HCMC Bedside Ultrasound Elective Clerkship

Catalog Description: This 4-week elective will allow EM-bound students to explore bedside ultrasound through clinical shifts in the emergency department. Students will join ultrasound fellowship-trained attendings for at least 12 clinical shifts, performing ultrasounds on patients in the ED at Hennepin County Medical Center.

This is a hands-on course that requires much more than just knowledge obtained from lectures or videos. While actual ultrasound images can be relatively easy to interpret, obtaining them takes skill which takes practice. Physicians may ultimately obtain similar images but their approach and technique will vary. These skills are best obtained by working clinically with EM faculty physicians who have had fellowship training in emergency point-of-care ultrasound.

Syllabus

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

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Typical weekly schedule/Delivery Mode:  Wednesday morning image review, Thursday morning conference, ~3 clinical scanning shifts per week

Direct patient care:  Yes

Consent Requirement: Arranged--must email course coordinator.   

Grading Scale: H/E/S/N

Allow repetition of course: Repetition not allowed

Course equivalency: EMMD 7512