Bedside Ultrasound

Catalog Description: This 4-week elective will allow students to explore bedside ultrasound both through clinical shifts in the emergency department, use of a loaned Butterfly ultrasound, and didactics via the GUSI virtual ultrasound platform. Students will join emergency medicine residents and ultrasound attendings for a minimum of 12 clinical shifts, performing ultrasounds on patients in the Emergency Departments of Regions Hospital, Fairview UMMC East and West Bank, and Hennepin Healthcare. Students will be individually paired with residents who will serve as mentors and evaluators during the rotation. The GUSI platform includes anatomy and physiology review, point-of-care ultrasound lectures, clinical ultrasound simulations, procedural simulations and numerous summative exams which evaluate ultrasound knowledge and image recognition.

Syllabus 

Note: Contact the Course Coordinator for any syllabi for previous years.

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Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode: M-S, varied shifts, including days, evenings and overnights, working directly with physicians, residents and patients

Direct patient care: Yes

Consent Requirement: Arranged. Please submit a request to schedule using the form linked below.

EMMD Arranged Electives Form

Grading Scale: H/E/S/N

Allow repetition of course:  Repetition not allowed

Course equivalency: Does not apply