Diagnostic Ultrasound Workshop

Chicago, IL US
May 2, 2024
This activity is designed to review the basics of ultrasound through hands-on practice in techniques utilizing point-of-care ultrasound to evaluate cardiac, pulmonary, abdominal, and vascular conditions.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for neurosurgeons, neurologists, pediatricians, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and other healthcare professionals dedicated to treating central nervous system congenital anomalies.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the basic physics of ultrasound technology;
  • Identify probes for different types of ultrasound usage;
  • Describe ultrasound instrumentation, including gain, depth, zoom, and Doppler;
  • Differentiate between nerve, muscle, and ultrasound-guided vessels;
  • Discuss the value of applying ultrasound technology in clinical practice;
  • Explain how to use ultrasound equipment;
  • Show the proper orientation of the ultrasound probe;
  • Place an IV and arterial line with the assistance of ultrasound technology;
  • Demonstrate proper ultrasound techniques in a variety of clinical settings.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Cathy Paez
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
cpaez@bsd.uchicago.edu
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-5212

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.75 Participation
Event starts: 
05/02/2024 - 1:00pm
Event ends: 
05/02/2024 - 4:00pm
Activity opens: 
05/02/2024
Activity expires: 
08/02/2024
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UChicago Simulation Center
5815 S Maryland Ave
Mitchell Hospital, 6th Floor
Chicago, IL 60637
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Visit the UChicago Simulation Center's website! For more information about the program, contact the Cathy Paez via e-mail.

 
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at 773-702-5212 or via email at cpaez@bsd.uchicago.edu.

The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY
  Daniel Klarr, MD
  Clinical Associate of Medicine
 
 

 
 
  Arti D. Tewari, MD
  Clinical Associate of Medicine
 

 
 
 
  Sandeep Tummala, MD
  Clinical Associate of Medicine
 
 

 
 
  Rachel Zhuang, MD
  Clinical Associate of Medicine

 

 
 
 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
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