Real-World Training

Offers users a hands-on, real-world training experience without being tied to imaging devices through a simulation of echo cases

Enhanced Patient Care

Enhances patient care by reducing variability in the measurement and interpretation of cardiac ultrasound images.

Web-Based

Users simply need a browser and internet connection to access the echocardiography case simulator

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Case Content

The case simulator puts the participant in a simulated echocardiographic reading station. He or she will be presented with a series of cases for interpretation and/or measurement. The available images are to be reviewed and then a report generated from a diagnostic tree with numerous possible comments, just as is done in the real world of echocardiography. This is not a multiple choice quiz where the answer is present and you need to guess which one it is. The learning premise is that you will remember that which you got wrong longer than that which you got right. Users will have ample opportunity to learn from your mistakes.

Case improvements have been made to accommodate a wider audience, such as sonographers in training, cardiology fellows and non-cardiologists who conduct point-of-care echocardiography.

In general, case content is divided into two segments:

Practice Cases - We offer both Measurement and Interpretation case types.

Review Cases - These are the cases required to achieve CME credit. They are updated on a quarterly basis.

Features

• New! Web-based and desktop simulators available

• New & improved! New cases added and restructured to accommodate a wider audience, such as sonographers in training, cardiology fellows and non-cardiologists who conduct point-of-care echocardiography

• Offers users a hands-on, real-world training experience without being tied to imaging devices through a simulation of echo cases

• Cases are created by ASE member experts, including Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum

• Includes a multitude of varying case types, such as stress, CHD, cardiomyopathy and more

• New cases are added on an ongoing basis

• Optional version to enable institutions to create your own cases using images generated at their facility

• Offers a variety of tools for administrators to review and analyze case results, individually and collectively

Benefits

• Improving quality can lead to improved patient care by reducing variability in the measurement and interpretation of cardiac ultrasound images

• Implement a more consistent approach to echocardiography measurement and interpretation throughout your entire institution

• Echo Test and Teach can be used to streamline new staff assessment by tracking and assessing new sonographers to your lab, greatly reducing time required for on-the-job training and acclimation to your standards

• Eliminate of time-consuming and repetitive tasks with built-in automation features for your administrators such as compiling case results, creating presentations, verifying participation, and monitoring progress and improvement

• Ability to earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ - all of your physicians, sonographers and fellows will have the ability to earn to up 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per year.

• Web version requires no software installation for end-user mode and is compatible with both Windows and Mac computers. Additionally, users can hyperlink directly to cases, results and CME progress, making it easy to bookmark or send to another user

“Over the past three years, the Ke Labs’ [Echo Test and Teach product] has become an indispensable component to our echocardiographic missions of teaching, patient care and research.”

Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum

Distinguished Professor of Medicine | Indiana University | School of Medicine

“Throughout med school, I had been exposed to echo in a variety of settings, but using this was definitely the most educational of all of them.”

Joshua Herber

Indiana University | School of Medicine

“Overall, this is an invaluable tool to all level learners including medical students, residents and cardiology fellows who desire a hands-on approach to learning echocardiography.”

Dr. Benjamin T. Maatman

Cardiology Fellow | Krannert Institute of Cardiology

“[The Echo Test and Teach product] further supported the idea of learning by mistakes. The scenario-based learning also helped to be able to easily take the learning experience to real patient applications.”

Eli Casalini

Indiana University | School of Medicine

“I would highly recommend [the Echo Test and Teach product] to those in need of an opportunity to enhance the quality and efficiency of the work they do.”

Zach Richardson, RCS

Manager for Non-Invasive Cardiology, IU Health Methodist and University Hospitals

Webcast: 'Moving from Quantity to Quality'

The American Society of Echocardiography hosted an interactive webcast featuring Dr. Harvey Feigenbaum where he addressed the issue of reimbursement being tied to quality instead of quantity, while demonstrating the features and usability of Echo Test and Teach and explaining how the tool can reduce variability while improving patient care.

Echo Test and Teach

Web-based training tool to enhance echocardiography measurement and interpretation

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The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and KeLabs have collaborated to develop Echo Test and Teach.