Accredited members are expected to be able to perform and report echocardiographic studies unsupervised and maintain their skills and knowledge via continued education and clinical practice in echocardiography. This is achieved by all accredited members undergoing a 5 yearly re-accreditation process.
The return to practice pathway has been set up to assist the echocardiographer in returning to clinical practice following an extended career break. The aim is to re-achieve and maintain a high standard of clinical echocardiography for the benefit of our patients. We aim to enable as many members as possible to achieve, re-achieve, and maintain accreditation.
Pathway requirements
- Must be a current member of the BSE
- Must have gained BSE TTE accreditation post-1993 and not via the initial “grandparenting” route
- Must have undergone a minimum of one, five-yearly re-accreditation process
- The reinstated BSE accreditation is not transferable to another accreditation speciality and is only applicable to the initial accreditation held by the member. I.e., if a member previously held TTE accreditation, they are only permitted to apply for TTE re-accreditation via this route
- This policy is available for transthoracic, acute critical care, congenital heart disease, and transoesophageal echocardiography. It is not applicable for members previously holding level I accreditation
The full return to practice policy and proforma can be downloaded below.
Download the return to practice policy
Download the return to practice proforma
ECHO 127 (published September 2024) included an article giving more information about the return to practice pathway. Members can access the issue below.
View ECHO 127
For further support please reach out to the accreditation team.