Minnesota Chapter Meeting: October 11, 2025 -- POCUS Course
Topic
POCUS Course
Description
This course will be an essential experience for all clinicians who are interested in obtaining skills in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS); teaching POCUS principles, applications, and techniques. The course faculty have completed the national CHEST or SHM Certificate of Completion and many have taken and taught advanced ultrasound courses. The in-person course combines focused didactics and hands-on scanning sessions led by nationally recognized expert faculty from around the country. During the hands-on scanning sessions, course participants practice capturing specific ultrasound views of the heart, lungs, abdomen, and legs on live models. The course maximizes the hands-on practice scanning
with a low course participant to faculty ratio and the curriculum is designed to teach the highest yield POCUS applications for clinicians. The hands-on sessions are complemented by lectures to improve the participants' knowledge of the indications, technical skills, and clinical integration of bedside ultrasound. The curriculum has been fine-tuned over years to maximize learning.
This course counts toward the certificate of completion program for SHM.
Faculty
Kreegan Reierson, MD
Brandon Boesch, DO, FHM
Scott Biggerstaff, DO
Nick Boysen, MD
Ria Dancel, MD, FAAP, FACP, FHM
Meltiady Issa, MD, FACP, MBA, SFHM
Charles LoPresti, MD, SFHM
Ankit Mehta, MD, MBBS, FHM, FACP
David Tierney, MD, FACP
- Dr. Tierney reports the following conflicts relevant to this activity: Advisory Committee/Board for Philips Healthcare, Bay Labs, and Echonous; Self-purchased stock options in Bay Labs and Echonous
Khuong Vuong, MD, FHM
Benji K. Mathews, MD, MBA, SFHM, FACP, CLHM
Disclosure
The faculty and planners of these activities have no relevant relationships to disclose. All relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.
Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this activity for a maximum of 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 14.75 CME - AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 14.75 Non-physician