Overview
Two-year inter-university diploma (shared with Clermont-Ferrand and Grenoble) in transthoracic, transoesophageal and stress echocardiography, with four two-day seminars and a logbook of 200 transthoracic and 50 transoesophageal studies in approved laboratories.
The programme
- Training type
- Postgraduate degree programme
- Duration
- 2 years (4 two-day seminars plus practical placements)
- Start
- New cohort each academic year
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Diplôme Inter-Universitaire (DIU)
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Doctors holding the DES in cardiology or equivalent; cardiology residents in their last 2 years; holders of a foreign diploma allowing cardiology practice in that country
- International applicants
- Yes – French-speaking foreign doctors must obtain practice equivalence and a visa covering the whole course before applying
- Visa support
- Applicants must obtain a visa covering the full course duration themselves
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Apply by email before 1 December
- Application method
- Motivation letter, CV and copy of diploma by email to fcsante-mixte@univ-st-etienne.fr
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on official page
Official sources
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