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Google Hangout – Point-of-care Ultrasound in Medical Education

Last week, the medical student led Point-of-care Ultrasound Interest Group welcomed Drs. Robert Arntfield, Director of Critical Care Ultrasound and Co-Director of ED Ultrasound at Western, Drew Thompson, Co-Director of ED Ultrasound at Western, and Michael Woo, Director of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound at the University of Ottawa, for a live-recorded online event to discuss the future of ultrasound in medical education in Canada. Questions were [...]

By arntfield|2013-05-27T11:43:37+00:00May 27th, 2013|Events, Google Hangouts, Medical Student Meetings|Comments Off

Point-of-care Ultrasound: Hyperechoic future in medical education?

The Point-of-care Ultrasound Interest Group reviews its inaugural year as a medical student club and makes a pitch for integrating more ultrasound training in to undergraduate medical education. We hope you enjoy the presentation! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DglswiaRdII&w=420&h=315]

By arntfield|2013-05-17T09:09:34+00:00May 17th, 2013|Lectures, Medical Student Meetings, News|Comments Off

Registration for Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium fills!

Three weeks after opening up registration, the Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group is happy to announce that all spaces have been filled for the inaugural Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium, to take place on August 24 and 25, 2013 in London. The event will bring 35 medical students from across Canada together, with representation from all six Ontario medical schools and as far away as [...]

By arntfield|2013-05-12T12:52:51+00:00May 12th, 2013|Events, Medical Student Meetings, News|Comments Off

Hydronephrosis Tutorial: Behzad Hassani

Dr. Behzad Hassani has authored the excellent tutorial below to guide you in the interpretation and gradation of hydronephrosis for point of care ultrasound assessment of the kidney. Determining the presence or absence of hydro on renal sonography, particularly in the ED, may help you risk stratify patients with potential renal calculi and can rapidly narrow your differential diagnosis in patients with new renal failure [...]

By arntfield|2013-04-30T13:04:43+00:00April 30th, 2013|Tutorials|Comments Off

Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium registration now open!

Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium registration now open!

The Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group is pleased to announce that the first annual Western Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium will take place August 24 and 25, 2013 at the state of the art Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics facility in London, Ontario. Nearly six months in the making and winner of the Hippocratic Council Innovator Grant, this educational initiative is the first of its kind in Canada. Registration [...]

By arntfield|2013-04-22T16:03:34+00:00April 22nd, 2013|Education, Events, Medical Student Meetings|Comments Off

AIUM 2013 Lecture – Critical Care Ultrasound Training Strategies

Rob Arntfield's talk from the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)'s 2013 conference in New York City, given on April 9, 2013. The moderator Dr. Paul Mayo can be heard at various intervals as well. The talk addresses various important elements when adding CCUS in to a critical care training program. These elements are drawn from the positive experience in CCUS training at Western [...]

By arntfield|2013-04-10T15:02:53+00:00April 10th, 2013|Lectures|Comments Off

Critical Care Grand Rounds: Rob Arntfield

March 22 2013 at Critical Care Western's citywide grand rounds, had their own Rob Arntfield speak about critical care ultrasound in his talk: Critical Care Ultrasound: Revolution to Adolescence. Covering a broad array of topics related to CCUS, discussion over history and content of CCUS, the national and local approach to advancing CCUS and an in depth discussion on quality and safety, featuring some local [...]

By arntfield|2013-03-22T13:18:32+00:00March 22nd, 2013|Lectures|Comments Off

Yanick Beaulieu talks on CCUS History and Need for Dissemination

Dr. Yanick Beaulieu speaks delivers the keynote address at the Canadian Critical Care Western Winter Workshop (C3W3) n Silverstar, BC about the history and future of critical care ultrasound in Canada as the delegates of the meeting prepare to discuss how to broadly and effectively disseminate and deliver education and high quality research in our Canadian critical care environment. [wpvideo 39s0gntl]

By arntfield|2013-03-07T12:48:24+00:00March 7th, 2013|Lectures, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group wins innovator grant

An application put forth by the Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group was selected as a winner of the Hippocratic Council Innovator Grant last week. The funding will support a student-driven education initiative, in partnership with industry and faculty, that aims to bring hands on ultrasound training to undergraduate medical students at the Schulich School of Medicine at Western Univeristy. While details are still being finalized, [...]

By arntfield|2013-02-24T21:09:16+00:00February 24th, 2013|Events, Medical Student Meetings, News|Comments Off

Ultrasound Fundamentals – self-directed learning module for ultrasound basics

We are pleased to launch a new educational resource in the form of this interactive learning module on the fundamentals of point of care ultrasound. This module is appropriate for anyone new to the topic of point of care ultrasound, and we are hopeful it proves to be a solid foundation for further learning and hands-on training. In addition to providing an overview of [...]

By arntfield|2013-02-24T18:05:52+00:00February 24th, 2013|Education, News, Tutorials|Comments Off