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ForwardPOINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND (POCUS) WORKSHOP 2024
March 13, 2024 to March 14, 2024
- This two-day POCUS workshop is a unique hands-on experience to teach clinicians bedside applications of portable ultrasound. The workshop is offered as a flipped-classroom approach with didactics presented online prior to the in-person course. In-person course activities will include nine hours of supervised scanning time with standardized patients and one hour of group image interpretation of POCUS clips with varying pathology. In addition, courses will include three hours of optional instruction/simulation on thoracentesis, paracentesis, lumbar puncture, and vascular access. For anesthesiologists, this course can be used to fulfill two requirements of the ASA’s Diagnostic POCUS Certificate: Part 2 (12 hours of POCUS) and the supervised section of Part 4 (Log of Studies).
Target Audience
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
Learning Objectives
- 1Appreciate fundamental principles of ultrasound technology and basic operation of portable ultrasound machine
- Learn techniques to perform focused diagnostic ultrasound examinations at the bedside, including imaging of heart, lungs, abdomen, and lower extremity veins
- Learn techniques to use ultrasound to perform bedside procedures, including vascular access, thoracentesis, and paracentesis
- Practice interpretation of normal and abnormal ultrasound exam clips/images 5) Practice mentored scanning with experienced faculty to learn POCUS image acquisition
Durham, NC
27705
United States
- Yuriy S Bronshteyn
Committee member, Speaker
- Amber Bowman
Course Director, Speaker
- Brice Leffler
Course Director, Speaker
- Lindsay Wu:
Speaker
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)
- Attendance
- JA Credit - AH
Available Credit
- 17.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 17.50 Attendance
- 17.50 JA Credit - AH
- 17.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™