Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Upper and Lower Extremities 2019 (Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute) (Videos + Exam-mode Quiz)

Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Upper and Lower Extremities

Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Upper and Lower Extremities 2019 (Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute) (Videos + Exam-mode Quiz) Course is designed to increase knowledge and competence in order to better perform and/or interpret upper and lower extremity musculoskeletal ultrasound. This course is made up of twelve (12) modules, online video lectures, case presentations, and online interactive post-module exams.

Enrollment is valid for 12 months (365 days) and begins the moment the participant is enrolled. Extend your online course access another 3 months with the addition of an onsite hands-on workshop or registration for a regularly scheduled GCUS scan workshop.

OBJECTIVES

Increase the participant’s knowledge to better perform and/or interpret MSK ultrasound examinations.

List the indications, benefits, and limitations of MSK ultrasound for sports medicine injuries, physical medicine & rehabilitation, and rheumatology applications.

Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.

Demonstrate scanning protocols for performing shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, knee, ankle/foot & hip ultrasound examinations.

Identify normal anatomy during musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging.

Identify the sonographic appearance of commonly seen pathology of the shoulder, knee, elbow, wrist/ hand, ankle and foot, and hip.

Demonstrate the use of MSK sonography for diagnosis and ultrasound-guided interventions and describe “in-plane” and “out of plane” injection/aspiration techniques.

Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques & interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy

AUDIENCE

Physicians, PA’s, sonographers and other medical professionals who will be involved with performing and/or interpreting diagnostic MSK ultrasound examinations. Physicians may include (but is not limited to) radiology, sports medicine, orthopedics, PM & R, Rheumatology, Primary Care, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and emergency medicine

TOPICS

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging Fundamentals and Tissue Characterization

Ultrasound Evaluation of the Shoulder

Ultrasound Evaluation of Shoulder Pathology

Ultrasound Evaluation of the Normal Elbow

Ultrasound Evaluation of Elbow Pathology

Ultrasound Evaluation of the Hand and Wrist

Ultrasound Evaluation of Hand/Wrist Pathology

Ultrasound Evaluation of the Knee

Ultrasound Evaluation of Knee Pathology

Ultrasound Evaluation of the Foot & Ankle Normal and Pathology

Ultrasound Evaluation of the Hip

Ultrasound-Guided Injection Techniques in Musculoskeletal Medicine

Date of Original Release: 10/7/2019

This edition valid for credit through: 10/7/2022