Advanced Clinical Cardiology

Course dates

20-24 January  2025.

The course is available every second year.

Examination

Please find dates and details about the exam in the exam schedule.

Having completed the course, the student must be able to:
 
Knowledge

• Define, identify and discuss evidence-based decision making within advanced clinical cardiology.
• Explain, reflect about and demonstrate a complete overview of systematic clinical approach to the cardiovascular patient at an advanced specialised level.
• List, classify, and demonstrate critical reflection on the most current and novel approaches to patient diagnosis, therapy, management at a specialised level of clinical cardiology using comparative aspects to human cardiology where applicable.
• List, classify and demonstrate critical reflection of research methods, research study design and research presentation in specialised scientific veterinary and human cardiology journals.

 
Skills

• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing and being capable of discussing issues within the specialisation-area with professional colleagues in private practice, in academia and in research institutions within the area of specialised clinical cardiology.
• Continuously seek out, reflect on and apply new evidence based methods and solution models within veterinary- and human cardiology where applicable.
• Work systematically and effectively in the specialisation-area, having knowledge and understanding of the area at the highest international level.
• Master advanced practice skill/tools in combination with theoretical knowledge such as color doppler imaging, tissue doppler imaging, 3D imaging and Holter-recording.

 
Competences

• Evaluate and manage specialised cardiovascular medical and surgical cases.
• Work independently, take responsibility for, predict, prognosticate and make decisions at a specialised cardiovascular level using most current diagnostic and therapeutic methods such as Tissues Doppler imaging, Strain and Strain-rate imaging and interventional cardiology.
• Collaborate constructively within and between specialists/​professionals and lay persons involved in cardiovascular patient management of specialized cases requiring heart surgery (such as PDA, PRRA), catheter based surgical procedures (such as PDA, PS) or pacemaker implantation.
• Make ethic considerations regarding diagnostic methods and therapies and place these into perspective such as cardiovascular screening programs in susceptible cat and dog breeds.
• Independently evaluate and structure own learning processes and continuously obtain new knowledge at a specialty level within advanced clinical cardiology.
• Take responsibility for the continuing education of staff working in the graduates own clinical to ensure a uniform advanced level of care.

You must meet the following criteria to be admitted to this course: 

EU/EEA citizens*
Single course student: 33,500 DKK
Master student: 30,000 DKK 

Non-EU/EEA citizens
Single course student: 37,740 DKK
Master student: 34,240 DKK

Tuition fees include course materials and lunch/coffee. Books are not included in the tuition fees and must be purchased by the participants.

Terms and conditions.

*Citizens of the EU, EEA or Switzerland is entitled to a subsidised tuition fee, due to EU legislation, hence the difference in price.