Teaching POCUS

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) continues to evolve as an essential adjunct to clinical examination not only in the acute care setting but also in other disciplines such as critical care medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. There is a wide array of simulation and clinical integration strategies for POCUS training. The common approach often begins with workshops and conferences with didactics, phantoms,simulators and live models to simulate bedside skills and techniques. The purpose of this presentation is to outline potential strategies and techniques to optimize POCUS training / teaching.

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AI for ultrasound imaging

AI has become ubiquitous across many application domains. In medical imaging, AI methods (often deep neural networks) are already used to automatically analyze and interpret images, automate measurements, and support users in decision making. Such solutions will increasingly find their way into the systems and to the users.

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Recommendations for POCUS Training, Education & Certification

In recent years, an increase use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) has made it essential as bedside quick diagnostic tool preoperatively and in Critical care settings. What are the tools and resources, as well as, certification process, that are available and needed for an Anesthesiologist to become competent to make decisions based on the scans obtained?

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