Hands-On Courses - Additional Registration Fee Required
Pat Fulgham, MD
Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
Lewis Chan, MD
University of Sydney
Majid Eshghi, MD,FACS,MBA
New York Medical College
Tillmann Loch, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology, Diako Flensburg, University Teaching Hospital
Christopher Porter, MD
MD
Virginia Mason Medical Center/Univ Washington
Stephen Savage, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Eric Singer, MD, MA
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Craig Smith, IV, MD
Urologist
University of Illinois
Edouard Trabulsi, MD, FACS
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Phillip Wise, MD
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Urologists have an established history of the use of ultrasound in clinical practice. The availability of affordable, high-quality ultrasound instruments has permitted urologists to add renal, scrotal and bladder examinations to transrectal ultrasound of the prostate as part of the office practice of urology. Image-guided treatments such as cryotherapy and brachytherapy of the prostate and ablative therapies of renal tumors are also ultrasound dependent. Medicare utilization data demonstrates that urologists perform more residual urine determinations by ultrasound, scrotal ultrasound and renal ultrasound than any other specialist.
This course is designed to provide urologists and urology residents with the knowledge and basic skills necessary for performing urologic ultrasound. This one-day offering combines online training and testing (pre-course) with on-site, hands-on instruction in kidney, bladder, prostate and scrotal ultrasound. Participants are evaluated by didactic testing and direct observation by faculty members to determine if they have met the course objectives. Attendees who demonstrate the hands-on skills and who pass the didactic tests, both online and on-site, will receive a CME Level 2 certificate. Proficiency and facility in performing specific ultrasound examinations will be achieved by subsequently applying these acquired skills in clinical practice.
With the establishment of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Accreditation Program for Ultrasound in the Practice of Urology and the trend toward 3rd party payers requiring documentation of training, the AUA Hands-On Urologic Ultrasound courses provide an avenue for urologists to meet the training guidelines for the performance of ultrasound in the practice of urology.