From Basics to Confidence: Neonatal & Paediatric ECG
This is a remote delivered ECG Course (Zoom) dealing with the challenges in our day to day clinical practice. The focus is on practical management of ECG abnormalities in neonates, children & young people in primary and secondary care. The faculty will go through real life cases and Paediatric Cardiologists will explain more complex situations. Our course includes a 3 month access to the recorded presentations, which can be viewed and CPD certificate claimed (for those unable to attend on 10th July)
RCPCH CPD has been applied for as per current RCPCH CPD Guidelines
Learning outcomes
- This is a clinical and problem-oriented ECG & Arrhythmia course.
- Participants will refresh reporting of normal ECG in neonates and children (pre-course reading) – the course as such will focus on ECG beyond the basics.
- Participants will achieve an understanding of the recognition and management of SVT, VT, ectopics and heart blocks.
- Participants will update on investigations in the context of suspected cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease.
- Participants will be able to recognise and manage a range of abnormal ECGs including Long QT and medication use.
- Participants will revise the ECG diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, pericarditis, myocarditis, electrolyte disturbances etc
Audience
- Paediatric, Neonatal, PICU and Emergency Paediatric Consultants and Trainees
- Locally Employed Doctors and Foundation Programme Trainees
- Paediatric & Neonatal Clinical Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners
- Other Allied Health care professionals who manage babies, children & young people
- International Medical Graduates (IMG) – to upskill local management pathways
The ECG Basics eLearning course is also available at a discounted rate for the registered delegates in case they would like to refresh their basics. Click here for more information
Date
Date: 10 July 2026 (1 day course)
Time: 08.30 – 17.15
Registration
Only ‘From Basics to Confidence Course’
Course fee: £99
Both ‘From Basics to Confidence’ & ‘ECG Basics eLearning’
Combined Fee: £119 (Save £20)
Programme
08.30 – 09.00
09.00 – 09.15
09.15 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.45
11.00 – 11.45
11.45 – 12.30
13.15 – 14.00
14.00 – 14.45
15.00 – 15.45
15:45 – 16:30
16:30 – 17:15
Registration & Log in
Welcome & Programme outline
Neonatal SVT
Ventricular Tachycardia
ECG in Congenital Heart Disease
Ectopics & Heart Blocks
Cardiac Syncope
Cardiomyopathies
Long QT Syndromes
Other Conditions
Final Q&A
Faculty
Course Directors
- P Venugopalan, Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology Expertise, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Course Organiser
- P Patel, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, UK
Course Faculty
- S Sadagopan, Consultant Paediatric Electrophysiologist, Southampton General Hospital
- V Bhole, Consultant Paediatric Electrophysiologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital
- B McCrossan, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast
- D Wilson, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Heart Unit, Cardiff
- A Kushnood, Consultant Paediatric Transplant Cardiologist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi
- A Gandhi, Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology Expertise, University Hospitals Birmingham
- A Shastri, Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology Expertise, Norwich & Norfolk Uni Hospitals NHS Trust
- P Katta, Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology Expertise, East Surrey Hospital, London
- A McCorquodale, Consultant Paediatrician, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, London
- D Dave, Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology Expertise, Kings Mill Hospital, UK