Training in valve disease
15 years experience in echocardiography. 2 years experience performing ergometer bicycle stress echocardiography. 10 years experience in assisting with transoesophageal echocardiography, now training to perform transoesophageal echocardiography. British Society of Echocardiography accredited. Attended many training days, conferences predominantly British Society of Echocardiography accredited. No specific valve training declared.
Specialist valve activity
Runs a physiologist-led valve clinic typically seeing 4 new and 2 follow-up patients per clinic. Typically 52 echocardiograms per year.
Patients seen
Moderate native valve disease, and post intervention.
Process
MDT. Links with all cardiac services. One-stop echo available. Patient information leaflets not supplied. Performs patient satisfaction surveys and audits.
Immediate concerns are discussed with consultant or specialist registrar of admission or urgent review is required before the patient leaves the department.
CPD
General: 4 webinars in the last year and 20 in the last 5 years. No valve-specific CPD
Research
None
Valve Societies
None