The EDEC participants must collect 40 points, complete the Logbook and pass the EDEC Exam to be awarded the EDEC Diploma.
To secure the 40 points, the EDEC Committee provides learning components in line with the latest advances in continuous medical education (CME).
The participants are requested to upload the certificates to the EDEC profile to gather the points.
Clinical Case Course
Format: Online
EDEC Points: 6 points
Course Director: Philippe VIGNON MD, PhD Medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit, Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Limoges, France
Registration fees for the Clinical Courses are included in the initial EDEC fees.
Advanced Course
Format: Onsite
EDEC Points: 12 points
Course Director: Philippe VIGNON MD, PhD Medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit, Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Limoges, France
The Advanced Course on IC Echocardiography has been designed for intensivists, registered or not in the EDEC Curriculum, who would like to refine their knowledge on the subject.
The points for this mandatory course can be collected only once.
This course is not included in the fee for the EDEC Diploma
Monothematic Session
Format: Online
EDEC Points: 4-6 points
Course director: Philippe VIGNON MD, PhD Medical-surgical Intensive Care Unit, Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, Limoges, France
Registration fees for the monothematic sessions are included in the initial EDEC fees.
Webcasts
Self-study
Format: Online
EDEC Points: 1 point/webcast
A final pool of 10 selected webcasts (webinar recordings) has been made available in the online classroom (Academy). In order to get the EDEC points, the participants must watch the recordings and complete successfully the related quiz.
For the moment, the candidates can still watch all webinars from the previous years. However, no point can be collected.
Virtual Reality Experience (VRE)
Self-study
Format: Online
EDEC Points: 1 point/virtual reality experience
In the following months, 2 virtual reality experience resources will be available in the online classroom (Academy). They will allow participants to undertake virtual reality-enhanced simulation training, for the achievement of specific practical skills required in advanced critical care EchoCardiography.
VRE Septic shock
- Learning objectives:
- Identify septic cardiomyopathy
- Evaluate fluid responsiveness using ‘dynamic’ indices
- Illustrate how to monitor the effects of a passive leg rising
- Assess the cardiac response to inotropes.
VRE: Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Learning objectives:
- To identify RV dilatation in ventilated ARDS patients and cardiovascular factors potentially participating in hypoxemia
- To ascertain the tolerance of ventilatory settings using echocardiography in patients at risk of RV failure
- To identify acute cor pulmonale and to adjust therapy
- To illustrate the management of fluids in patients with acute cor pulmonale.
This component will be made available by the end of the year.
Recognised Courses
EDEC Points: 3 points for a 1-day course, 6 points for a 2-day course (or more)
| Course | Country | Website |
| Hong Kong Critical Care Echocardiography summit | Hong Kong | https://niccer.asn.au/?v=910955a907e7 |
| Singapore Advanced Echocardiography course | Singapore | https://niccer.asn.au/?v=12470fe406d4 |
3-day Critical Care Echo Course (St Georges Hospital) | UK (London) | www.criticalcareecho.com |
ACCP Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography | USA (Glenview) | www.chestnet.org/ |
Nepean Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography Course | Australia | https://niccer.asn.au/ |
Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography Board Review Exam Course – Virtual CHEST | USA | https://www.chestnet.org/ |
Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography Course | Ireland | N/A |
Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography Training (University of Toronto) | Canada (Toronto) | www.echocardiography.ca |
(LACE) Leeds Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography Course (3-Day) | UK (Leeds) | https://events.humanitix.com/leeds-advanced-critical-care-echo-course? |
Barts Heart-Advanced Critical Care Echo Course (in conjunction with Nepean ICU, Sydney) | UK (London) | https://events.humanitix.com/bartsheart2023 |
Critical Care Echocardiography Masterclass | Saudi Arabia | https://savinglivesacademy.com/ultrasound-masterclass-main-page/ |
Czech National Course for Advanced Echocardiography | Czech Republic | https://mhconsulting.cz/ |
EACTAIC Echo Course | EU | http://www.eactaic.org/events/echo-courses/ |
Echocardiography for Haemodynamic Monitoring | Belgium (Brussels) | www.intensive.org |
Pre-symposium Course on Echocardiography in the ICU (Advanced) | Belgium (Brussels) | www.intensive.org |
Program of Diploma in Critical Care Echocardiography | Chile | https://educacioncontinua.uc.cl/programas/ecocardiografia-avanzada-en-cuidados-criticos |
TEE Masterclass programs (July and December) | France | N/A |
Transthoracic Echocardiography Course for Critically ill Patients and Haemodynamic Monitoring | Spain | www.echosimgroup.es |
| Advance USG/ECHO | India | https://www.euroasia2024.com/workshop.php |
Only the EDEC participants can access the EDEC online classroom at the Academy.
