Point of Care Ultrasound Office Hours - ABA Patient Safety MOC Eligible 2024

Point of Care Ultrasound encompasses a series of ultrasound examinations including transthoracic echocardiography and intravascular volume assessment, as well as lung, abdominal, and peripheral vascular ultrasound. Collectively, POCUS is an essential tool for the anesthesiologist which allows for the acquisition of ultrasound images non-invasively (as compared to transesophageal echocardiography) in multiple settings, including perioperative emergencies, to evaluate and diagnose multiple pathologies. The Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training will have three main components: reviewing 10 hours of enduring material on POCUS, an in-person half a day session at CELA that includes both hands on workshop as well as case-based discussion, and two hour hands on follow up sessions at CELA. The objective of the course would be: 1) Demonstrate acquisition and technical skills required for basic focused cardiac, lung and abdominal ultrasound for perioperative use. 2) Diagnose common perioperative clinical problems encountered in the perioperative environment with the aid of basic focused ultrasound. 3) Gain familiarity with point-of-care ultrasound machines.

Office Hours will take place in CELA or in the PACU.

1. Diagnose common perioperative clinical problems encountered in the perioperative environment with the aid of basic focused ultrasound.
2. Demonstrate acquisition and technical skills required for basic focused cardiac ultrasound.
3. Identify how to integrate Point of Care Ultrasound into daily clinical practice.
4. Demonstrate acquisition and technical skills required for basic focused lung ultrasound.
5. Gain familiarity with point-of-care ultrasound machines.
6. Demonstrate acquisition and technical skills required for basic focused abdominal ultrasound.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity offers up to 10.00 CME credits, of which 10.00 credits contribute the patient safety CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive CME or MOCA® credit for this course, the evaluation component must be completed. To receive MOCA® credit, the evaluation must be completed by November 30th. Any evaluations completed after this date will award CME credit only. Evaluations can be found in your CloudCME portal under the Evaluations & Certificates tab. After you have completed the evaluation, make sure to click the "Claim MOC" box for MOCA® credit if you have previously set up your account to award MOC II. If you do not hit the "Claim MOC" box, you will not be awarded MOCA credit for this enduring material. The CloudCME evaluation is separate from any Anesthesiology evaluation and is required for credit to be issued.

PLEASE NOTE: This course does not award MOC II, MOCA® or Patient Safety credit for the month of December. MOC credit can only be reported in the year in which the credit was earned.