Detecting CHD with 5 Essential Views & Obstetric Ultrasound Best Practices

Join us to learn and practice proven techniques for fetal heart screening and hear updates in best practices in obstetric ultrasound.
About this Event

This one and a half day event will present practical, evidence-based, and clinically relevant recommendations for best practice in obstetric sonography with an emphasis on fetal heart screening.

FACULTY

Tracy Anton, BS, RDMS, RDCS, FAIUM

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Reproductive Medicine and Ultrasound Practicioner, Maternal Fetal Care and Genetics, University of California, San Diego

Elena Sinkovskaya, MD, PhD

Board Member, Tiny Hearts Project, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of Ultrasound Research and Education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University

Celeste Sheppard, MD

Founder, Tiny Hearts Project, Associate Professor, University of Texas Dell Medical School

Continuing Medical Education Credits

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University and Tiny Hearts Project. Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography Credits

Accreditation

Mindful Sonography dba Tiny Hearts Project is accredited by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) to provide continuing medical education for sonographers.

Designation

Tiny Hearts Project designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.25 SDMS credits.

Course Objectives

• Improve screening practice with image optimization and image acquistion.
• Facilitate detection by improving recognition of normal and abnormal cardiac view.
• Address a variety of other knowledge and practice gaps in obstetric sonography, including recognition of abnormal placentation and management of twin pregnancies.

Day One: July 11

🕑: 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Check In & Breakfast
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:15 AM
Welcome & Overview of the 5 Essential Views
🕑: 08:15 AM - 08:45 AM
Fetal Circulation, Neonatal Transition, and the Causes of Cyanosis
🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
What Screening Guidelines Say and What They Should Say
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
2D Image Optimization for Fetal Heart Screening
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Live Demonstration of Image Optimization and Screening Views
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Break
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Live Demonstration: Optimization, Laterality and Four Chamber View
🕑: 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
Color Doppler Optimization for Fetal Heart Screening
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:50 PM
Outflow Tracts and Three Vessel Trachea View
🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:15 PM
Live Demonstration: Outflow Tracts, Three Vessel Trachea View & Color Doppler
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Find the Findings: Using the Checklist for the Four Chamber View
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Find the Findings: Using the Checklist for Outflow Tracts & 3 Vessel Trachea
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:40 PM
The Role of AI in Fetal Cardiac Screening
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:00 PM
Break & Transition to Choice of Hands-On Scanning Sessions or Lectures
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
Option 1: Hands-On Scanning Practice Sessions
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
Option 2: Lectures: What CHD is Missed & Perinatal Planning
🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM
Off to a Good Start: Delivery Planning for Infants with CHD
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Q&A and Announcements for Day Two
Day Two: July 12

🕑: 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Check In & Breakfast
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:30 AM
Pregnancy Dating, Viability and Biometry
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Diagnosis and Management of C-Section Scar Pregnancy
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
What is the Value of the Detailed First Trimester Scan?
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Cervical Length, Assessment and Diagnosis of Vasa Previa
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Placenta Accreta Spectrum
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Break
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Double Trouble: Diagnosis and Sonographic Management of Twins
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
What to Do with Genetic Markers in the Age of NIPT
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Spina Bifida in the 21st Century
🕑: 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
Q&A