2023 Confident ECG Interpretation: Pre-Course Activity

This is the pre-course component of 2023 ECG Interpretation Course. Participants of this course are REQUIRED to complete the pre-course activity before going to the face-to-face sessions.

 

ABOUT THE COURSE

This course will provide a review of basic 12-lead ECG interpretation skills. The course is designed to enhance ECG interpretation skills for the purpose of practice improvement, and facilitated by the cardiologists from the University of Calgary Cardiac Sciences.

Participants will watch a series of podcasts, completing related online ECG interpretation exercises, experiencing a full day of face-to-face learning activities including short lectures and a rotation of small group case discussions.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After participating in this course, when reviewing a patient’s 12-lead ECG, participants will be equipped to:

  • Correctly determine rate, rhythm and axis on an ECG
  • Diagnose right and/or left ventricular hypertrophy and bundle branch block on an ECG
  • Identify findings suggestive of ischemia on an ECG
  • Correctly diagnose myocardial infarction on an ECG including whether it is acute, subacute, or old
  • Accurately diagnose atrial and ventricular tachyarrhythmias
  • Identify bradycardia
  • Identify pacemaker activity on an ECG and determine if pacemaker function appears normal
  • Identify ST and T wave changes seen in common non-cardiac presentations such as: pulmonary embolism, electrolyte abnormalities, drug effect, and CNS events
TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE ONLINE MODULES
  • It is not recommended to access the online modules on smartphones at this point as your learning experience might be compromised.
  • ‘TAKE NOTES’: To make notes for your own use, click on ‘TAKE NOTES’ at the upper right corner of your screen to open the notes field. All the course notes you have made can be found in a full list in the page of ‘My Courses’.
  • ‘RESUME LEARNING”: Please be aware that it will take you several hours to complete the modules. For the convenience of self-paced learning, you may exit from the middle of the course and come back later. When you log into the e-learning portal again, click on ‘RESUME LEARNING’, and you will be redirected to where you left last time.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Material presented are in compliance with the University of Calgary Copyright Policy, Acceptable Use of Material Protected by Copyright.

Course materials are for individual use only and not to be distributed.

  • This course has received no commercial support.
  • PC/Faculty disclosure

Faculty/ PC

Credentials

Disclosure

Affiliation

Russell Quinn
(Co-Chair)

BA BM BCh MRCP PhD

Honorarium and advisory Board – Servier

Participation in clinical trials & registries – CIHR, Ottawa Heart Institute Research Foundation

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Bryan Har (Co-Chair)

MD MPH FRCPC

Speakers Honoraria (given to the UofC) – Amgen, Abbott, Bristol Meyers Squibb – Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis

Local Principal Investigator – American Heart Association, Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, CSL Behring, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Population Health Research Institute: PHRI

Clinical Associate Professor, Interventional Cardiology

APPROACH Research Group

Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary

Jonathan Blankenstein

MD

Nothing to Declare

Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary

Ronald Gorsche

MD CCFP

Skills Broker, Honoraria – Rural Health Professions Action Plan For Alberta Health

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences

Vincent Le

MD and FRCPC

Nothing to Declare

Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary

Leslie Poirier

MN ACNP RN

Nothing to Declare

Cardiac Sciences, FMC

Sarah Weeks

MD FRCPC

Nothing to Declare

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Medical Director, Specialist and Inter-Professional Education, CME&PD

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Utkarsh Subnis (CME&PD Representative)

PhD, MBBS

Honoraria: HAnalytics Solutions Inc., Fresh Squeezed Ideas Inc.

Education Consultant, Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Russell Quinn BA BM BCh MRCP PhD (Co-Chair)
Bryan Har MD FRCPC, MPH (Co-Chair)
Ronald Gorsche MD CCFP
Sarah Weeks MD FRCPC
Leslie Poirier MN ACNP RN
Jonathan Blankenstein MD
Vincent Le MD
Utkarsh Subnis PhD MA MBBS (CME Representative)