NKF Spring Meetings: Pre course on Point of Care Ultrasound for the Nephrologist

We shall be providing with NKF(Spring Clinical Meetings 2017) the first ever Renal
course on point of care Ultrasound pre course: this is the practical training of using a portable ultrasound in volume assessment, renal and bladder sonogram for daily use on "rounds".  See below for details but the link on NKF website for Spring meetings has more details

https://www.kidney.org/spring-clinical/program/physician-highlights

NKF Spring Clinical Meetings: Point of Care Ultrasound for the Nephrologist

From

04/18/2017     7:30 AM

To

04/18/2017     12:30 PM

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando, FL

Description

The renal consultant needs knowledge of lung ultrasound to determine volume status, renal and bladder ultrasound to evaluate for obstruction and knowledge of vascular access guidance to assist in placement of catheters. This course will focus on the above elements in point of care ultrasonography. 

• Image acquisition will be practiced on human models using high-quality ultrasound machines and supervised by experienced faculty. Training sessions give you practical, hands-on training with a 1:3 teacher-to-learner ratio, so you benefit from personal instruction.
• Image interpretation during group sessions under the supervision of experienced faculty members offers relevant practice. Numerous ultrasound images demonstrating normal and pathologic findings will give you a comprehensive learning opportunity. As you improve your skills, you will be further challenged with unknowns and case-based image sets.
• Knowledge base will be enhanced with lectures that focus on important aspects of point of care ultrasonography applicable to the renal consultant. Discussions will have immediate application within your practice.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss how to perform lung ultrasonography and ultrasonography of the renal system.

• Identify appropriate uses of ultrasonography in renal practice.
• Demonstrate appropriate image acquisition techniques required for renal ultrasonography.
• Interpret image-based clinical cases to help identify abnormalities.

Faculty:

Paul Mayo, MD

Mangala Narasimhan, MD,

Daniel Ross, MD

Kenar Jhaveri, MD

Topics:

Breakfast and Introductions

Lung Ultrasound for the Assessment of Volume Status

Hands on Lung Ultrasound
Image Interpretation Lung Ultrasound

Break

Vascular Access/ IVC Size

Hands on Vascular Access/IVC

Image Interpretation Vascular Access/IVC

Renal Bladder Ultrasound

Hands on Renal Ultrasound

Image Interpretation

Wrap-up and Evaluation

  

4.25 credits/contact hours

REQUIRED: Separate registration fee of $60 for NKF Members, $75 for Non-Members, $40 for Fellows/Residents. Includes light breakfast, and CME credits. Participation is limited, so register early.