre-operative and post-operative cardiac lesions making the course relevant to those looking after older congenital patients.
Organised by: Newcastle Clinical Skills Academy
Dates: Wednesday 29 January and Thursday 30 January 2025 9:00am to 5:00pm
Venue: Newcastle upon Tyne
Audience: Suitable for anyone involved in care and management of CHD disease – neonates, infants and children – including consultants and trainees (paediatrics, neonatology, paediatric cardiology, ACHD, cardiac surgery, cardiac anaesthesia and intensive care), paediatricians with expertise in cardiology (PECS) and cardiac physiologists.
Cost: £500
For further details, please click on poster and refer to contact information.
