Clinical Echocardiography

Worldwide, echocardiography is the most widely used diagnostic imaging technique for the guidance and treatment of congenital and acquired heart disease. However, its teaching in specialty schools is superficial and does not allow for a professional use of the method or for having such a theoretical preparation as to allow the acquisition of national and international certifications of competence. Furthermore, particularly in the Anglo-Saxon and Middle Eastern world, the exams are performed by technical personnel (echocardiography technicians or graphers) who require specific theoretical and practical training in order to obtain national qualification for the profession.

Obtaining the master's degree provides doctors with a preferential qualification for employment in echocardiography laboratories and for applying for their direction. For cardiologists in the Middle East, the acquisition of a degree related to their profession at a recognized foreign university is supported by significant economic incentives. For non-medical personnel, obtaining a diploma is the only way to enter the profession.