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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
      • 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
    • 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. 

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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Resources: cpocus.ca, EDE Handbook, UBC POCUS Gallery

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