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    • Home
    • About
    • Knobology
      • What is Ultrasound
      • Cardinal Movements
      • Ultrasound Modes
    • Cardiac
      • Basic Cardiac Views
      • LV Function
      • RV Function
      • Aortic Regurgitation
      • Aortic Stenosis
      • Mitral Regurgitation
      • Tricuspid Regurgitation
    • Lung
      • Lung Assessment
      • Pneumothorax
      • Pleural Effusion
    • Volume Status
      • JVP
      • IVC
    • Abdomen/Renal
      • FAST exam
      • Hydronephrosis
    • Advanced
      • THI/Dynamic Range
      • Velocity Time Integral
      • LVOT VTI
      • VEXUS
    • GIM Fellows
    • POCUS Selective
    • Contact
  • Home
  • About
  • Knobology
    • What is Ultrasound
    • Cardinal Movements
    • Ultrasound Modes
  • Cardiac
    • Basic Cardiac Views
    • LV Function
    • RV Function
    • Aortic Regurgitation
    • Aortic Stenosis
    • Mitral Regurgitation
    • Tricuspid Regurgitation
  • Lung
    • Lung Assessment
    • Pneumothorax
    • Pleural Effusion
  • Volume Status
    • JVP
    • IVC
  • Abdomen/Renal
    • FAST exam
    • Hydronephrosis
  • Advanced
    • THI/Dynamic Range
    • Velocity Time Integral
    • LVOT VTI
    • VEXUS
  • GIM Fellows
  • POCUS Selective
  • Contact

Queen's POCUS Elective

Due to limited capacity, we are currently only available to local Core Internal Medicine and General Internal Medicine trainees. If you are interested, please contact us.

Core Learning Components

Skill Development

Skill Development

Skill Development

  • Develop your scanning  technique with dedicated time focused on image acquisition. 
  • Engage in case-based learning by reviewing your own, and others’, POCUS studies on a weekly basis.

Researcher

Skill Development

Skill Development

  • Review landmark POCUS papers as a group during weekly journal club sessions.
  • Find supportive and dedicated faculty mentors and engage in POCUS oriented research. 

Teacher

Skill Development

Teacher

  • Act as a near-peer educator and assist in POCUS teaching sessions within both the UGME and PGME.
  • Opportunity to present at the monthly QSONIC interdisciplinary ultrasound teaching rounds. 

Daily Structure

POCUS Consult Workflow

Each weekday begins with a morning check-in with the overnight team at 7:30 AM. POCUS consults are available to the GIM Consult Team and all eight inpatient Medicine Teams throughout the day, until 3:00 PM daily. Learners perform POCUS examinations and suggest clinical management plans based on their findings, which are reviewed in collaboration with POCUS Faculty.

Teaching Schedule
Formal teaching sessions occur twice weekly: Bedside Scanning Teaching takes place on Monday mornings, while Weekly Image Review and Journal Article Discussion are held on Friday afternoons.

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