ECG interpretation is frustrating when you’re learning in isolation.Textbooks and other courses teach you to pattern recognition, yet unfamiliar tracings still leave many clinicians uncertain.
Without someone to explain how to think through an ECG, confidence is hard to build — especially when real tracings don’t look like the textbook.
You will learn a step-by-step approach that replaces memorization with understanding. Instead of trying to recognize abnormalities from examples you were shown in a book, ECG Academy provides you with the skills to analyze tracings based on cardiac physiology.
ECG Academy was created by Nicholas Tullo, MD, FHRS, FACC, a board-certified cardiac electrophysiologist with nearly four decades of experience teaching ECG interpretation. Since 1985, Dr. Tullo has helped nurses, technologists, advanced practice providers, and physicians understand ECGs by making complex concepts intuitive and clinically relevant.
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You can experience this approach yourself by starting with the Free Introductory Level. Most learners quickly discover that ECG Academy isn’t just another ECG course — Let us show you how to Read Different. From there, you can continue at your own pace and build lasting confidence in ECG interpretation.
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Your subscription provides unlimited access to all of the lesson videos at either Level 1, Level 1+2, or Levels 1+2+3, in addition to a library of archived ChalkTalk videos to help you learn how to apply that knowledge to real ECGs and rhythm strips.
ChalkTalks are 6-minute videos that provide a practical "how-to" approach to a real cardiac rhythm strip or 12-lead ECG. Each example is systematically "dissected" on your computer screen to show you step-by-step how to analyze unknown tracings.
The video lessons in Level 1 ("Basic" membership) provide a physiologic approach to understanding arrhythmias. We cover basic and advanced concepts such as functional aberrancy, SVT mechanisms, wide-QRS tachycardias and pacemaker rhythms.
We offer a formal course that includes practice questions, quizzes and a final exam so that you can earn CE/CME (available for MDs, NPs, PAs, RNs, techs). If you don't need CE/CME, Choose a HYBRID course for the challenge of quizzes and exams.
Level 2 picks up where Level 1 leaves off to cover everything you need to read a 12-lead ECG. We cover hypertrophy, bundle branch blocks, hemiblocks, and ischemia/infarction. You'll understand WHY these patterns look the way then do, so you'll never forget!
New ChalkTalks are posted every week, with difficulty levels that range from basic to expert. The Expert membership includes access to nearly 800 ChalkTalks, and new topics are added periodically. Premier members also access to the Masterclasses (below).
Level 3 membership provides access to all of the prerecorded content on the website, including complex rhythm strip and 12-lead analysis, along with a large collection of lectures, case presentations, and access to nearly 800 ChalkTalks at every level.
ECG Academy's Dr. Nick Tullo offers a monthly LIVE ECG Masterclass. Most of these sessions will be clinical and based on a case presentation. You'll be able to ask questions during these workshops, a truly unique opportunity.
"There are some lame or very complicated ECG videos out there that really are confusing. Thank you for making videos I can finally wrap my head around."
