Fetal cardiology is a defined sub-specialty within fetal medicine. It requires a high degree of knowledge of foetal cardiac anatomy and circulation and a mastery of techniques for the visualisation of cardiac structure and function throughout the three trimesters of gestation. A thorough knowledge of the possible intrauterine evolution, associated pathologies and of course the prognosis of the different cardiac malformations is also necessary. Fetal cardiology defines a new field of knowledge that is clearly supradisciplinary, in which it is necessary to combine original knowledge of fetal medicine and paediatric cardiology. Although it is essential that an advanced unit has both types of specialists, it is essential that all members have a detailed knowledge of aspects of the other speciality in order to offer the patient the best medicine available.
Registration fee and diploma
The basic price of the course is 180€. The diploma can be downloaded in PDF directly from the campus upon completion and passing the exam.
Diploma sent by post, 192€.
€180.00 – €192.00
Once enrolled in the course, you will have one year to complete it and an additional year to access and review the course. After that, the course will close.
This course is aimed at fetal medicine specialists with an advanced level of echocardiography, or paediatric cardiologists with an interest and/or practice in fetal medicine. The course is focused on the diagnosis and advanced orientation of these pathologies, which implies a mastery of 2D and Doppler fetal echocardiography techniques. However, it also covers in depth aspects that are essential for the proper practice of foetal cardiology, and therefore a significant amount of time is devoted to discussing aspects of postnatal prognosis and different surgical correction techniques. This provides the specialist with the necessary knowledge to enable him/her to adequately orientate the complementary study and advice to parents, aspects as relevant as prognosis.
The presentation of the topics will be structured on the basis of problem solving through the essential theoretical content. The development of each topic will follow a clinical outline and will use images and videos. At the end of the presentations, the student can obtain a certificate of completion of the theoretical training and pass the knowledge acquisition test. Once the knowledge has been acquired and in order to obtain the certificate, a multiple-choice test must be taken. For the validation test you have 3 attempts and must answer 70% of the answers correctly. Each time you enter the test, even if you do not answer any questions, it counts as an attempt.
The student will have access from the moment he/she purchases the course until the deadline for the publication of the course.
To access the course you must log in to the Virtual Campus with your username and password.
This course offers a certificate of achievement from Fetal I+D Education Barcelona.
Foto del certificado con marca de agua para poder colocar en “certificaciones”
For more information, do not hesitate to contact us through the contact form or by the following means:
COURSE MANAGEMENT
Dr. Olga Gómez / Dr. José M. Martínez
Faculty
The teaching staff is made up of interdisciplinary medical specialists with extensive experience in the field of perinatal infections, mostly from BCNatal and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
