Northeastern University's Hands-on Ultrasound Symposium for Frontline Providers

Topics Include:

• History and basics of ultrasound outside of radiology
• Knobology of the ultrasound
• Hands-on training for pulmonary, cardiovascular, abdominal/renal, and musculoskeletal ultrasound

Target Audience

• Primary Care Physicians
• Sports Medicine Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nurses
• Allied Health Professionals
• Physical Therapists

This course may also be of interest to physicians who practice in critical care and trauma, emergency medicine, family medicine, geriatrics, hospice and palliative medicine, internal medicine, orthopedics, pain medicine, pediatrics and adolescent medicine, physical medicine & rehabilitation, radiology, rheumatology, and physiatry.

Course Directors

Gian Corrado, MD

• Head Team Physician, Northeastern University
• Associate Program Director, Medical Sports Medicine Fellowship, Boston Children's Hospital
• Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Maura Daly Iverson, PT, DPT, SD, MPH, FNAP, FAPTA

• Associate Dean, Clinical Education, Rehabilitation and New Initiatives, Bouve College of Health Sciences
• Professor and Director of Rehabilitation and Epidemiology Trainee Program, Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences
• Behavioral Scientist and Clinical Epidemiologist, Department of Medicine, Section of Clinical Sciences, Harvard Medical School

1. Identify and interpret terminology specific to the use of ultrasound in a medical setting.
2. Understand the theory and basic physics of ultrasound and its use in a medical setting.
3. Describe transducer types, and ultrasound functions and techniques.
4. For each system, demonstrate basic and advanced image optimization.
5. For each system, demonstrate use of different fields of view.
6. Demonstrate understanding of basic pulmonary, cardiovascular, abdominal, renal, and musculoskeletal anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology.
7. Identify ultrasonographic characteristics of pulmonary, cardiovascular, abdominal, renal, and musculoskeletal pathophysiology.
8. Identify ultrasonographic artifact.
9. Demonstrate ability to obtain accurate views of pulmonary, cardiovascular, abdominal, renal, and musculoskeletal anatomy.
10. Accurately identify anatomical structures, physiologic characteristics, and pathophysiology.

Programme available online here

Registration available online here

• All Professions (Except Students and Trainees) Early Bird*: $495.00
• All Professions (Except Students and Trainees): $595.00
• Trainee/Student Early Bird*: $295.00
• Trainee/Student: $395.00

*Early bird rates expire March 1, 2019.

Registration and Refund Policy

• Registration by credit card: Select the "Register" tab at the top of this page and fill out the registration forms. Please note: online registration works best on a desktop computer or laptop, if experiencing registration issues while using a mobile device or tablet, try switching to another device.
• Registration by check (draft on a United States bank): Please make checks payable to Boston Children’s Hospital and contact the continuing education department at [email protected] to discuss payment.
• Registration via telephone and fax are not permitted. Registration with cash payment is not permitted.

If you have questions or issues with registration, please contact the continuing education office via email: [email protected].

Upon receipt of your paid registration, an email confirmation from the Boston Children’s office will be sent to you. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently. Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation and certificate.

Fifty-percent (50%) refunds will be issued for all cancellations received prior to the start of the course. Refund requests must be received by postal mail, email or telephone. “No shows” are subject to the full course fee, and no refunds will be issued once the conference has started.