December 2024 to January 2025 – Live, Online Sessions
January 29, 2025 – In-person Session at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, TX
Total 16.0 hours of CME credit
Objectives
- Improve point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) faculty’s teaching skills of common clinical applications of the heart, lungs, abdomen, and vascular system.
- Develop POCUS faculty’s knowledge and hands-on skills to perform specific advanced clinical applications (details per agenda).
- Provide opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback and networking to continue growing a community of POCUS experts who can serve as faculty and institutional leaders in POCUS.
Target Audience
- POCUS experts with proficiency in basic POCUS applications who routinely teach novice users image acquisition, image interpretation, and clinical integration skills.
- POCUS experts seeking to expand their professional network through peer-to-peer instruction and feedback.
- POCUS experts who serve as institutional leaders and seek to advance their skills in POCUS program development.
Faculty
| Nilam Soni | Tanping Wong | Gigi Liu |
| Trevor Jensen | Ricardo Franco | Additional Faculty TBD |
Agenda
Pre-workshop Online Sessions |
| Tuesday, December 3, 2024 3:00 – 5:00pm CT | Welcome & Overview - (10min) Lecture: Thyroid Ultrasound - (50min) Philip Johnston Break (10min) Lecture: Knee and Shoulder Ultrasound - (50min) Gigi Liu |
| Tuesday, January 7, 2025 3:00 – 5:00pm CT | Lecture: Gallbladder Ultrasound - (50min) Elaine Gee Break (10min) Lecture: Cardiac Image Optimization Cases - (60min) Tanping Wong |
| Thursday, January 23, 2025 3:00 – 5:00pm CT | Lecture: Female Repro Organs: Uterus and Ovary - (60min) Megha Gupta Break (10min) Lecture: Ocular Ultrasound - (50min) Jerry Salame |
In-person Session - January 29, 2025 (all times are Central) |
| 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. | Welcome & Overview - Nilam Soni |
| 7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Lecture: Review of Gallbladder & Female Reproductive Organs Technique - Elaine Gee and Megha Gupta |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Lecture: Intestinal Ultrasound - Noa Cleveland |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Hands-on Scanning Session: Gallbladder & Female Reproductive Organs |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Demo + Hands-on Scanning Session: Knee and Shoulder - Gigi Liu |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Lecture: Image Review of Knee and Shoulder Ultrasound - Gigi Liu |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch + Lecture: Gastric POCUS and Demonstration - Jamie Galen |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Lecture: Review Ocular and Thyroid Ultrasound Technique - Jerry Salame, Philip Johnston |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Hands-on Scanning Session: Ocular and Thyroid Ultrasound |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Lecture: Image Review of Ocular and Thyroid Ultrasound - Jerry Salame, Philip Johnston |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Break |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Hands-on Scanning Session: Cardiac POCUS - Tanping Wong, Gigi Liu |
| 4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Lecture: Advanced Image Review for POCUS Champions - Greg Mints/Faculty |
| 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Expert Panel: POCUS Teaching Pearls & Program Dvlpmt - All Faculty |
| 6:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Adjunct Faculty Role – January 30-31, 2025
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Registration:
Required Experience: This course is recommended for POCUS faculty and leaders who have:
- >3 years of clinical practice experience using POCUS as an attending physician
- Teaching and leadership responsibilities in POCUS at their institution
- Proficiency in basic multisystem POCUS applications
Registration Fees:
- Total course cost is $825 (includes pre-course work, online sessions, and 1 day in-person session in Austin on January 29, 2025)
- Course Credits: Up to 16.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM and 16.0 points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program
- Mailing List: To be added to our mailing list for future courses, please complete the Course Participant Form.
- Registration Process: If you are interested in registering for the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Faculty Development Workshop with a unique opportunity to co-teach with experienced POCUS faculty on January 30-31, 2025, please send a brief description of your past experience in POCUS and what you hope to get from the workshop to Kathryn Krellenstein: krellenstein@uthscsa.edu
Cancellation:
- Course registration is non-transferable and may not be applied toward future UT Health San Antonio CME courses. Partial refunds of 75% of the course registration will be provided for cancellations 60 days prior to the course. Partial refunds of 50% of the course registration will be provided for cancellations 30 days prior to the course. Partial refunds of 25% of the course registration will be provided for cancellations 14 days prior to the course. No refunds will be provided for cancellations less than 14 days or for no-shows.
- Those who have last minute cancelations due to unforeseen circumstances or Acts of God (illness, canceled flights/ weather related, major family emergencies, etc.) will have the option of a 50% reimbursement of registration funds or a one-time transfer of your registration to our next POCUS CME Workshop.