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Learning for LifePhilips Education – Ultrasound Customer Education coursesAugust – December 2011

Philips Education offers a wealth of education programs for all healthcare professionals: •Clinical Applications Education – learn basic and advanced system

functionality and clinical solutions •Clinical Continuing Education – gain first-hand knowledge from

peer-to-peer clinical courses, clinical fellowships and seminars, and continuing online education •Professional Development Education – build personal skills, develop

leadership, and foster teamwork with simulation training •Technical Service Education – learn first line maintenance, and

advanced system repair

Now, for August to December 2011, we are pleased to offer a comprehensive selection of education courses that will ensure you have the skills and time to focus on what’s most important – your patients. Be sure to register now to ensure your place.

How to registerIf you are interested in participating in any of the courses listed in this booklet, please contact your local Philips representative. For more information about any of the courses, please email us at [email protected].

Check our websiteFor further learning opportunities, take a look at our comprehensive ultrasound education courses listings under the Education by Product section at www.philips.com/education, where we regularly update new courses and information.

Philips Healthcare Education programs do more than keep your team competent with our latest imaging, diagnostic, and monitoring technologies. Our people-focused learning programs motivate your staff and support their continuing education needs, helping them improve patient care and save lives. We see education as learning for life.

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Learn more about your ultrasound system…and provide the best possible healthcare for your patients

Customer Education

Cardiology Courses:

> Live 3D Transesophageal Echo in the Operating Room (Paris, France)

> Live 3D Transesophageal Echo in Echo Lab and Cath Lab (Essen, Germany)

> Evelina Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust – 3D Echocardiography in Structural Heart Disease (London, United Kingdom)

> The Birmingham 2D & 3D Hands-on Advanced Practical Skills Echo Course (Birmingham, United Kindom)

> The Manchester TOE course (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Women’s Healthcare Courses:

> 2nd International Symposium on Breast Ultrasound (Stockholm, Sweden)

> New Possibilities in Obstetrics and in Fetal Ultrasound Imaging with xMATRIX (Paris, France)

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Live 3D Transesophageal Echo

An intensive two day immersion workshop in the operating room of the cardiac surgery department with world recognized expertise for valve surgery (Prof. Carpentier’s team).

Each attendee will have the opportunity to manipulate the probe in pre-pump and post-pump intra operative TEE with Dr Berrebi (course director).

Participant interactivity with the faculty is emphasized sharing expertise, protocol, practical tricks and tips.

The course comprises intraoperative cases, slide presentations and interactive discussions of clinical cases.

The course will be held in English with a maximum of two participants.

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At the end of this course participants will be able to:•Understand the three-dimensional cardiac spatial anatomy,

with Live 3D TEE particularly in valvular heart disease•Identify specific advantages and additional value of Live 3D

approach vs 2D in a complementary approach•Understand surgeon’s needs in Valvular Surgery (valve repair

and replacement) and facilitate team approach and communication with surgeons•Acquire precise protocol of mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve

analysis by 2D and real time 3D approach•Identify causes and mechanisms of failure of valve repair and/or

replacement with Live 3D

City: Paris, France

Course dates: September 19 – 20, 2011October 20 – 21, 2011November 14 – 15, 2011December 1 – 2, 2011

Course fee: € 2,000.– per participant plus 5 % handling fee

Cancellation fee: Cancellation 14 days or less before the course: 50 %

Faculty: Alain Berrebi, MD

Facility: Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou (HEGP)20 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France

Contact: For registration please contact your local Philips sales representative. For further questions please email to [email protected]

CARDIOLOGY TRAINING COURSE

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Live 3D Transesophageal Echo

A 1.5 days training course introducing the use of the Live 3D Transesophageal transducer in the echo lab and in the cath lab.

This course comprises lectures, Live 3D TEE patient exams in the echo lab, attendance of interventional procedures in the cathlab and hands-on quantification workshops.

The course is aimed at Cardiologists with a minimum experience of 20 Live 3D Echo patient examinations performed with the iE33 system.

The course will be held in English with a maximum of four participants.

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Philips Education – in Echo Lab and Cath Lab

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At the end of this course participants will be able to:•Understand the clinical benefit of three-dimensional

transesophageal echo•Interpret Live 3D TEE views •Know how to set up the ultrasound system for optimal

data set acquisition•Use the QLAB quantification software for mitral valve assessment

LV function assessment and 3D measurements•Understand the value of three-dimensional transesophageal

echo in the guidance of interventional procedures like ASD and PFO closures

City: Essen, Germany

Course dates: September 22 – 23, 2011October 13 – 14, 2011November 17 – 18, 2011

Course fee: € 1,200.– per participant plus 5 % handling fee


Faculty: Thomas Buck, MD, Professor of Medicine

Facility: University Hospital EssenWest German Heart CenterHufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany

Contact: For registration please contact your local Philips sales representative. For further questions please email to [email protected]


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Evelina Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust

This is a two day course on the current applications of three-dimensional echocardiography in structural heart disease.

There will be a strong emphasis on the practical aspects of such technique including acquisition of 3D datasets and use of Philips’ QLAB software; manipulation of normal 3D datasets and those with congenital heart disease. Practical interactive sessions in which participants can crop and orientate datasets with experienced staff; evaluation of left ventricular function. The course faculty is from the Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

This course is awarded with 1.5 BSE points.

