Cleveland Clinic Ultrasound Course: Integrating POCUS Into Your Practice
The Cleveland Clinic Ultrasound Course: Integrating POCUS Into Your Practice will provide physicians, nurses and physician assistants with foundational skills and state-of-the-art techniques for diagnosis and guiding procedures for point of care ultrasound. The lessons taught throughout this activity can be easily incorporated into current practices to immediately enhance patient care. More than 20 experts from Cleveland Clinic provide a didactic primer and workshops that will rapidly develop skills to maximize this increasingly important diagnostic and interventional tool. Worth 11.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, with ANCC and AAPA accreditation provided, as well. Also worth ABIM and ABA MOC!
Cost: $345.00Add to cart
Key Features
Point of care ultrasound primer for physicians, nurses and PA’s. 11.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, plus ABIM & ABA MOC.
Topics Covered
Building a point of care ultrasound (POCUS) program, quality assurance, logistics, ultrasound basics, cardiovascular, thyroid, neck, DVT, aorta, cardiac, trauma, lung, RUSH, shock, equipment, paracentesis, thoracentesis, soft tissue aspiration, peripheral vascular, central venous access and much more!
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the components of successful point-of-care ultrasound programs
2. Summarize process for image acquisition, machine utilization and IT configuration
3. Describe the importance of a training, quality improvement and credentialing
4. List components of billing and coding for various ultrasound exams
5. Summarize the basic science and diagnostic use of ultrasound imaging
6. Describe the protocols, evaluation and best use of echocardiography in critically ill patients
7. Review the role of ultrasound in a focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) exam to assess for free fluid in the abdomen or around the heart
8. Summarize the basics of using ultrasound to assess lungs
9. Describe the most effective diagnostic use of ultrasound to assess for vascular abnormalities including aortic pathology and deep venous thrombosis
10. Discuss the evaluation of shock and respiratory failure with integration of skills utilizing the Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) exam
11. Describe the fundamental principles, indications and necessary equipment for ultrasound guided peripheral and central venous access
12. Describe the fundamental principles, indications and necessary equipment for ultrasound guided paracentesis, thoracentesis and soft tissue aspiration
13. Recognize complications and discuss aftercare related to each of the ultrasound guided procedures listed above
Target Audience
This activity is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, fellows, and residents in emergency medicine, internal medicine, hospital medicine, critical care, cardiology, anesthesiology, pulmonology, and radiology.
Additional credit info
Release Date: 7/16/24
CME Expiration: 7/15/26
In support of improving patient care, Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 11.5 ANCC contact hours.
American Academy of PAs (AAPA)
Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 11.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Anesthesiology (MOC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:
- ABA MOC: 11.5 Lifelong Learning MOC points in the ABA MOCA 2.0® Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program®
- ABIM MOC: 11.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the ABIM MOC Assessment Recognition Program
It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABA and ABIM credit.
Credit will be reported within 30 days of claiming credit.
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) Credit
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 11.5 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.