The Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases \u201cDedinje\u201d pays great attention to the education of doctors employed at the Institute, as well as doctors from other institutions in the country and the world, who have different specialties, in various subdisciplines of cardiovascular medicine and imaging, but also in new technologies that the Institute \u201cDedinje \u201dcontinuously develops.<\/p>\n
The school of echocardiography belongs to one of the oldest educational programs of the Institute \u201cDedinje\u201d and currently includes a basic course in transthoracic echocardiography and two advanced courses – in transesophageal echocardiography and stress echocardiography.<\/p>\n
The entire staff of the Department of Non-Invasive Heart Diagnostics participates in the education:<\/p>\n
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- Prof. Dr Alkesandra Nikoli\u0107 \u2013 program host, <\/li>\n
- Doc. Dr Slobodan Tomi\u0107 and Dr Milan Vukovi\u0107 – program co-hosts, <\/li>\n
- Dr Ljiljana Trkulja,<\/li>\n
- Mr. sci. Med. Dr Snezana Dimitrijevi\u0107, <\/li>\n
- Dr Branislava Borzanovi\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Dr Dragana Radoi\u010di\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Dr Jovana Lak\u010devi\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Dr Stefan Veljkovi\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Dr Ana Peruni\u010di\u0107
Echo technicians\n<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Sanja Vu\u010dini\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Sanja Kablar,<\/li>\n
- Lidija Milunovi\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Mira Gojkovi\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Sanja Beri\u0107,<\/li>\n
- Biljana Jerini\u0107<\/li>\n
- Jelena Milaji\u0107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And until 2021, Vesna Milivojevi\u0107 and Marienka Vere\u0161. <\/p>\n
All echocardiography courses at the Institute \u201cDedinje\u201d strive to follow the trends of modern echocardiography (both basic 2D and 3D echocardiography, as well as advanced courses such as transesophageal and stress echocardiography) and apply them in education following the latest ESC and ACC\/AHA recommendations, as well as new methods that are developing rapidly in echocardiography.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Basic echocardiography<\/h3>\n
The first basic echocardiography course began on September 24, 2007 and included the education of 13 participants. From 2007 until today, there have been 27 basic echocardiography courses, with two courses each year lasting 12 weeks. Basic echocardiography courses were not interrupted even during the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic, but they were modified in the practical approach, all in accordance with the then current epidemiological situation. So far, over 350 participants have completed the basic course of echocardiography. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Basic course during the<\/span> SARS-CoV-2<\/span> virus<\/span> pandemic<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n\nOne of the facts that we are most proud of is that, in addition to doctors from Belgrade and other cities in the Republic of Serbia, a large number of participants from surrounding countries were also educated here.<\/div>\nThe basic course consists of two parts – theoretical and practical.<\/div>\nThe theoretical part<\/strong><\/em> is introductory, it lasts five working days, and during that time the participants have the opportunity to hear lectures by lecturers from our Institute, as well as leading experts in this field from other tertiary health institutions in Belgrade. During the lectures, which are thematically divided into days, the participants have the opportunity to see and learn what normal findings look like, as well as numerous pathological conditions, which they do not often have the opportunity to see live in routine practice in their healthcare institutions. <\/div>\nThe practical part<\/strong><\/em> consists of 11 weeks of continuous hands-on training in the echocardiography rooms of the Dedinje Institute, Department of Noninvasive Heart Diagnostics. The participants were divided into two shifts so that each of the participants could do the prescribed number of examinations independently. <\/div>\nThe course ends with a theoretical (test of 30 questions), but also a practical exam (working with patients), as a final analysis of everything they learned during the education.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.ikvbd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/4.png\" "\\"4\\"")
<\/span><\/div>Passing the theoretical part of the final exam.<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>
\n\nTransesophageal echocardiography course<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\nThe course of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was started in 2009. Five courses have been held so far. A prerequisite for the TEE course is knowledge of transthoracic echocardiography. The duration of the course is two months, of which lectures are organized in the first week, followed by the practical part in the following seven weeks, which includes TEE examinations in echocardiography rooms, as well as intraoperative and periinterventional TEE examinations. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nStress echocardiography course<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n\nThe stress echocardiography course lasts one month, of which lectures are organized in the first three days of the course. Knowledge of conventional transthoracic echocardiography is a prerequisite for this course. The first stress echocardiography course was held in 2011, and six courses have been held so far. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>