Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography

EAE accreditation exams 2008

Welcome

A joint initiative by the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists (EACTA).
  
We are now close to the 7th edition of the examination, that will be held in Antalya (TR) during the EACTA meeting next 14 June 2008, followed by the examination in Lyon (FR), during EUROECHO on 12 December 2008. Read the full text here

Forthcoming examination: 2 dates available !

• 14 June 2008 from 9:00 to 13:00 during the EACTA congress (Antalia, TR)
  Register online to this session here
• 12 December 2008 from 9:00 to 13:00 during EUROECHO 2008  (Lyon, FR)
  Online registration to this session will be available by end of June

Accreditation Fees (in Euros)

	Early Fees	Onsite Fees
Standard	€200	€250
EAE/EACTA Members	€170	€200
Resit	€100	€150

*** Please note that so as to respect exam room capacity, registrations are taken under the basis of first come first served. We strongly encourage to register as soon as possible so as to guarantee a place


                                                       For any information, please contact us here
 

Aims

Complete your Log Book by filling the forms available here (PDF 40 Kb)

• Accreditation is run as a service jointly by the European Association of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists and is not necessarily a compulsory or regulatory certificate of competence or excellence.
• Applications for accreditation are welcomed from sonographers (technicians) and doctors of all disciplines.
• The goals of accreditation are to protect patients from undergoing transesophageal echocardiographic examinations performed by unqualified persons and to set a European standard for competency and excellence in transesophageal echocardiography.   
• Accredited echocardiographers are expected to be able to perform and report routine transesophageal echocardiographic studies unsupervised.
• While European Accreditation is designed to test the competency of an individual to be able to perform, interpret and report routine transesophageal echocardiographic studies unsupervised, the right to report and sign clinical studies in individual countries will be defined by national laws and regulations.
• Accreditation in transesophageal echocardiography should bring credibility and professional legitimacy to an individual by demonstrating competency by the successful passage of examinations. 
• The accreditation process will include a written and a practical component.
• The accreditation process will identify qualified practitioners of transesophageal echocardiography and should enhance the professional image of transesophageal echocardiographers.  It will also provide statistics and records about transesophageal echocardiography that can be easily accessed.   
• As echo skills can only be maintained by continued education and practical involvement, accreditation will be granted for a period of five years. After this time a re-accreditation process will be required to maintain accreditation involving demonstration of continued practice and learning in the field of transesophageal echocardiography.

To obtain Accreditation you must pass both the written and practical parts of the assessment.