Introduction
Why POCUS?
Be at the forefront of medicine. Bedside ultrasound gives today’s physicians an advantage in making critical decisions without the delay of laboratory testing or imaging diagnostics.
- Scan with live models
- Uniquely low 2:1 student-to-teacher ratio
- More hours of hands-on-scanning than other national courses
Who Are We?
Certified by the American Chest Society, our faculty are engaged in the development of national guidelines and teach at conferences held by the American College of Physicians and the Society of Hospital Medicine. And, moreover, we love to scan!
Curriculum
This five-day course in New York City will give you the skills to confidently integrate POCUS into your everyday practice. Learn through hands on scanning, image interpretation, case discussion, and evidence review. The course covers applications in cardiac, pulmonary, and pleural, renal, GU, abdominal, biliary, vascular, and musculoskeletal sonography.
Who Should Attend?
The course is specifically designed for hospital medicine practitioners. However, the content will be useful to attending, residents, and mid-level providers (PAs, NPs) in the following areas:
- Hospital Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medicine
Dates
- July 29, 2019 – August 2, 2019
- February 3, 2020 – February 7, 2020
- July 27, 2020 – July 31, 2020
- February 7, 2021 – February 11, 2021
- July 26, 2021 – July 30, 2021
- February 6, 2022 – February 10, 2022
- July 25, 2022 – July 29, 2022
- February 6, 2023 – February 10, 2023
- July 24, 2023 – July 28, 2023
This is an in-depth introductory course. At completion of the course participants are expected to feel confident enough to start the life-time journey of learning POCUS. Successful completion of this course should be thought of as a beginning, not the end, of your training.
Teaching will mostly take one of the 3 forms: didactics, image review, and hands-on scanning, each lasting up to 1 hour. Each group will be small (no larger than 10 learners).
Scanning will be done on live models, some of them with identifiable sonographic pathology. The ratio of learner-to-instructor during hands-on sessions will not exceed 2:1.
Expect to spend 1 hour a day watching additional didactic video material which we will provide.
Aside from image acquisition, the course covers practical aspects of relevant fields of POCUS, pathology, integration into clinical practice, and evidence behind its use.
On the last day of the course there will be a written multiple-choice test and a practical skill test.
Written test: the test is in multiple choice format and includes only material specifically covered in the course.
Practical skill test: This will be administered on human models with 1-on-1 with the examiner. The following is the list of skills that will be taught in the course. For practical reasons, we cannot test participants’ performance on every task, and learners will be tested on a random subset of skills drawn from the list (by computer generated random number algorithm run on the last day of the course).
Two versions of a certificate of the course completion are available. Those who successfully pass both written and practical skill tests will receive a “certificate of successful completion of the course”. Those who do not will receive a “certificate of course attendance”. Both will be eligible for the same number of CME credits.
Only those who successfully pass both examinations will receive the certificate of completion. The passing grade on the written test is 80%.
Please note that, for the course to function smoothly, all scheduled activities will start exactly on time, regardless of the number of learners present at the time.
Thanks again for this amazing course. It was very well organized and the rest of your staff were outstanding. I am looking forward to continue growing on my POCUS skills and knowledge. (Marucio, University of South Florida)
Your team has created such a wonderful POCUS workshop. No regret to come to NYC all the way even though air travels are not my strongest activity.
Tanping, your caring support for learners like a mother, and your leadership that made the faculty team together created this workshop 200% worth. It was nice to experience the sound team dynamics you creates. Also, Gregg, the Russian Czar of US, was very attractive feature of this workshop. Todd was gentle and sweet like a cotton candy. Very attractive team. This workshop reminded me again and again it is very important to create attractive teaching environment. Thank you very much for everything. I learned POCUS and more than POCUS. (Miki, UCI)
Thank you for an amazing week. The hard work you and Greg put into the course was evident and much appreciated. I am really grateful to have had the opportunity to take the class, and look forward to furthering my skills out on the wards. (Shira, WCMC)
I really appreciate the time, thinking and dedication shown by your Team to produce this excellent POCUS course.
There were excellent and well tutored scanning time at bedside. The faculty is highly engaged and enjoy their skills. Open interactions. (Moiz, Lincoln Hospital Medical Center , NYC)
Organized, practical and taught by people who both are very skilled at POCUS and skilled teachers
The instructors were phenomenal and really made the course wonderful.
Good size group allowing for optimal practical time. Well organized.
