Point of Care Ultrasound: Advanced Skills for Outpatient Practice

The next course will be held in November 2024. Date and location are TBD.

Ultrasound Course

Receive advanced hands-on, point-of-care ultrasound training while earning CME credit and MOC points.

Expert Faculty, Increase Your Assessment Skills

Internationally acclaimed faculty will provide proctored instruction so attendees can gain experience with point-of-care ultrasound and expand their outpatient clinical assessment skills. The learning format will alternate between didactic lectures and small-group hands-on training.  Attendees will have an opportunity to customize their learning by working on solidifying challenging concepts, learning additional techniques and applications, and receiving individualized feedback from instructors.

Prerequisite Requirement

Registrants must have attended ACP’s 2-day POCUS: Foundational Skills for Internists course or an alternate 2-day course that included a minimum of 50% hands-on instruction.  (please email acppocus@acponline.org and attach the course agenda and your certificate of completion.)

Course registration includes full access to ACP’s self-paced online multimedia POCUS Module Library, including advanced technique-building activities to increase your ultrasound knowledge.

Course Objectives

  1. Identify indications and rationale for performing the following examinations:
    • PEARLS approach to a multisystem ultrasound physical
    • AAA screening
    • Gallbladder pathology
    • Skin and soft tissue: lumps and bumps
    • Musculoskeletal ultrasound: joint, tendon, and nerve pathology
  2. Perform the ultrasound exams listed above
  3. Interpret normal and abnormal images for the applications listed above
  4. Interpret point-of-care ultrasound findings in clinical case scenarios
  5. Review practical strategies for successful integration of POCUS into the outpatient setting.

Course Directors

Michael Wagner, MD, FACP, FAIUM
Director of Internal Medicine Ultrasound
Division of Hospital Medicine
Prisma Health–Upstate
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Michael Wagner, MD, FACP, FAIUM
Director of Internal Medicine Ultrasound
Division of Hospital Medicine
Prisma Health–Upstate
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Michael Wagner, MD, FACP, FAIUM, is a general internist for Prisma Health-Upstate and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, SC.  As the Director of Internal Medicine Ultrasound, he is responsible for coordinating and overseeing POCUS activities in the department of medicine across 6 medical campuses at the CME, GME, and UME level.  Dr. Wagner is helping advance the field of IMPOCUS nation-wide through speaking engagements, hands-on workshops, online resources, publications, and serving in leadership positions for numerous medical organizations.  Other professional areas of interest include physical diagnosis and clinical reasoning, simulation and bedside teaching.

Faculty

Joel Amidon, MD
Associate Program Director
Prisma Health Family Medicine Residency, Greenville, SC

Janice Boughton, MD, FACP, RDMS
CHAS Health

Jeremy Byrd, MD
Prisma Health Primary Care, Fountain Inn
Associate Professor USC School of Medicine, Greenville

Puja Dalal, MD, FAAFP
Novant Health Family Medicine Residency Program, Cornelius, NC

Alvin Lee Day, MD, RMSK, RhMSUS
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Prisma Health

David Giovannini, MD, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor
University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Brannan Jones, MD
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Alabama

Gigi Liu, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Andrea Lewis, DO, MPH, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Southern Colorado Family Medicine

Irene Ma, MD, PhD, FACP, FAIUM, RDMS, RDCS
Professor of Medicine
University of Calgary

Woo Moon, DO, FACP
Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Internal Medicine Residency
Mercy Hospital

Jordan T. Nickols, MD
EAMC Core Faculty
IMPOCUS Medical Director at EAMC

Peter Phan, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Program Director
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

Leo Smyth, MD, FRCPC
Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Faculty
Clinical Lecturer, University of Calgary

Joy Shen-Wagner, MD, FAAFP
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville, SC

Registration

POCUS: Advanced Skills for Outpatient Practice
November 12, 2023
 
Early-Bird Rates

Register before September 1

Register on or after September 2

Member/Life member

$850

$925

Non-member

$1,200

$1,300

Location and Accommodations

Course will be held at the Grant Hyatt Nashville. A discounted rate of $309 is available for reservations made by October 18. Reservations can be made using the following Reservations Link: ACP POCUS at Grand Hyatt Nashville

CME/MOC

Information to come.

Cancellation Policy

Notice of registration cancellation should be submitted in writing via mail, fax or email. Cancellations will not be accepted by telephone. Postmark, fax, or e-mail date will determine the amount of refund according to the following schedule:

By September 30, 2023: Full refund
October 1 - October 21, 2023: Refund registration amount less $100 administrative fee.
After October 21, 2023: No refund.

A refund that results from a cancellation will be returned to the name on the registration form and in the original method of payment.

If, just prior to the start of the course, you are experiencing COVID symptoms or are concerned about infecting others, or your institution implements a travel ban, please contact Member and Product Support at help@acponline.org or 800-ACP-1915 (800-227-1915), or 215-351-2600 M-F, 9 am to 5 pm ET to discuss cancellation options.

Prerequisite Information

Registrants must have attended ACP’s 2-day POCUS: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians course or an alternate 2-day course that included a minimum of 50% hands-on instruction. (Please email acppocus@acponline.org and attach the course agenda and your certificate of completion for alternate courses.)

All registrants are required to complete ACP's Online Learning Modules.