Train cardiopediatrics

"Why this title? Because it's symbolic. In Aeronautics and the Navy, it means that the message sent is received loud and clear!"

Prof. Francine LECA

Accessible remotely and 100% digital, this e-training program is the first to be launched. It's a mobile application offering 3 programs made up of videos produced with renowned medical trainers, quizzes, revision sheets and a toolbox.

Its ambition is to provide simple, practical, memorable and free training in pediatric cardiology. By 2022, 550 doctors had enrolled in Formation 5/5, 200 of whom have already completed their training and graduated.

THE STORY OF DR OUEDRAOGO AND CHERIF :

Dr Tatiana Ouedraogo is a cardiologist in the north of Burkina Faso, 200 km from the capital. With a diploma in adult cardiology, she diligently followed our online training course because she wanted to have the tools she needed to manage small patients. Armed with her knowledge, she diagnosed Cherif with Tetralogy of Fallot. Operated on at the CHU in Lyon in May 2022 at the age of 2, he is now in great shape! Dr Ouedraogo sends us regular updates as part of his medical follow-up.

This project involves live remote collaborative ultrasound sessions.

It facilitates medical collaboration between foreign referral doctors and our expert doctors in France, enabling us to speed up the exchange of information, clarify diagnoses and facilitate the decision to take charge of children in the most complex cases. We have also developed follow-up consultations to provide optimum support when the child returns home. In 2023, we carried out around 2 E-Consult'Actions per week, in 18 different countries (80% for patient file review and 20% for follow-up).

FRANCK'S STORY:

Franck, aged 4, comes from Burkina Faso. Faced with the severity of his heart disease, his mother was losing hope that her son would ever be cured. With our corresponding doctor, we organized an E-Consult'Action to refine the diagnosis and evaluate surgical possibilities. Thanks to this collaborative session and the creation of a 3D model of his heart scan, we decided to take him on.

More specific and technical, this training allows participants to deepen their understanding of different pathologies through a videoconferenced lecture or echocardiography, conducted by a French teaching physician. Launched in January 2022, the Master Class is also an opportunity for participants to ask questions in a privileged setting.

• Program distributed to the 270 doctors who graduated from the Formation 5/5 program.
• 15 Master Classes completed (8 in 2023 and 7 in 2022).
• Between 50 and 60 participants per session and an average of 150 views per replay.

This comprehensive training program is accessible to all levels. We offer correspondent doctors the opportunity tolearn from the clinic to diagnosis, in a small group, alongside an expert doctor, during consultations carried out during the Mutual Aid Missions.

Photo: During the last mission to Djibouti, the local doctors - Dr Ibrahim, referring cardiologist, and Dr Abdoulkader, pediatrician - carried out the consultation and echocardiography images themselves, under the supervision of Dr Ivan Bouzguenda, a French cardiopediatrician on mission with the Association.

For several years, we have been offering face-to-face training weeks in the basics of pediatric cardiology in Paris. More than 140 foreign doctors have benefited, in small groups of 10, and we have seen a marked improvement in patient care.

It therefore seemed essential to us to continue this face-to-face training while improving the formula:

• One doctor at a time comes to France for a week's training.
• We focus on the practice of cardiac ultrasound.
• We choose doctors practicing outside capital cities, or even in remote areas.

DR MUHINDO'S STORY:

Dr Patient Muhindo is a general practitioner in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there are no cardiologists or cardiopediatricians. After proving to be a very good learner on the 5/5 Training course, he was the first beneficiary of Echo-Training in 2022. During a week in France, our medical experts accompanied him in this learning process. Since then, we have been working with him on a regular basis to screen, manage and monitor the cardiac children he consults.