USPRM COURSE PROGRAM BASIC

Workshop target audience

  • Medical practitioners
  • Students
  • Trainees

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of these courses, the participants will be able to:

▪ discuss the advantages/disadvantages of diagnosticmusculoskeletal ultrasound
▪ recognize the ultrasonographic appearance of various(ab)normal tissues of the musculoskeletal system
▪ have an overview on ultrasonographic examination of theshoulder, elbow, wrist/hand,  knee and ankle/foot (pathologies)
▪ discuss the advantages/disadvantages of interventionalultrasound
▪ recognize the ultrasonographic appearance/localization of various nerves and muscles of the upper/lower limbs
▪ have an overview on specific interventions (e.g. spine)

Instructors (alphabetical order)

Ahmed El-Oumri, Amit Bhargava, Berkan Abacıoğlu, BerkayYalçınkaya, Carmelo Pirri,

Chris Visco, Fatih Tok, Fazıl Aksakal, Furkan Çolak, HasanOcak, Jakub Jacisko, Jorge Barbosa, Kamal Mezian, Levent Özçakar, Navita Nyvas, Nimish Mittal, Pelin Analay,

Online lecturers (alphabetical order)

Ke-Vin Chang, Murat Kara, Bayram Kaymak, Buğra İnce, Vincenzo Ricci, Chueh-Hung Wu

 

During the two days;

the participants will be studyingsonographic examination of the six joints in the Basic side. They will be dealing with pathologies and interventions of theupper/lower limb joints, nerves and muscles in the Advancedside. Further, participants will also be listening to state-of-the-art lectures on innervation zone targeting (in spasticity), diagnosing sarcopenia and spine imaging/interventions in theAdvanced side.  

In both courses, the program comprises hands-on practicalsessions as well as theoretical teaching. Of note, allparticipants (6-7 per machine) will have the chance to workunder the supervision of several experienced instructorsduring the practical sessions.

Upon completion of the two days; 

• those who have attended all (theoretical and practical) sessions will have the right to enter the evaluation as described below
• the 1st part will comprise 25 multiple-choice questions (3 points each) 
• the 2nd part will be practical whereby each participant willbe expected to ‘appropriately‘ demonstrate five structures(5 points each)
• those who score 70 or more will be considered successful
• subjects will be required to score at least 50% of the total score from each part e.g. getting a score of 75 from thewritten part will not let the subject ‘waive‘ the practicalpart

 

PROGRAM

13.30​​ Evaluation of the elbow​​​​

13.45​​ Practice

15.00​​ Coffee break

15.30 ​​Evaluation of the wrist/hand​

15.45 ​​Practice​​

17.00​​ Closing

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