Workshop Overview
Since 2013, our Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshops have taught clinicians practical bedside applications of portable ultrasound. Our unique workshops combine focused didactics and hands-on scanning led by expert faculty from around the country. During the hands-on scanning sessions, course participants practice capturing specific ultrasound views of the heart, lungs, abdomen, and legs on live adult or pediatric models. The hands-on sessions are complemented by lectures to improve the participants' knowledge of the indications, technical skills, and clinical integration of bedside ultrasound. Our training curricula have been fine-tuned by experts over several years to maximize learning.
Target Audience
Our workshops are designed for clinicians from nearly all specialties who are seeking training in point-of-care ultrasound.
- Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Critical Care Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Surgery
- Anesthesiology
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Residents & Students
Why are these workshops unique?
- Nationally recognized expert faculty from leading academic institutions
- Low course participant to faculty ratio (2:1 or 3:1 for in-person courses)
- Curricula designed to teach the highest-yield point-of-care ultrasound applications for clinicians
- Maximum hands-on practice scanning with live adult and pediatric models
What can you expect to learn?
- Fundamental principles of ultrasound technology and basic operation of a portable ultrasound machine
- Techniques to perform focused diagnostic ultrasound examinations at the bedside, including imaging of the heart, lungs, abdomen, and lower extremity veins
- Techniques to use ultrasound to guide performance of common bedside procedures
- Indications, basic protocols, and limitations of bedside ultrasound imaging
- Practice interpretation of normal and abnormal ultrasound images
- Mentored scanning with experienced faculty to learn hands-on imaging techniques
This course satisfies one of the program requirements for the SHM Point-of-care Ultrasound Certificate of Completion.
Future Courses
If you would like to be added to our waiting list and contacted about future courses, please complete the Course Participant Interest Form.
Course Contacts
Kathryn Krellenstein
Program Manager
UT Health San Antonio
P: (210) 450-8996
E: krellenstein@uthscsa.edu
Natalie Smith, BS
Research Associate
P: (210) 450-8996
E: smithn7@uthscsa.edu
Elizabeth Haro, MPH
Research Associate
UT Health San Antonio
P: (210) 450-8996
E: haro@uthscsa.edu
Marissa Benavidez, MSHA
Division Administrator
UT Health San Antonio
P: (210) 567-4879
E: benavidezm@uthscsa.edu
Office of Continuing Medical Education
UT Health San Antonio
P: (210) 567-4491 or 1(866) 601-4448
E: cme@uthscsa.edu