Intestinal Ultrasound - Biliary Ultrasound - Gallbladder Ultrasound - SonoSim

Intestinal & Biliary Clinical Ultrasound Training

Learn how to capture, identify, and interpret ultrasound-derived imagery of the gastrointestinal system. Perform and evaluate ultrasound imaging used to screen for various gastrointestinal pathologies, including intussusception, appendicitis, cholelithiasis, and small bowel obstruction. Optimal transducer selection, imaging techniques, and scanning approaches are covered.
CME Credits:
4.5
Cases:
20
Price US$599.00
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How it Works

Each SonoSim module contains:

  • A Didactic, Cloud-Based, Multimedia Course
  • Real-Time Knowledge Checks & a Mastery Test
  • A Series of Hands-On, Real Patient Scanning Cases Accessed with the SonoSimulator® Ultrasound Probe

The SonoSimulator Ultrasound Probe is a one-time purchase and is your access key to the SonoSim modules you license annually. License to each module is purchased in the first year, and maintained with an annual membership fee. Keep scanning and maintain all your member benefits, including annual access to all your modules, with your low annual membership fee of $295 (complimentary in your first year).

Course Highlights

SonoSim cloud-based, multimedia, didactic courses are created by leading ultrasound experts, and are internet accessible immediately after purchase, on any device. There are knowledge checks with real-time feedback throughout each course, as well as a Mastery Test that is automatically graded.

The course in this module covers topics including:

  • Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Application
  • Anatomy of the GI-Tract, Gallbladder & Biliary System
  • Sonographic Anatomy of the Gastrointestinal Tract, including Bowel Gas, Appendicitis & Intussusception
  • Sonographic Anatomy of the Gallbladder & Biliary System
  • Sonographic Techniques
  • Case Studies Evaluating & Diagnosing Small Bowel Obstruction, Pathological Gas, Appendicitis, Intussusception, Cholelithiasis, and other Gallbladder cases
  • Pearls & Pitfalls in Evaluating the Intestinal & Biliary Systems with Ultrasound

SonoSimulator Scanning Cases

The SonoSimulator® helps develop and maintain the critical visuomotor and visuospatial skills that are central to image acquisition and interpretation with real patient imagery, expert tutorials on-demand, and real-time feedback on success.

The 20 real patient scanning cases in this module include and cover:

  • Patient Types: Adult Only, Male & Female
  • Relevant Findings/Pathology: Normal Adult Patient; Multiple Cholelithiasis Cases; Acute Calculous Cholecystitis Patient; Ascites in an End-Stage Liver Disease Patient; Steatohepatitis (Fatty Liver) Patient; Multiple Acute Appendicitis Cases; Multiple Small Bowel Obstruction Cases; Intra-Abdominal Mass Case
  • Transducer Types: Linear, Curvilinear
  • Special Case Features: Compression

Continued Medical Education

The role of ultrasound in imaging the gastrointestinal system continues to evolve. While computed tomography (CT) remains the primary method for imaging the abdominal cavity, cost considerations, radiation risks, and improved ultrasound image quality continue to fuel the emergence of well-defined, gastrointestinal tract ultrasound applications. The Intestinal/Biliary: Core Clinical Ultrasound Module begins with an overview of intestinal and biliary anatomy. The course reviews basic sonographic anatomy from the esophagus to the rectum. Transducer selection, scanning approaches, and imaging techniques are discussed. The course concludes with ultrasound imaging tips and pitfalls and a summary of salient teaching points. One is able to develop the requisite cognitive task awareness and visuospatial skills required to perform sonographic evaluations of the gastrointestinal system through 20 different hands-on simulation cases.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians, and SonoSim, Inc. The American College of Emergency Physicians is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Emergency Physicians designates this enduring material for a maximum of 4.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 4.5 hours of ACEP Category I credit.

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