2015 Western Student Ultrasound Symposium

arntfield — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:15:27 +0000

Once again, students from across Canada came to London’s own CSTAR facility for the 3rd Annual Western Student Ultrasound Symposium. Focusing on basic principles and techniques of Point-of-Care Ultrasound, the Western Student Ultrasound Symposium strives to provide medical students with exposure and training with beside ultrasound.

The highlight of the weekend was once again the SonoGames, where our participants showed off their new-found abilities in an impressive display of knowledge and aptitude with the ultrasound probe.

The Symposium organizers would like to extend a heartfelt “Thank You” to our instructors, to CSTAR, to our volunteer patient models, and to our attendees for making the weekend such an enjoyable experience!”

Enthusiasm High at Medical Student Event

arntfield — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:01:53 +0000

First and second year medical students participated in a successful abdominal ultrasound workshop hosted by the Point of Care Ultrasound Interest Group on December 10 at University Hospital. The event was well attended and feedback from students was extremely positive. Big thanks to Mike Clemente (Meds 2015) and Evan Ailon (Meds 2016) for planning the session and also to Drs. Rob Arntfield, Drew Thompson and Mirza Baig for lending their time and expertise.

The evening started off with an interactive and informative discussion on point of care applications of abdominal ultrasound followed by a hands-on session with three ultrasound machines present. Each student had the opportunity to scan the abdominal aorta and gallbladder belonging to our AAA grade, yet AAA-free, medical student volunteers.

We look forward to the group’s next event in January on point of care applications of OB/GYN ultrasound. Cardiac ultrasound, lung ultrasound and central line insertion workshops are also on our radar for the New Year.

Below are pictures from the December 10 event.

medical student meetings – Western Sono

2015 Western Student Ultrasound Symposium

Enthusiasm High at Medical Student Event