For the past 2 years the faculty and residents have undertaken an expansive Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum. We currently expect all residents to enroll in our in house POCUS fellowship that combine monthly supported scanning session with local faculty and online content through the Global Ultrasound Institute. We currently have 3 Butterfly units and dedicated screens that residents can use longitudinally in clinic, the hospital and nursing home setting as well as international experiences.
Below is a list of our monthly topics and systems,
Month – Topic – Faculty Facilitator(s)
January: FAST Exams –David Benziger and Gobbo
February – Introduction to POCUS – Ultrasound Basics – Gobbo and Douglas
March – Pulmonary Exams –Acosta and Gobbo
April – Gallbladder - Fauth and Speck
May - Cardiac Exams I –Gobbo and Pantely
June - Cardiac Exams II –Gobbo and Pantely
July and August – Break
September – Renal – Parker and Douglas
October – DVT – Acosta and Douglas
November – MSK 1 – Speck and Douglas
December – MSK II – Acosta and Parker
January – Skin and Soft Tissue – Acosta and Fauth
February – Procedures – Gobbo and Douglas
March Ob 1st Trimester – Fauth and Parker
April Ob 2nd and 3rd Trimester – Fauth and Acosta
May- Wrap Up and Questions – Gobbo and Douglas
We are also developing a "one pagers" syllabus as a quick reference guide to help become more comfortable with scanning and are in the process of developing an on-line data bank and storage quality program to track competency with each system.
Examples of these 1-2 Pages are included in the clicks below and links to the GUSI website
https://globalultrasoundinstitute.com/courses/gusi-essentials-course/
Click the links or pdf images below to view our Pocus One Pagers
Pediatric Pocus US Template Quick Sheet.pdf