EKG interpretation is one of the highest-stakes skills in acute care. Get it wrong and patient outcomes could be disastrous, exposing you and your organization to liability and costly claims. Get it right and you protect your patients, reduce risk, and recognize dangerous cardiac conditions before they are missed.
The EKG Course gives emergency medicine and urgent care clinicians a practical, repeatable approach to interpreting EKGs with greater accuracy and consistency. Learn on your own schedule, with the flexibility to pause and return whenever it works for you.
Through expert-guided instruction, actual EKGs, real-life cases, and repeated practice, you’ll strengthen the skills needed to recognize dangerous findings, connect the tracing to the patient in front of you, and know what to do next—so you can act when something doesn't add up.
EKG interpretation is one of the highest-stakes skills in acute care. Get it wrong and patient outcomes could be disastrous, exposing you and your organization to liability and costly claims. Get it right and you protect your patients, reduce risk, and recognize dangerous cardiac conditions before they are missed.
The EKG Course gives emergency medicine and urgent care clinicians a practical, repeatable approach to interpreting EKGs with greater accuracy and consistency. Learn on your own schedule, with the flexibility to pause and return whenever it works for you.
Through expert-guided instruction, actual EKGs, real-life cases, and repeated practice, you’ll strengthen the skills needed to recognize dangerous findings, connect the tracing to the patient in front of you, and know what to do next—so you can act when something doesn't add up.
With The EKG Course, you will:
Focused learning that fits around your schedule
Move from foundational concepts to practical interpretation and guided application in a logical sequence. Complete the modules in order or revisit the areas where you want more practice. You do not have to complete the course—or even an entire module—in one sitting. Move through the material in manageable sessions and return whenever you are ready to continue.
Start with the Foundation
Begin with the framework and approach you’ll use throughout the course.
Build fluency with the terms and concepts needed to interpret EKGs more consistently.
Connect cardiac anatomy with what appears on the EKG.
Build Your Interpretation Skills
Strengthen your ability to recognize important rhythm abnormalities.
Apply a systematic process to reading and evaluating EKGs.
Learn how EKG findings fit into the evaluation of common clinical presentations.
Examine potentially dangerous T-wave patterns and the conditions they may signal.
Put Your Knowledge Into Practice
Work through realistic clinical cases and EKG findings.
Reinforce your skills through additional interpretation practice.
Knowing individual EKG findings is not enough. You also need a process that helps you recognize important patterns, connect them to the patient’s presentation, and determine the appropriate next step.
The EKG Course emphasizes evidence-based education with practical application. You’ll work through findings ranging from innocuous to life-threatening while using an interpretation process that you can continue applying after the course.
Actual EKGs, case studies, guided explanations, and practice worksheets give you repeated opportunities to test your reasoning—not simply watch someone else interpret a tracing.
It could take years of practice to encounter the full range of presentations covered in this course. You never know when a rare but dangerous pattern will appear, and it is better to recognize it before that patient arrives.
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Inquire About Group PricingJennifer Carlquist, PA-C, has practiced primarily in cardiology and emergency medicine for the past 15 years. She began her career as a paramedic and has created and delivered many educational programs on cardiology-related topics, including her 30-Day EKG Challenge.
She has served as faculty at the California Urgent Care Association conference and written case studies for the Urgent Care Association.
Together, EB Medicine and Carlquist developed The EKG Course to elevate the level of EKG education available to clinicians, enhance interpretation skills, and build proficiency and confidence in emergency medicine and urgent care practice.
Joseph Toscano, MD, received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine at the Naval Hospital in San Diego.
He has been an attending emergency physician at San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, California, since 1999 and is currently Chief of the department. Dr. Toscano has worked in urgent care since 2005 and was previously a partner and corporate medical director for Pinnacle Medical Group, which operated five urgent care clinics in California and Arizona.
In addition to caring for patients and serving as a senior research editor for Emergency Medicine Practice, he is a member of the editorial boards for the journals Emergency Medicine and the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. He also develops and reviews continuing medical education programs in urgent care and emergency medicine and serves as clinical content coordinator for the Urgent Care Association.
Sam Ashoo, MD, FACEP, is board-certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics. For more than 15 years, he has practiced as an emergency physician in the Tallahassee, Florida, area.
He has served as medical director of emergency services, medical director of the area’s leading chest pain center, and family practice residency preceptor.
Dr. Ashoo founded Admin EM in 2016 to help emergency medicine leaders improve administration and the delivery of direct patient care. He serves as faculty for the emergency medicine clerkship program at Florida State University, adjunct faculty for the College of Medicine, and an internal medicine residency preceptor. He has hosted EB Medicine’s EMplify podcast since January 2020.
EB Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation: EB Medicine designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AOA Credit Designation: The EKG Course is eligible for 5 Category 2-B credit hours from the American Osteopathic Association.
Product Details:
Delivery Method: Online
Course Format: 9 video modules with audio-only versions
Lead Instructor: Jennifer Carlquist, PA-C
Price: $249.00
CME: 5 CME credits
Date of Original Release: April 1, 2023
Date of Most Recent Review: January 23, 2026
CME Expiration Date: April 1, 2029
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Jennifer Carlquist, PA-C, Course Director and Author/Developer: ZOLL LifeVest—honoraria for papers, lectures, or teaching.
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