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
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Faculty/ PC |
Credentials |
Disclosure |
Affiliation |
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Russell Quinn |
BA BM BCh MRCP PhD |
Honorarium and advisory Board – Servier |
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary |
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Bryan Har (Co-Chair) |
MD MPH FRCPC |
Speakers Honoraria (given to the UofC) – Amgen, Abbott, Bristol Meyers Squibb – Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis |
Clinical Associate Professor, Interventional Cardiology APPROACH Research Group Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary |
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Jonathan Blankenstein |
MD |
Nothing to Declare |
Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary |
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Ronald Gorsche |
MD CCFP |
Skills Broker, Honoraria – Rural Health Professions Action Plan For Alberta Health |
Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary |
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Vincent Le |
MD and FRCPC |
Nothing to Declare |
Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary |
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Leslie Poirier |
MN ACNP RN |
Nothing to Declare |
Cardiac Sciences, FMC |
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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 |
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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)