Introduction to Abdominal/Primary Care and OB/GYN Ultrasound

OVERVIEW

The Introduction to Primary Care Abdominal and OB/GYN Ultrasound Live Training Course is taught by leading abdominal and primary care ultrasound experts. Topics covered include liver, gallbladder/biliary tree, renal/bladder, pancreas, spleen, abdominal aorta, GI tract, trauma, thyroid, scrotal, soft tissue/MSK applications, transabdominal and endovaginal GYN scan techniques, and OB applications. The Primary Care Abdominal and OB/Gyn ultrasound course includes comprehensive lectures, interactive case presentations, and extensive hands-on skills training featuring the industry lowest 3:1 participant to faculty hands-on scan ratio.

TOPICS

• Imaging Fundamentals
• Abdominal Anatomy/Scan Techniques
• Abdominal Aorta
• Liver Sonography & Pathology
• Gallbladder & Biliary Tree Sonography & Pathology
• Spleen, Pancreas, and Renal Sonography
• Scrotal / Testicular
• Evaluation of the Appendix & GI Tract
• Thyroid Ultrasound
• E-FAST Exam
• Soft Tissue & MSK Applications
• Interactive Case Studies
• GYN Anatomy
• Scan Protocol (TAS & TV)
• GYN Pathology/Case Studies
• First Trimester Ultrasound & Case Studies
• Maternal Survey & Biometry
• Fetal Anatomy Survey
• BPP & Multiple Gestations
• Fetal Abnormalities
• Hands-on Scanning

OBJECTIVES

• Increase participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret abdominal and OB/GYN ultrasound examinations.
• Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques & interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.
• Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.
• Cite Doppler/color physics principles and be able to (sonographers) apply these principles to optimize system controls or (physicians) utilize this information for identifying technical errors which may result in misdiagnosis (optional lecture).
• Perform scan protocols and routine measurements that are utilized during abdominal and transabdominal/endovaginal gynecological and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimester obstetrical ultrasound evaluations.
• Identify normal/abnormal imaging characteristics of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, abdominal vasculature, thyroid, testes/scrotum, appendix, ovaries and uterus and differentiate commonly seen pathology.
• Demonstrate the use of ultrasound for evaluation of the trauma patient (FAST exam) and soft-tissue pathology.
• List the indications and ultrasound findings for suspicion of an ectopic pregnancy.
• Identify normal fetal anatomy and perform biophysical profile.
• Apply appropriate measurement techniques to assess fetal dates and appropriate fetal development.
• Recognize commonly seen fetal abnormalities and their corresponding ultrasound imaging characteristics.

AUDIENCE

This live, hands-on Introduction to Primary Care Abdominal and OB/GYN Ultrasound course is designed for Physicians, PA’s, sonographers and other medical professionals who have little or no experience performing and/or interpreting the ultrasound examinations but have a desire to expand their skills to integrate the use of ultrasound into clinical practice. This program is a structured, comprehensive program using live models and inanimate phantoms for skills training. Physician participants may include (but are not limited to) emergency medicine, critical care, internal medicine, family practice, primary care, and general surgery.

CREDITS

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

INTRODUCTION TO ABDOMINAL AND PRIMARY CARE ULTRASOUND

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 24.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 24.00 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit(s).

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 24.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course also meets CME / CEU requirements for ARDMS.Note: While offering the CME credit hours noted above, activities are not intended to provide extensive training or certification for exam performance or interpretation.

INTRODUCTION TO OB/GYN ULTRASOUND

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This course also meets CME / CEU requirements for ARDMS.Note: While offering the CME credit hours noted above, activities are not intended to provide extensive training or certification for exam performance or interpretation.