Common Fake Outs in POCUS

ACP Alberta Chapter POCUS Education Council and CSIM

Present

Internal Medicine POCUS Webinar Series

Session 2: Common Fake Outs in POCUS

Accredited virtual workshop
October 25, 2023
7:00-8:00pm Eastern Time

Common Fake Outs in POCUS I
Dr. Ahmed Ibrahem, Internal Medicine Resident, University of Calgary
Dr. Leo Smyth, Clinical Lecturer, University of Calgary

Common Fake Outs in POCUS II
Dr. Greg Mints and Tanping Wong
Hospitalists at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital

Learning Objectives

By the end of the session, the participant will be able to:

Recognize common fake outs in POCUS that may result in false positive findings
Recognize common errors in image interpretation
Have a framework on how to differentiate true findings from artifacts

Registration

ACP and CSIM Members and Associates: Free
CSIM Members and Associates, consult the CSIM e-newsletter which will include your complimentary registration access code, or email info@csim.ca no later than the day before the session to request it.

Non-members: $20

Speakers

Dr. Ahmed Ibrahem, Internal Medicine Resident, University of Calgary, certified diagnostic medical sonographer

Dr. Tanping Wong, Hospitalist
Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital

Moderators

Dr. Leo Smyth, Clinical Lecturer
University of Calgary

Dr. Greg Mints, Hospitalist
Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital

Dr. Timothy Chan, General Internal Medicine physician, University of Alberta

Dr. Jonathan Houle, General Internal Medicine physician, McGill University Health Center

MOC Accreditation

View faculty and planning committee conflict of interest disclosures.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activities.
Claim your MOC credits at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Mainport site.

Accreditation Statement

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. This activity was approved by the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine.

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA credits can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme.

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners, healthcare practitioners participating in the QCHP CME/CPD program may record MOC Section 1 credits as QCHP Category 1 credits.

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology, Royal College MOC Section 1 credits are deemed to be substantively equivalent to EBAC CPD credits.

Information

Stayed tuned for details on the next session in this series!

Please direct any inquiries about this activity to Ms. Tabitha Carloni, ccacp@secretariatcentral.com.