We offer specialized ultrasound courses, with a focus on neurovascular, neuromuscular, Ob-Gyn, and acute care ultrasound. Courses are designed to help with both technique and interpretation.
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine Acute Care Ultrasound Workshop is an introductory hands on course for healthcare providers interested in incorporating limited bedside ultrasound imaging in the care of their patients. This course provides instruction on the most important bedside ultrasound assessments for acute care settings with hands on practice sessions to provide you with opportunities to develop ultrasound skills with coaching from our talented staff of instructors.
Target Audience
Providers in acute care specialties such as anesthesia, internal medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, family and community medicine and general surgery.
Course Objectives
Participants in the Point of Care Ultrasound Workshop will be able to:
- Describe basic ultrasound physics
- Describe ultrasound display safety information
- Describe the general controls and probe types on an ultrasound machine
- Describe the indications for and general imaging approach for point of care exams ofthe:
- Heart
- Lungs
- Abdominal potential spaces
- Renal System for Obstruction
- Soft Tissue
- Deep Venous System
- Demonstrate basic scanning technique for these organ systems
- Describe basic ultrasound guided procedure safety and technique
- Describe in-plane and out-of-plane approaches to ultrasound guided procedures
- Demonstrate basic skills in ultrasound guided vascular access
- Describe the components of ultrasound exam documentation
Casey Glass, MD - Course Director
CME Credit
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity
Upcoming course dates can be seen below.
The Ob/Gyn Ultrasound course combines obstetrics and gynecology with the primary emphasis devoted to the study of obstetrics. The first day is primarily gynecology, including lectures in orientation and terminology of the gynecological tract and hands-on transvaginal scanning labs. The remaining days are devoted to obstetrics, to include approximately 15 hours of dedicated lectures by experienced physicians and sonographers. Each afternoon is spent in scanning labs with obstetrical patients under the guidance of a registered sonographer.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the participant should be better able to:
- Translate core topics in basic Ob-Gyn ultrasound as well as physical principles of ultrasound from conceptual to practical application on a daily basis.
- Understand the orientation of the pelvic and fetal anatomy as it is displayed on the monitor using both endovaginal and abdominal transducers.
- Recognize normal female pelvic anatomy including the bladder, cervix, uterus and ovaries.
- Identify basic fetal embryology and know how it applies to ultrasound imaging in the first trimester.
- Demonstrate skillful scanning techniques for performing an amniotic fluid index and biophysical profile.
- Understand the importance of determining chorionicity of multiple gestations in the first trimester.
- Identify normal fetal anatomy and the most common fetal anomalies.
- Distinguish markers of aneuploidy and to understand how they are used for the purpose of risk assessment.
Upcoming course dates can be seen below.
CME Credit
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 28 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Francis O. Walker Neuromuscular Ultrasound course focuses on applications in muscle disease, peripheral and cranial nerve imaging and introduction to the use of ultrasound in evaluating musculoskeletal disorders.
Lectures are integrated with hands-on demonstrations of technique and case interpretation. A small-group format helps facilitate questions and answers and tailors the educational experience to meet the specific needs of individual participants.
Michael Cartwright, MD, Director
Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the participant should be better able to:
- Define terms of ultrasound and demonstrate application of the principles while imaging neuromuscular structures.
- Identify upper extremity, lower extremity and cranial musculature, and the visible boundaries that distinguish muscle groups in these areas.
- Recognize loss of heterogeneity, fasciculations, hyperechoic changes, hypertrophy and other common pathologic changes in affected human muscles.
- Identify the median, radial and ulnar nerves in the upper extremity, and areas of the sural, peroneal and tibial nerves in the lower extremity, and recognize common anatomic variants and pathologic abnormalities of these nerves.
- Discuss indications for appropriate use of ultrasound imaging, factors that could complicate interpretation and clinical situations where ultrasound imaging is particularly contributory to addressing clinical problems.
Upcoming course dates can be seen below.
CME Credit
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.