Oregon Health & Science University is hosting its annual POCUS course, this time in collaboration with Society of Hospital Medicine. Have a patient with shortness of breath, abdominal pain, or a swollen leg? We can teach you to provide POCUS-informed care. Get hands on ultrasound practice in a 3:1 learner to faculty ration with nationally recognized POCUS educators.

Program highlights:

• Over 16 CME hours
• Credit for SHM POCUS certificate of completion
• Two separate courses to match your skill level

Whether you are brand new to POCUS or have taken previous courses and hoping to bring your skills to the next level, we have different options for different levels of skill with our Basic and Advanced tracts. If you have already completed your first course in the SHM POCUS COC, consider the Advanced course as a next step.

• Basic course
• Advanced course

Costs:

• $1499 for Society of Hospital Medicine Members
• $1599 for non-Society of Hospital Medicine Members
• $999 for students

Registration information to come.

Have specific questions? Contact us!

Course leadership and faculty

• James Anstey, M.D.
• Kevin Piro, M.D., FACP
• Christine Schutzer, B.S., RDMS, MEHP
• Aaron Silver, M.D.

Sept. 4, 2025 basic course sessions

• 7:30 a.m. Breakfast
• 8 a.m. Introduction
• 8:15 a.m. Building the Foundation/ IJV
• 8:45 a.m. Lecture: Abdominal Ultrasound
• 9:30 a.m. Break
• 9:45 a.m. Scanning Abdomen/IJV
• 10:30 a.m. Image Review Abdomen/IJV
• 11:15 a.m. Lecture: Lung/DVT Ultrasound
• 12:15 p.m. Lunch
• 1 p.m. Scanning Lung/DVT
• 1:45 p.m. Image Review Lung/DVT
• 2:30 p.m. Lecture Focused Cardiac Ultrasound
• 3:15 p.m. Break
• 3:30 p.m. Scanning Cardiac
• 4:15 p.m. Image Review Cardiac
• 5 p.m. Happy Hour/Meet an Expert

Sept. 5, 2025 basic course sessions

• 7:30 a.m. Breakfast
• 8 a.m. Day 1 Review
• 8:30 a.m. Lecture Cardiac: Right Heart/IVC/IJ
• 9:15 a.m. Image Review Cardiac and Right Heart
• 10 a.m. Break
• 10:15 a.m. Scanning Cardiac and Right Heart
• 11 a.m. Lecture: MSK/Procedures
• 11:45 a.m. Lunch
• 12:45 p.m. Image Review MSK/Procedures
• 1:30 p.m. Scanning MSK/Procedures
• 2:15 p.m. Putting it all together/ Clinical Cases
• 3 p.m. Break
• 3:15 p.m. Wrap Up Q/A: POCUS Education
• 4 p.m. Free Scan/Assessment

Sept. 4, 2025 advanced course sessions

• 8 a.m. Introduction
• 8:15 a.m. Anatomy and Tomographic Planes
• 9 a.m. Advanced Lung Ultrasound
• 9:30 a.m. Break
• 9:45 a.m. Clinical Syndromes: Volume Status
• 10:30 a.m. Scanning Cardiac/IVC/IJ and Lung
• 11:15 a.m. Clinical Syndrome Image Review: Volume Status
• 12:15 p.m. Lunch
• 1 p.m. Adv Abd Ultrasound
• 1:45 p.m. Scanning Cardiac/IVC/IJ and Abdominal
• 2:30 p.m. Image Review: Abdominal and Lung
• 3:15 p.m. Break
• 3:30 p.m. Intro to Doppler
• 4:15 p.m. Doppler and Free Scanning
• 5 p.m. Happy Hour/Meet an Expert

Sept. 5, 2024 advanced course sessions

• 7:30 a.m. Breakfast
• 8 a.m. Day 1 Review
• 8:30 a.m. Clinical Syndrome: Hypotension
• 9:15 a.m. Cardiac Scanning: PLAX, PSAX, AP4, SC w/ Advanced Techniques
• 10 a.m. Break
• 10:15 a..m. Clinical Syndrome Image Review: Hypotension
• 11 a.m. Clinical Syndrome: Dyspnea/Hypoxia
• 11:45 a.m. Lunch
• 12:45 p.m. Cardiac Scanning: PLAX, PSAX, AP4, SC w/ Advanced Techniques
• 1:30 p.m. Clinical Syndrome Image Review: Dyspnea/Hypoxia
• 2:15 p.m. Putting it all Together/ Advanced POCUS Cases
• 3 p.m. Break
• 3:15 p.m. Wrap Up Q/A: POCUS Education
• 4 p.m. Free Scan/Assessment