POCUS Training for Family Medicine Edition 1.1
Point-of-care ultrasound CME training for family physicians
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a crucial tool available to family physicians. While often geared towards hospital settings, use of POCUS can help family physicians reduce referrals to hospitals and better treat urgent cases.
In this course, you’ll learn about the fundamentals and science behind ultrasound as well as techniques to use POCUS on different body areas. Additionally, you’ll learn specific knowledge pertaining to women’s health and obstetric ultrasound techniques. Develop POCUS competency and POCUS confidence in this on demand CME course.
- Point-of-care ultrasound fundamentals
- Musculoskeletal and soft tissue imaging
- Cardiopulmonary and vascular ultrasound
- Abdominal and pelvic applications
- Women’s health and obstetric ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a crucial tool available to family physicians. While often geared towards hospital settings, use of POCUS can help family physicians reduce referrals to hospitals and better treat urgent cases.
In this course, you’ll learn about the fundamentals and science behind ultrasound as well as techniques to use POCUS on different body areas. Additionally, you’ll learn specific knowledge pertaining to women’s health and obstetric ultrasound techniques. Develop POCUS competency and POCUS confidence in this on demand CME course.
- Point-of-care ultrasound fundamentals
- Musculoskeletal and soft tissue imaging
- Cardiopulmonary and vascular ultrasound
- Abdominal and pelvic applications
- Women’s health and obstetric ultrasound
Learning Objectives
Explain core ultrasound principles, machine operation, probe selection, image acquisition techniques, and basic optimization strategies needed to obtain interpretable point-of-care images in ambulatory practice.
Differentiate normal and abnormal sonographic findings for common outpatient family medicine applications and integrate those findings into clinical reasoning.
Apply POCUS findings appropriately to support bedside diagnosis, triage, procedure guidance, and patient counseling for selected ambulatory clinical scenarios.
Incorporate appropriate documentation, image archiving, coding, billing, and quality assurance considerations when integrating POCUS into family medicine practice.
Speakers and sessions
Introduction to Ultrasound Physics
Mark Deutchman, MD, FAAFP
Skin and Soft Tissue
Joy Shen-Wagner, MD, FAAFP
Musculoskeletal Upper Extremity
Matt Chan, MD
Limited Cardiac
Michael Wagner, MD
Introduction to Lung Ultrasound
Joy Shen-Wagner, MD, FAAFP
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screen
Andrea Lewis, DO, MPH
Liver, Spleen and Peritoneal Cavity
Mark Deutchman, MD, FAAFP
Renal and Bladder
Michael Wagner, MD
Intro to GYN
Andrea Lewis, DO, MPH
Early Pregnancy Ultrasound
Joy Shen-Wagner, MD, FAAFP
Limited Obstetric Ultrasound in Labor and Delivery
Joel Amidon, MD and Mark Deutchman, MD, MPH
Practice Management
Paul Bornemann, MD