POCUS FOR THE PRACTITIONER: HANDS ON (CCC-104)

Thursday, October 26, 2023

09:45 – 10:30 EST

Location: Palais, 512CG

Target Audience: Medical students, Early internal medicine residents

Presenter(s)

Chi-Ming Chow, MDCM MSc FRCPC FCCS

Professor in Medicine
St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto
University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Director of Echocardiography, LHSC
CSE, CHFS, CCTN
Western Univeristy

Planning Committee Member(s)

Erika Ouimet-Grennan

Cardiology Resident
University of Montreal
University of Montreal
Iness Soltani, MD

Cardiology Resident
University of Montreal
University of Montreal

Disclosure(s):

Erika Ouimet-Grennan: No financial relationships to disclose

Iness Soltani, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives / Objectifs d'apprentissage:

At the end of this session participants will be able to / Au terme de cette conférence, vous serez:

familiarize early trainees with basic POCUS views: parasternal long axis, parasternal short axis, apical four chamber view and sub xyphoid view;
practice probing each of the views on healthy volunteers; and
review pathological POCUS findings.

Workshop Description: A hands-on ultrasound session to familiarize trainees with basic POCUS views on healthy volunteers as well as identifying basic pathologies.