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Philips Education – 3D Echocardiography in Structural Heart Disease






City: London, United Kingdom

Course dates: November 28 – 29, 2011

Course fee: £ 500.– plus VAT per participant


Faculty: Dr. J. Simpson & Dr. O. Miller, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Claire Andrews, Philips Healthcare

Facility: Park Plaza County Hall Hotel, London SE1 7RY

Contact: For registration please contact Marketing & Event Managementvia email: [email protected] or call +44 (0)1954 200018.


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The Birmingham 2D & 3D Hands-on

A two day training course. A hands-on 2D and 3D Advanced Practical Skills Echocardiography Course suitable for clinicians and physiologists.

Topics covered included:Day 1: 3D Analysis and quantification, 3D in cardiomyopathy, quantifying the mitral valve with 3D. Day 2: 2D Speckle Tracking, TDI, the normal examination, strain and strain rate, cardiomyopathy and CRT.

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Philips Education – Advanced Practical Skills Echo Course






City: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Course dates: November 10 – 11, 2011

Course fee: £ 300.– (including VAT)For early bird registration before September 12 the fee is £ 250.00 (including VAT)


Faculty: Dr. Rick Steeds, Consultant CardiologistOrganised by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in association with Philips Healthcare

Facility: Clinical Skills Building at the Education centre, QEH Birmingham

Contact: For registration please contact Marketing & Event Managementvia email: [email protected] or call +44 (0)1954 200018.


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The Manchester TOE course

This is a two day training course aimed at cardiac physiologists, cardiologists, physicians, cardiac anaesthetists, intensivists and cardiothoracic surgeons.

The course is packed with lectures on echo pathology and case reviews. There are also sessions with one-to-one training on TOE simulators and 3D workstations for delegates choosing option 1 (see below). The course will provide vital revision for anyone intending to sit the accreditation exam at the BSE/EACTA 2011 meetings. For the more experienced TOE operator there will also be opportunities to see TOE cases from the catheter lab in the context of intervention for structural heart disease, including the use of 3D TOE.

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Philips Education – Echo pathology and case reviews






City: Manchester, United Kingdom

Course dates: September 29 – 30, 2011

Course fee: Option 1: £ 500.– (inc VAT)Price includes lectures and one to one hands-on training during TOE and 3D simulator sessions. Places are restricted to 24 delegates and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.Option 2: £ 400.– (inc VAT)Price includes lectures and observation of TOE and 3D simulator sessions but no hands-on training.Early Bird: £ 50 off The price for both options will be reduced by £ 50.– if registration before 31st July 2011


Faculty: Professor John Chambers, Dr. Simon Ray, Dr. Rick Steeds, Consultant Cardiologist

Facility: Education and Research Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9LT

Contact: For registration please contact Mrs. Eileen McLagganvia email: [email protected] or call +44 (0) 161 291 4643.


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2nd International Symposium on Breast Ultrasound

An intensive two day workshop combined with hands-on sessions. The course addresses ultrasound techniques depending on the breast pathology and how to get a maximum of clinical information with your ultrasound system.

Participants’ interactivity with the faculty is emphasized in sharing expertise, practical tricks and tips.

The course comprises slide presentations, interactive discussions of clinical cases as well as practical hands-on sessions

The number of attendees will only be limited for the hands-on workshops on Day 2 to ensure an intense and effective learning experience.

The course will be held in English.

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Philips Education – Breast Imaging and Interventional Procedures






City: Stockholm, Sweden

Course dates: October 7-8, 2011

Course fee: Day 1 € 80.–*Day 2 € 60.–* The Symposium will provide the participants with lunch and coffee during the event. *excl. VAT


Faculty: Shirine C. Khattar MD, PhD, Private Consul-tant in Breast Imaging, University of Copen-hagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.Ariel Saracco MD, Senior Consultant Radiologist – Bröstcentrum Södersjukhuset Stockholm, Sweden.Tibor Tot MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Uppsala University, and Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Central Hospital Falun, Falun, Sweden.

Facility: Breast Center, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Contact: For registration please contact www.springconf.com/philips

WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE COURSE

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New Possibilities in Obstetrics and in Fetal Ultrasound Imaging with xMATRIX

xMATRIX technology revolutionizes premium performance ultrasound. On the iU22 xMATRIX ultrasound system, the incremental advantages include being able to•acquirevolumedatawithoutchangingtransducers

and disrupting workflow•acquirefetalcardiacvolumesinaslittleastwoseconds

with iSTIC•viewtwoimagingplanessimultaneouslyinreal-time.

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Philips Education – xMATRIX Volume Imaging in Obstetrics and Gynecology






City: Paris, France

Course dates: September 27, 2011

Course fee: For free

Faculty: Yves Ville, MD, PhD, Paris, FranceClaudine Le Vaillant, MD, Nantes, FranceCarlos López Ramón y Cajal MD, PhD, Vigo, SpainMaurice Guirguis, MD, Paris, France

Facility: Philips Healthcare France33, rue de Verdun92156 SuresnesFrance

Contact: For registration please contactMrs. Fatiha Meradvia email: [email protected] call +33 (1) 55 49 43 46

WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE COURSE

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