Overview
Educating our members is central to SCAI's mission. With 40+ hours of content, this robust online course is designed to meet the educational needs of interventional cardiology Fellows-in-Training and Interventional Cardiology Program Directors. Access is provided free to all members of SCAI.
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For Fellows-in-Training
This course will provide a solid foundation and the latest science and practice of Interventional Cardiology. Our goal is a comprehensive online learning opportunity that is aligned to ACGME/ABIM standards and thus the most relevant material for board exam preparation. This didactic material should serve as reinforcement to the hands-on education and guidance of fellowship training.
For Program Directors
SCAI aims to aid Program Directors through structured resources that provide guidance and direction to your Fellows-in-Training.
See below for a detailed description of the content available in this course.
Fellows Interventional Cardiology Course
This course presents the core didactic content for the interventional year. Please plan to join us in Miami for SCAI Fellows 2024!
This course has 34 hours of content.
Cath Lab Essentials
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Case Reviews With the Experts: What Would You Do?
- Cath Lab Disasters: What To Do When Cases Go Bad
- Contemporary Intravenous Antiplatelet Strategies in PCI
- Complex Lesions: How To Treat Left Main, Multivessel, Bifurcation, and CTO Lesions
- ECMO in the Cardiac Cath Lab, A Case Series
- Gearing Up: Tools, Strategies, and Drugs for Optimal Intervention
- How to Optimally Perform Bifurcation PCI
- IABP Decoded: Myths, Management, and Troubleshooting Strategies
- Managing STEMI as a New Attending
- Significance of Calcium Modification: Why Does it Matter?
- Techniques To Deal With Challenging Lesions
Career Development
- A Career in Interventional Cardiology: How To Succeed and Stay Healthy
- Faculty Roundtable Meet & Greet
- Transitioning from Fellowship to Practice
Imaging and Physiology
- Considerations of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging
- Imaging Workshop: Introduction to Intravascular Imaging
- The CCTA + FFRCT Pathway: Using New Diagnostic Paradigms to Optimize Procedures
- The Calcium Conundrum: How OCT Imaging and Coronary Orbital Atherectomy Provide Solutions: Didactic and Hands-On
Peripheral
- A New Wave of Hypertension Treatment – The Power of Ultrasound Renal Denervation
- Changing the Paradigm for Pulmonary Embolism Treatment and ACS Thrombus Management
- Influencing VTE Treatment Decisions: Evidence Supporting Catheter-based Interventions
- Vascular and Endovascular Medicine for the New Attending: Case-Based Discussion
- What Role Does Physiology and Imaging Have in Coronary Interventions? Can you Carry Your Knowledge Into Peripheral Work?
Structural
- Structural Heart Disease for the New Attending
Vascular Access and Closure
- Large Bore Access: Critical Skills for Interventional Fellows
- Perclose Power Up
Occupational Health and Safety in the Cath Lab
This symposium was recorded at SCAI 2024.
This course has 1 hour of content.
- Welcome and Overview
- Scope of the Problem: Results of SCAI 2023 Occupational Health Hazards Survey
- The Cath Lab Is A Battlefield: Scope of Operator Injuries and Illness
- Advanced Imaging Technologies to Reduce Cath Lab Radiation: Protecting the Patients and Providers
- Discussion
- My Back is Killing Me! Can We Both Minimize Radiation Exposure and Leave our Lead Aprons on the Hook?
- Convincing Hospitals to Invest in Occupational Safety: What Works and How Can SCAI Assist?
- Panel Discussion
Quality Improvement Toolkit
SCAI-QIT is flexible and customizable based on the needs of each facility. Use these practical tools to document your strengths, identify opportunities for improvement, and fulfill value-based care requirements. This course was published in 2020 by the SCAI Quality Improvement Committee.
This course has 1.25 hours of content.
- Defining Quality in the Cath Lab
- Operator and Staff Requirements
- Procedural Quality
- Facility and Environmental Issues
- Care Coordination with Referring Physicians
CLTI Workshop Series for Fellows
This comprehensive fellow- and early career-focused workshop, aired winter 2020-2021, is dedicated to promoting a multidisciplinary approach to chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) clinical competencies and practice building in an intimate, collegial setting. This series provides maximum learning with in-depth education taught by thought-leaders in the treatment of CTLI.
This course has 8 hours of content. Topics include:
- Complex Iliac
- Complex Superficial Femoral Artery
- No Stent Zones
- Intravascular Imaging
- Atherectomy
- Alternate Access
- Emerging Below Knee Technologies
- Complication Management
Short-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support for Cardiogenic Shock eBook
SCAI’s eBook on Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) provides an in-depth, structured approach to understanding cardiogenic shock and the use of MCS devices. Organized into five sections, the eBook covers essential topics from introductory concepts to device selection and future trends in the field. Whether you're a clinician, educator, or researcher, this comprehensive eBook will enhance your knowledge of critical MCS technologies and their application in improving patient care.
- Section 1: Introduction to Cardiogenic Shock and Therapies
- Section 2: Basics of Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Section 3: In-Depth Review of Devices
- Section 4: Selecting Devices and Device Combinations Based on Clinical Need
- Section 5: Future Innovations
Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair eBook
The TEER procedure is a complex, multi-step procedure that requires advanced skills to achieve optimal outcomes. These skills include a detailed understanding of normal and diseased mitral valve anatomy, imaging with transesophageal echocardiography, and the multiple steps and nuances of delivering and deploying the MitraClip (one or multiple) to the appropriate locations on the mitral valve leaflets. This eBook provides practical knowledge on how to perform the TEER procedure.
Vascular Access Management and Closure EBook
With over 20,000 readers across the world, the now classic
Vascular Access Management and Closure e-Book is available on the Fellows Essentials Course.
The authors of this educational tool have endeavored to develop a contemporary, practical, highly visual tool to aid practicing physicians by supplementing their current understanding and, in some instances, providing step-by-step tutorials for performing various access and closure procedures.
This eBook is divided into 3 chapters:
- Chapter 1 covers routine (<8Fr) access and closure procedures
- Chapter 2 covers large bore (>8Fr) access and closure procedures
- Chapter 3 reviews access site complications and management
Each chapter contains several short sections that are easy to review and include references to more definitive works. Photos, illustration, and videos enhance the content of this digital eBook. Our clinically focused authors share their techniques with an emphasis on best practices whenever available.
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