Electrophysiology Of Heart

By Prof. ARIJITA BANERJEE | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 6984 | Exam registration: 647

ABOUT THE COURSE:
The main goal of this course is to understand the basics of myocardial excitability related to ECG and make one confident enough to interpret the same. The course will help one to identify cardiac arrhythmias and understand the role of autonomic regulation of heart. Special attention is given to the core competencies like blood pressure measurement, ECG tracing, autonomic function testing, needed for the nurses and physician as well as healthcare providers to offer comprehensive cardiovascular care.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: MBBS students, Nursing students, Physicians, Lab technicians

PREREQUISITES: Basics of human physiology

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Healthcare sector

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Medical Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	21 Aug 2023
End Date :	15 Sep 2023
Enrollment Ends :	21 Aug 2023
Exam Registration Ends :	15 Sep 2023
Exam Date :	29 Oct 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Ions and heart
1. Ionic Basis of Membrane Potentials

2. Physiology of Voltage-Gated Channels-1

3. Physiology of Voltage-Gated Channels-2

4. Cardiac muscle physiology

5. Cardiac action potential-1

Week 2: Physiological basis of ECG
1. Cardiac action potential-2

2. Conducting system of heart

3. ECG- Physiological basis

4. ECG- Normal, technical aspects

5. ECG- Interpretation

Week 3: Abnormal ECG
1. Abnormal ECG-1

2. Abnormal ECG-2

3. ECG and Myocardial Infarction

4. Heart rate and Blood Pressure- Role of Baroreflex mechanism

5. ECG and Hypertension

Week 4: Cardiac autonomic tone
1. Autonomic regulation of heart

2. Heart rate variability (HRV)

3. Clinical use of Blood pressure variability (BPV)

4. Autonomic function tests-1

5. Autonomic function tests-2

Books and references

1. Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology 14th edition.
2. Medical Physiology, Boron, 3 rd edition.
3. Berne & Levy, Physiology, 7th edition
4. Harrison’s principles of Internal Medicine, 20th edition
5. ECG made easy, John Hampton

Instructor bio

Prof. ARIJITA BANERJEE

IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Arijita Banerjee received her DNB and MD in physiology. She was attached to various institutes like PGIMS Rohtak and Maulana Azad Medical college, Delhi for residency programme. Currently she is working as Assistant Professor In Dr BC Roy Multi-speciality Medical research Centre, IIT Kharagpur, India. Profr Banerjee has an interest in neural control of cardiorespiratory function with an emphasis on the characterization and origin of the naturally occurring discharges of sympathetic and phrenic nerves. She is a recipient of various awards and has published articles both on national and international platforms. She is also a life time member of American Physiological society and Indian Physiological Society

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 29 October 2023 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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