UW Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Elective Educational Objectives: • To become proficient at advanced point of care emergency ultrasound by: o Becoming proficient with image acquisition o Becoming proficient with image interpretation o Becoming more proficient at incorporation of ultrasound into clinical practice Rotation Goals: • Master skills of image acquisition and image interpretation for all 11 ACEP point of care emergency ultrasound indications (Trauma/FAST, ocular, biliary, renal, aorta, cardiac, thoracic, DVT, MSK, intrauterine pregnancy, procedural guidance) • Review and become familiar with current body of point of care ultrasound literature – the resident should critically review 5 recent journal articles involving ultrasound in clinical practice and discuss them with the ultrasound director • Understand how to incorporate point of care emergency ultrasound into clinical practice • Practice bedside ultrasound teaching skills with medical students currently rotating in the department • Focus particularly on advanced point of care ultrasound applications, including dedicated musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and endovaginal sonography • Prepare a lecture for didactic conference on an advanced point of care ultrasound case of the month topic of your choosing with the assistance of the ultrasound director Clinical Experience: Time will be spent largely in performing ultrasounds in the emergency department. Plan to spend at least 5 hours per day on average, five days per week in the emergency department performing bedside point-of-care ultrasounds. All training exams must be performed under direct supervision of an ultrasound credentialed faculty or with a confirmatory study. The resident will focus on completing the ACEP’s credentialing requirement of 25 exams per indication (for all 11 indications, this is a total of 275 exams). 125 additional exams, at minimum, are expected to be obtained and uploaded to the QPath by the end of the elective ultrasound rotation. Scans must be reviewed in QPath and submitted for Q&A to the ultrasound director for credit. You should also plan to keep a running log of MRNs of patients you have scanned and ultrasounds performed for Q&A purposes. Didactic Experience: Educational conferences are held for 4.5 hours every Thursday (please refer to the educational conference schedule). The resident is expected to attend conference as they would if they were formally working in the department. The resident is also expected as detailed above to prepare and present an Ultrasound Case of the Month lecture. Evaluation/Feedback: Dr. Damewood will be the supervising faculty during this elective and will be overseeing the Q&A process as well as assisting with the formal presentation for conference. There will be an end-rotation meeting to discuss the educational objectives and completion of educational goals with the ultrasound director. The resident will also discuss logistics of this rotation and ways to improve it in the future at the end of the rotation. Rotation Contacts: Dr. Sara Damewood, Ultrasound Director – [email protected] .