Postgraduate Diploma in Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography (No longer offered)
PLEASE NOTE; This course is no longer offered.
The new program of courses includes:
The post graduate Diploma of Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography course from the University of Melbourne has been exceptionally successful. It is been the dominant postgraduate medical specialist training course in ultrasound in the specialties of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Accident and Emergency medicine in Australasia.
History of the Diploma of Echocardiography at Melbourne University
We started performing echocardiography for cardiac anaesthesia in the mid-1990s. At that stage, there were very few educational opportunities or even textbooks for anaesthetists and other critical care specialists wishing to embrace echocardiography.
As a group, we collaborated with each other to provide educational short courses and manuals, but we felt there was a distinct need for a comprehensive education package in order to give people the knowledge-base sufficient to become experts in echocardiography. We also felt that it was important to offer a qualification for that knowledge. In doing so, we put together a steering committee of anaesthetists, surgeons, and intensive care physicians who are not only experts in their field, but passionate about education in echocardiography. As subject coordinators, they drew upon a wide pool of expertise within Australia, New Zealand, and Europe to engage colleagues to produce tutorials.
We aimed to set a very high standard of education in this area, and we firmly believe that we have done so. Over the last few years, we have continually evolved the course to improve the content and quality, to add interactive media, and to continually add to the course when new knowledge becomes available.
The diploma course is supported by a steering committee, a large number of contributors, and our administrative and technical staff who are responsible for the efficient co-ordination and administration of the course.
Steering Committee Faculty
Associate Professor Colin Royse MBBS, MD (Melb), FANZCA, Executive, Cardiovascular Therapeutics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne; Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Associate Professor Alistair Royse MBBS, MD (Melb), FRACS, FCSANZ Executive, Cardiovascular Therapeutics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne; Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Dr David Canty, MBBS, FANCZA, PG Dip Echo
Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Dr Alwin Chaun, MBBS (Hons), FANCZA
Consultant Anaesthetist, Liverpool Hospital
Associate Professor John Faris DAvMed, FAFOM, FFOM, FANZCA, BA, ASCeXAM
Consultant Anaesthetist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia
Dr Lenore George MBBS, FANZCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Peter Hebbard MBBS, FANCZA, PG Dip Echo
Consultant Anaesthetist, North East Health Wangaratta
Dr Roman Kluger MBBS, FANZCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Dr Ajay Kumar MBBS, FANZCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, Sydney Adventist Hospital
Dr James Lai MBBS, FANZCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, Auckland City Hospital
Dr David Sidebotham MBBS, FANZCA
Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr Paul Soeding BscHon, MBBS, FANzCA
Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Dr Michael Veltman MBBS, FANZCA, FASE, ASCeXAM
DIrector of Anaesthesia, Joondalup Hospital
Conjoined Associate Professor Konstantin Yastrebov MD, PhD
Senior Specialist in Intensive Care, Coffs Harbour Hospital
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