MSK Ultrasound Training Course - SonoSim

MSK Clinical Ultrasound Training

Learn how to use ultrasound to evaluate commonly encountered musculoskeletal ( MSK ) conditions. Sonographic characteristics of musculoskeletal tissues are described, as are the imaging techniques and scanning approaches utilized in MSK ultrasound.
CME Credits:
3.25
Cases:
10
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:

  • Hard & Soft Tissue Anatomy
  • Sonographic Anatomy of Muscles, Bone, Tendons & Joints
  • Sonographic Technique for Imaging Bone, Muscles, Tendons, and Joints
  • Case Studies including Psoas Hematoma, Achilles Rupture, Hip Effusion, Banker’s Cyst, Fractures and More
  • Pearls & Pitfalls in Using Ultrasound to Evaluate the Musculoskeletal System

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 10 real patient scanning cases in this module include and cover:

  • Patient Types: Adult Only, Male & Female
  • Relevant Findings/Pathology: Normal Adult Male & Female Patients; Adult Femur Fracture Patient; Proximal Tibial Fracture Patient; Severe Knee Osteoarthritis Patient; Distal Ulnar & Radial Fracture Patients; Distal Tibial & Fibular Fracture Patients; Severe Knee Effusion Case
  • Doppler & Imaging Modes: Color-Flow Doppler, Pulsed-Wave Doppler
  • Transducer Types: Linear
  • Special Case Features: Split-Screen Images: Radiographs; Anatomic Layer Removal

Continued Medical Education

Musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasound has a wide variety of applications for evaluation of emergent, acute, and chronic processes. Dynamic imaging, such as ultrasound imaging of a musculotendinous unit while taking it through its normal range of motion, is unique to ultrasonography and can provide valuable diagnostic information. The Musculoskeletal (MSK): Core Clinical Ultrasound Module teaches one how to use sonography to assess the muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, joints, and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form. The course begins with an introduction to musculoskeletal sonography and its fundamental principles. It then reviews the anatomy and physiology of commonly encountered MSK components. Sonographic anatomy of relevant structures is also presented. Sonographic methods for evaluating normal and pathologic MSK conditions are discussed, including optimal transducer selection, imaging techniques, and scanning approaches. The course concludes with imaging tips and pitfalls, a series of case studies, and a summary of salient teaching points. One develops the requisite cognitive task awareness and visuospatial skills required to perform sonographic evaluations of the musculoskeletal system through 10 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 3.25 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 3.25 hours of ACEP Category I credit.

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