Fetal echocardiography is evaluation of fetal cardiac function by ultrasound before birth and during pregnancy.
This course has been designed for pediatric cardiologists and perinatology fellowships and cover all relevant topics in the fetal heart monitoring during pregnancy including early diagnosis of structural malformations of the heart, use of pulsed and color Doppler in fetal heart diagnosis.
Program Description:
The program is a complete combination of all fields necessary for the fetal cardiology including basic knowledge, basic and semi advanced echocardiography and genetics /prenatalogy.
Objectives:
The applicant should be able to perform a standard, complete, complementary and conclusive fetal echocardiography.
Duration: 4 months
Tuition Fee: 2500 US$
General Requirement: To apply for this program, you will need to fulfill a number of requirements, which can be found in the Graduate Admission Requirements.
Specific Requirement:
Eligible applicants:
a. Pediatric cardiologists
b. Perinatology fellowships
The eligible candidate should have successfully completed an approved Pediatric Cardiology or Perinatology fellowship program and should be proficient in English or Persian.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences has a rolling application system and reviews student applications all year round.
The deadline for:
Program Course:
The program is a complete combination of all fields necessary for the fetal cardiology including basic knowledge, basic and semi advanced echocardiography and genetics /prenatalogy.
The program is planned for total 4 months in fetal cardiology clinic including 1 month rotation in preventional genetic and erinatology clinics.
All trainees should be able to perform a complete fetal echo cardiography individually at the end of the training program. All title should be learned by the trainees according to the curriculum.
Evaluation:
This includes two evaluations in mid and end pact of the program. All exams will be according to the curriculum of the program.
Patient and physician consolations should include and performed.
1- Cardiovascular development
2- Cardiac anatomy
3- Indications of fetal echocardiography
4- The examination of normal fetal heart: 2D, Doppler and color Doppler
5- Cardiac malposition's
6- Anomalies of the right heart
7- Anomalies of the left heart
8- Anomalies of great arteries
9- Cardiac tumors
10- Cardiac dysrhythmia
11- Cardiac function (abnormal function and heart failure)
12- Cardiac causes of hydrops fetalis
Method(s) of Instruction:
The main method is face to face, hands-on method, real patient study.
Program Instructors:
Contact Information:
In case of any inquiries, you can contact the Office of International representative of the Division of Pediatric Crdiology, Children's Medical Center, Pediatric Center of Excellence through the following:
Contact Person: Dr. Ehsan Aghaei Moghadam
Tel.: (+9821) 6147 2318
Fax: (+9821) 6693 0024
Email: ehsanaghaei1358@gmail.com
Website: http://chmc.tums.ac.ir/en/
Address: No 62, Children's Medical Center, Pediatric Center of Excellence, Dr. Gharib St, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran 1419733151, Iran
To contact the Office of International Admissions, please use the following information:
Tel.: (+98 21) 8890 2090-93, Ext.: 169
Email: admission@tums.ac.ir
Address: No. 21, Dameshgh St., Vali-e Asr Ave., Tehran 1416753955, Ira
In case you are ready to apply, please refer to TUMS Online Application Form below.
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