Invites you to attend a Continuing Medical Education Activity

Introduction to the Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Primary Care Practice

   

Saturday, October 1, 2011

9:00 am to 1:00 pm (registration begins at 8:30 am)

Location: University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Ultrasound Institute Building 28
6311 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209

• Designed for physicians and other healthcare providers who are interested in incorporating ultrasound into their practices.
• The Ultrasound Institute Staff has over six years experience delivering point-of-care ultrasound educational programs to medical students, residents, and primary care providers.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss ultrasound production, travel of sound in tissue, and how interactions of ultrasound with tissue interfaces and the resulting echoes are used to generate ultrasound images
• Discuss the roles of the operational features of a portable ultrasound unit in the generation and storage of ultrasound images (i.e., mode, probes, frequency, gain, depth of focus, measurement, labeling, freezing images, internal storage, storage in an external server, printing)
• Establish skills for hands-on scanning in several planes through the body; combine skills with knowledge of an ultrasound unit’s operational features to generate quality ultrasound images.
• Perform a basic ultrasound of the right upper quadrant (liver, gall bladder), the bladder, and the kidneys.
• Perform an ultrasound screening exam for abdominal aorta aneurysm.

To register, select the category that applies to you

Alumni Registration

Practicing Physician Registration

USC SOM Faculty Registration

There is no commercial support for this activity.
Drs. Hoppmann, Poston, Howe, and Rao and Ms. Evans have disclosed that they have no relevant financial relationships

This activity is sponsored by the USC School of Medicine - Palmetto Health Richland CME Organization. The USC School of Medicine-Palmetto Health Richland Continuing Medical Education Organization is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The USCSOM-PHR CME Organization designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.