The 2023 course is currently full.
Stay tuned for updates about future courses in 2024!
Saturday November 18, 2023
8:00am - 4:30pm
VGH Sim Centre
Leon Blackmore Pavilion 2nd floor
855 W 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
It’s finally here!
It’s been a LONG time in the making, but we’re thrilled be finally be offering a POCUS CME course this fall.
Aimed at practicing acute care physicians, the UBC IM POCUS Basics Course is a one-day hands-on workshop focusing on high-yield basic POCUS techniques. The course features a flipped classroom approach to maximize hands-on-probe time, a group of expert clinician faculty, and a carefully crafted curriculum.
The course is designed to equip participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to incorporate basic POCUS into their routine practice, including assessment of common clinical problems:
The mythical “volume status”
Undifferentiated hypoxia and hypotension
Acute kidney injury and urinary retention
Presence of abdominal free fluid
Course content
Vascular ultrasound: IVC and JVP
Lung ultrasound
Abdominal ultrasound: kidneys, bladder, and free fluid
Basic cardiac ultrasound
Pearls, pitfalls, and case-based integration
Faculty
Dr. Shane Arishenkoff
Dr. Barry Chan
Dr. Michael Cheung
Dr. Terry Chu
Dr. Juliana Kan
Dr. Stefany Morrison
Dr. Katie Wiskar
