Why the study?
Understanding the principles, indications, and findings of echocardiography is valuable to many medical professionals, motivating defined scope and general requirements for Level 1 training and competence.
This position statement establishes standardized requirements for Level 1 echocardiography training, ensuring appropriate selection and interpretation of echo exams by medical professionals.
Standardizes Level 1 echocardiography training requirements for clinicians; extends EACVI consensus by clarifying scope versus FoCUS.
The goal of Level 1 training in echocardiography is to enable the trainee to select echocardiography appropriately for the evaluation of a specific clinical question, and then to interpret the report. It is not the goal of Level 1 training to teach how to perform the examination itself-that is the goal of higher levels of training. However, understanding the principles, indications, and findings of this crucial technique is valuable to many medical professionals including outside cardiology. This should be seen as part of a general understanding of cardiac imaging modalities. The purpose of this position statement is to define the scope and outline the general requirements for Level 1 training and competence in echocardiography. Moreover, the document aims to make a clear distinction between Level 1 competence in echocardiography and focus cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS).
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Stanković et al. (2021) conducted a review in Echocardiography training. Level 1 training in echocardiography was evaluated. The EACVI position statement defines the scope and general requirements for Level 1 training and competence in echocardiography, distinguishing it from focus cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS).
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