The late, great Kirk Spencer, who risked his reputation as a cardiologist to put cardiac ultrasound in the hands of non-cardiologists in 2013, taught me almost 10 years ago that I was not doing “echo” at the bedside. I was doing FOCUS. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23711341/

Glad to report that we successfully solved and averted the 2023 #POCUS Zombie Apocalypse! Couldn't have done it without this great group of dedicated faculty! Linda Kurian Ria Dancel, MD Brandon Boesch and Jerry Salame! Also can't forget everyone else below! #SHMConverge23

Strange happenings indeed...🧟‍♂️

Another great Essentials in Critical Care ultrasound course CHEST HQ is in the books! Thank you to all the wonderful faculty from CHEST and Society of Hospital Medicine! Amiksodhi Benji Mathews, MD MBA Charlie LoPresti and many others!

Not only an internationally recognized leader in POCUS who has helped develop multiple position statements; Nilam Soni has helped developed nearly every recognized #IMPOCUS faculty at some point in their career. This guy redefines the meaning of mentorship.

Another great turnout for #AIMW22 #IMPOCUS ! This time an open forum. See the below response when asked who felt they would benefit from formal guidelines on curriculum from a major IM medical society. It's time to give these folks some real tools!

Standing room only at #AIMW22 for #IMPOCUS advancement. Nice presentation around integration of POCUS into the traditional physical exam by Nilan Schnure, MD, Amiran Baduashvili, Brandon Fainstad and Cameron Baston MD

Telehealth has expanded care in this pandemic but good physical exam still important. Pt sent from clinic to ED. 68 yo m-no prior med care found to have lrg pulsatile abd mass. André Martin Mansoor Med Peds Hospitalist Stanford Medicine 25 Avraham Z. Cooper, MD #POCUS #FOAMed #MedEd #FOAMus #MedTwitter

In addition to the below, it was great to see that 93% of responding PDs felt POCUS training was a medium to high priority for residents' preparation for future clinical practice (n=260). The #IMPOCUS movement has come a long way!

The Lancet Commission on diagnostics recommends #POCUS to help bridge the worldwide gap in access to diagnostics. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

A real dream come true! Full day #IMOOCUS precouse for AAIM

Way to go David Tierney! A great narrative on how we practically integrate #IMPOCUS into the care of an acutely dyspnic patient. Many pearls around both the strengths and limitations of POCUS in this setting

Excited to show the results of Dipika Gopal, MD ‘s work with our IM residents and the POCUS curriculum

Are you in?

Join Us!
*Wed, June 16th 4p EST
*POCUS Webinar on US Guided Procedures + Procedure Service
*Link: bit.ly/POCUSchat

Speakers:
Dr. Ria Dancel Ria Dancel, MD
Dr. Ricardo Franco

Ask your Qs. Should be fun & informative discussion!

#POCUSchat
Society of Hospital Medicine

The VA store is amazing. I once sent a patient to the waiting room while his eyes were dilating. He left for 10 minutes and came back with a drone

How impactful can a 2.5 day basic #POCUS course be for untrained faculty? Check out our #VHA longitudinal data from the national POCUS course which has been ongoing since 2016! Nilam Soni Jeremy Boyd

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32931765/

Docs in-practice retained #POCUS skills 8 months after a #CME course. Brief courses can help bridge the #POCUS training gap. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32931765/ Charlie LoPresti Jeremy Boyd Pitt Critical Care Medicine UT Health San Antonio PCCM

We are so lucky to have a state of the art sim center complete with tons of new ultrasounds at our allied VA, AND top notch educators like Paul Shaniuk and Charlie LoPresti. Its not hocus pocus...but it does feel pretty magical!