The Center for Ultrasound Education in conjunction with the Internal Medicine Residency is proud to offer an integrated ultrasound curriculum as part of your training. This curriculum will consist of didactic training, hands-on ultrasound scanning labs and scanning rounds, and proficiency assessment and tracking. The goal is for every resident to have access to Point-of-Care Ultrasound training and the opportunity to develop life-long skills to advance their medical practice.
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Session 1: July 10, 24, and Aug 7 (9am - 12pm)
Session 2: Aug 14, Sept 4, and 18 (11am - 12pm)
Session 3: Oct 2, Oct 16 and 30 (11am - 12pm)
Session 4: Nov 13, Nov 20, Dec 11 (11am - 12pm)
Session 5: Jan 8, Jan 22, Feb 5 (11am - 12pm)
Session 6: Feb 19, Mar 5 & Mar 19 (11am - 12pm)
Session 7: Apr 2, Apr 16 & 30 (11am - 12pm)
Session 8: May 14, May 28 & June 11 (11am - 12pm)
Curriculum: Each month the ultrasound curriculum will focus on a specific POCUS exam. This exam will be the focus of the online as well as in-person didactic lectures and scanning sessions. You will have a greater understanding of the topic of the month if you view the online didactic material before the scanning session. Most of the didactic material can be reviewed within 30 minutes.
Competency POCUS Exams: During your residency, you are expected to achieve competency in performing, interpreting and clinically integrating the POCUS exams below.
Assessments: Online interactive ultrasound-based case scenarios will be posted on MCGultrasoundEducation.com under 鈥淯ltrasound Interactive Cases鈥�. These interactive cases aid in assessing your POCUS integration skills. These cases will be assigned during the academic year. Completion of these assignments is expected to take about 15 minutes. These assessments along with the US practicum will be reported to the Residency Curriculum Competency Committee. Completion of these interactive cases and practicum is a required component for Proficiency Certification.
Ultrasound Practicum: During June 2020, you will be tested on your ultrasound skills in an ultrasound practicum. The practicum will include testing on ultrasound knowledge as well as scanning ability. You will be given more information prior to the ultrasound practicum.
Scanning Sessions: Each month there will be open scanning sessions in the Center for Ultrasound Education (CJ3101 鈥� Pavilion 3) and at the locations listed below. These sessions will have instructors and ultrasound models for you to scan to improve your image acquisition skills. During these sessions, we will review the key components of the ultrasound exam of the month. These are not mandatory sessions, but these sessions give you an opportunity to ask questions and practice your skills. Your residency will have an assigned time (listed below), but you may attend one or more of the other sessions if you have the desire.
Scanning Numbers: You will need to document your ultrasound scans during the year using the Clinical Ultrasound Documentation System (i.e. by ordering the appropriate POCUS exam in Powerchart as described below). Alternatively, you can document your scans in One45. Scans can be done at any time on any patient. However, your scans are educational scans unless you are performing them with an ultrasound credentialed faculty member.
If the ultrasound scan is for education, follow the Educational Ultrasound Guidelines below.
POCUS Proficiency Pathway: The purpose of this pathway is to provide graduating residents documentation of POCUS skills at the end of GME training that can be used for hospital and practice credentialing of skill. This pathway is optional, but all requirements are mandatory to obtain the certification.
Participants must complete a total number of 鈥渞eviewed鈥� exams as well as a specified number of individual exams to complete the POCUS Proficiency Pathway.
Ultrasound Orders: All ultrasound examinations must be 鈥渙rdered鈥� through Powerchart using any of the POCUS orders. If a POCUS exam is to be used clinically, use any of the clinical orders such as POCUS Echo, POCUS Abdomen, etc. Use the 鈥渢ask list鈥� to document the findings of the exam. This documentation is part of the clinical documentation and will be part of the medical record. If a POCUS examination will be used only for educational purposes, use POCUS Teaching. POCUS Teaching orders will not result in the result section of Powerchart. However, these images will be available in PACS for quality assurance.
POCUS Proficiency Pathway Proficiency Certification Requirements:
Ultrasound Machines: Almost any ultrasound machine can be used for educational ultrasound practice. You may use the machines at the Center for Ultrasound Education while practicing on fellow residents or models. The Center is generally open weekdays from 8am to 5pm. The ultrasound machines in the ED, MICU, STU, CCU and 8S can be used for educational ultrasound practice at any time. Should you move these machines from their assigned location, you need to 鈥渟ign out鈥� the machine from the location and return it when you are finished. It is your responsibility to clean the ultrasound machine according to the posted guidelines as well as assure the machine is returned to the storage location.
Ultrasound Text: An iBook, pdf text, and an online ultrasound text with ultrasound videos is available for your smart phone and computer.
