This is the post-course assessment of the Confident ECG Interpretation Course. Upon completing the test, you will have access to answers and explanations of all the ECG examples of this Course.
ABOUT THE COURSE
The Confident ECG Interpretation Course is facilitated by cardiologists from the University of Calgary Cardiac Sciences. The course is designed for family physicians and others wishing to upgrade their ECG interpretation skills, ECG-certified family physicians and hospitalists looking for a refresher in this area, family physicians preparing to write the CPSA ECG Interpretation Examination.
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.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing the assessment activity, participants will be able to:
- Recall what has been learned in recognizing common ECG patterns associated with various locations of injury/infarction
- Continue practicing ECG interpretation with various 12 lead ECG examples
ACCREDITATION (POST-COURSE ACTIVITY)
This one-credit-per-hour Assessment program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development for up to 1.0 Mainpro+ credits.
This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development. Participants may claim a maximum of 1.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
You may also perform Linking Learning exercises around a question you ask yourself as a result of learning from this program at: http://www.cfpc.ca/Linking_Learning_exercises/. Each completed Linking Learning exercise earns five Mainpro+ certified credits.
Accredited Royal College MOC Section 1 and Section 3 credits are eligible for certified Mainpro+ credits, up to a maximum of 50 credits per five-year cycle; any additional credits are eligible as non-certified Mainpro+ credits. MOC Section 3 accredited activities can be claimed at 3 credits per hour up to the cycle maximum.
COPYRIGHT
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.
DISCLOSURE
- This course has received no commercial support.
- Faculty/PC 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 |
PLANNING COMMITTEE
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)