Best Practices to Avoid Common Errors in Cardiac Sonography Measurements for 2024
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Course Overview
Course Content
Credits
* AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is designated for and awarded to physicians. Non-physician healthcare professionals, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and sonographers may participate in activities accredited for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™; their respective credentialing and professional organizations independently recognize such participation toward their own continuing education requirements. Organizations that accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™-accredited courses toward non-physician CE include ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada.
Course Details
- Duration
- 1.00 hour
- Released
- Dec 3, 2025
- Last Review
- Dec 3, 2025
- Expires
- Dec 2, 2028
Objectives
Investigate common errors in cardiac sonography, highlighting how they can lead to diagnostic inaccuracies, and discuss methods to prevent them.
Assess the impact of errors in image measurement on patient outcomes, emphasizing the importance of accuracy for effective treatment planning.
Create strategies for teaching medical specialists, focusing on improving diagnostic skills in cardiac sonography through hands-on training and error analysis
Target Audience
Cardiologists
Echocardiographers
Anyone who perform and/or interpret echocardiography.
Faculty & Disclosure
Faculty
Jason Cox, MD, DABR, Radiologist, Educator
Program Director,
Institute for Advanced Medical Education
Joseph Freedman, MD, FACC, Cardiologist
Echocardiography Expert
Jess Hooley, ACS, RCS
Advanced Cardiac Sonographer, Educator
CardioConnections
Britni James, RCS
Registered Cardiac Sonographer, Educator
CardioConnections
Disclosure
Jason Cox MD, Joseph Freedman MD, Jess Hooley, Britni James discloses no such relationships exist.
No one at IAME who had control over the planning or content of this activity has relationships with commercial interests.
Accreditation
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Institute for Advanced Medical Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Sonographers: These credits are accepted by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), Sonography Canada, Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), and most other organizations.
