{"id":2296,"date":"2009-10-21T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/programs\/ultrasound-program\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T15:17:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:17:21","slug":"ultrasound-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/emergmed\/education\/residency\/curriculum\/ultrasound-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultrasound Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 大象传媒 Emergency Medicine program understands that Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) can expedite diagnosis, lower healthcare costs, increase patient satisfaction, decrease length of stay, and most importantly saves lives. For that reason, ultrasound education is vital component of the 大象传媒 EM residency curriculum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Learn about our Ultrasound Fellowship Program<\/strong>Ultrasound Fellowship<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/p>\n As a resident at 大象传媒, you will become an expert in not only image acquisition and interpretation but will also learn how to incorporate your findings into your clinical decision making. The 大象传媒 Emergency Department has a unique ability to upload bedside sonographic images directly to the patient\u2019s chart. The resident will dictate their findings and can refer consultants to these images. Throughout the hospital and our consulting services, ultrasound is well known and respected. It is frequently a game changer for patient management and simplifies conversations amongst surgeons, cardiologists, obstetricians, and ophthalmologists.<\/p>\n Four ultrasound machines are available in the 大象传媒 ED, Two at WakeMed Raleigh, one at 大象传媒 Hillsborough, and one at WakeMed North. The vast majority of EM faculty are credentialed in POCUS. All images obtained are reviewed by ultrasound faculty for quality assurance and feedback is provided.<\/p>\n Our ultrasound education is intentionally front loaded so that residents gain confidence and competence in ultrasound early on. During either the first or second month, residents partake in an intensive four week ultrasound block. During these four weeks residents cover all twelve core emergency ultrasound applications as identified by ACEP: Trauma, Pregnancy, Cardiac, Aorta, Thoracic, Biliary, Urinary Tract, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Soft Tissue\/Musculoskeletal, Ocular, Bowel, and Procedural. Learning will be facilitated by asynchronous EMsono modules and supplemented with high-yield FOMED resources. Skill will be acquired by scanning sessions in the Emergency Department alongside our capable ultrasound faculty and experienced upper-level residents. These skills will be further perfected by weekly Quality Assurance sessions where the resident will receive valuable feedback. In addition to the ultrasound block, first year residents will choose an ultrasound topic which interests them, review a journal article on this topic, and present this topic at our weekly conference.<\/p>\n This first year curriculum provides a solid framework on which to build during your second and third years. Upper level residents are expected to incorporate ultrasound into their clinical practice. All scans are reviewed for quality assurance by the ultrasound faculty and feedback is provided.<\/p>\n Longitudinal education and spaced repetition in ultrasound are also provided throughout all three years of residency. The department\u2019s weekly conference boasts regular lectures covering ultrasound basics as well as advanced ultrasound technique.<\/p>\n Our department now owns three handheld Butterfly probes for the specific purpose of resident education. These probes provide even more opportunities for scanning in the department, at conference, or when appropriate can be checked out to practice at home.<\/p>\n There is an US concentration for junior\/senior residents that has defined roles and responsibilities for student\/resident US education, supervised US scanning, monthly US journal watch presentations, and research initiatives. Those in the US concentration are also responsible for organizing the annual 大象传媒 Sonogames! This entails resident teams tackling US questions that test fund of knowledge and sonographic skills!<\/p>\n At 大象传媒, we don\u2019t simply say we have a strong ultrasound program, we prove it at SonoGames. We have participated in the SAEM SonoGames for the past 5 years, have made into the final rounds each year, and took home the gold winning first of 83 teams in 2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Daniel Park, MD<\/a> – Associate Director of the 大象传媒 US program<\/p>\n Christopher Howarth, MD<\/a> – Clinical Manager of the Adult EM US program<\/p>\n Danny Migliaccio, MD<\/a> – Head of Emergency Ultrasound Education<\/p>\n Mark Hoppens, MD<\/a> \u2013 2020-21 Resident Ultrasound Director<\/div>\n<\/a>
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\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHighlights of the 大象传媒 ultrasound program:<\/h4>\n
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Ultrasound Curriculum<\/h4>\n
Ultrasound Concentration<\/h4>\n
SonoGames<\/h4>\n
\nThe US team:<\/h4>\n