Emergency Medicine Boot Camp

Now You Can Attend the Original EM Boot Camp Workshops Without Registering for the Main Course!

Hands-On Emergency Ultrasound Workshop

Join us for an 8-hour, total immersion, hands-on program designed to jump-start a clinician towards becoming competent with the use of ultrasonography on a day-to-day basis in the ED.

Special Offer: Attend the July 23rd or December 10th Hands-on Ultrasound Workshop and receive FREE tuition to the Advanced EM Pharmacology Workshops (a $295 value!) on the following day, July 24th or December 11th. Please call our office at 1-800-458-4779 for more details.

Limited to 40 participants per full-day session. Register early while spots are open!

About the Workshop

The Original EM Boot Camp course now offers an optional full-day Hands-On Emergency Ultrasound Workshop. Come a day or two early and receive an immersive educational experience with ultrasound fellowship-trained emergency physicians.

Ultrasonography has become an essential skill expected of emergency clinicians. Formal training combined with the opportunity for intensive practice are the essential components in learning to be competent with ultrasonography in the emergency department.

  • Intensive, small group, 8-hour course
  • Faculty to participant ratio of 1:5
  • Emphasis on hands-on training
  • Large number of human models for instruction
  • All faculty fellowship-trained in ultrasonography
  • Specifically focused on emergency care
  • Simulators to demonstrate pathology
  • Extensive opportunities for supervised practice
  • Learn on cart-based and portable ultrasound systems
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Emergency Ultrasound Curriculum:

  • Handling US Machines and Probes (LG)
  • Small Group Assignments
  • Knobology / Artifacts (SG)
  • IV Access (Hand, Anticubital, Foot, Popliteal) (SG)
  • Central Vasculature (Jugular, Carotid, Femoral) (SG)
  • Bladder / Uterus (SG)
  • Kidneys (SG)
  • The Abdominal Quadrants (SG)
  • Subxiphoid Heart, Aorta (SG)
  • Heart (Multiple Views) / Lungs (SG)
  • Gall Bladder / Portal Triad (SG)
  • Needle Guidance Didactic and Demonstration (LG)
  • Skill Station 1 – eFAST (model and simulator) (SG)
  • Skill Station 2 – DVT / IV Access Simulator (SG)
  • Skill Station 3 – Echocardiography / IVC (model and simulator) (SG)
  • Skill Station 4 – RUSH Exam (SG)

(LG) = Large Group
(SG) = Small Group

Learn the Essentials of Bedside Ultrasonography in a Course Focused on Intensive Individualized Instruction by a Cadre of Emergency Ultrasound Experts.

Meet the Faculty

The faculty of the Emergency Ultrasonography Workshop are all ultrasound fellowship-trained emergency physicians who teach in some of the most prestigious emergency medicine training programs in the country. Under the leadership and direction of Doctor Teresa Liu, a course has been created that focuses on high-yield ultrasound procedures specifically focused on the ED patient.

Yiju Teresa Liu, MD

Yiju Teresa Liu, MD

Associate Director, Ultrasound Program
Department of Emergency Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California
2019 Recipient, Academy of Emergency Ultrasound Award

Alan Chiem, MD

Alan Chiem, MD

Director of Ultrasound
UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Timothy Jang, MD

Timothy Jang, MD

Director of Emergency Ultrasound
Department of Emergency Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

Monica Kumar, MD

Monica Kumar, MD

Emergency Physician
Los Alamitos Medical Center
Lakewood, California

Thomas Mailhot, MD

Thomas Mailhot, MD

Ultrasound Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Eleanor Ross Oakley, MD

Eleanor Ross Oakley, MD

Clinical Faculty
Department of Emergency Medicine
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

Kat Ogle, MD

Kat Ogle, MD

Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Emergency Department
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.

Dana Sajed, MD

Dana Sajed, MD

Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Jacqueline E. Shibata, MD

Jacqueline E. Shibata, MD

Physician Specialist
Emergency Department
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
Sylmar, California

Manpreet Singh, MD

Manpreet Singh, MD

Clinical Faculty
UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Workshop Dates & Duration

The optional full-day Hands-On Emergency Ultrasound Workshop is presented on the two days prior to the main course.

Special Offer: Attend the July 23rd or December 10th Hands-on Ultrasound Workshop and receive FREE tuition to the Advanced EM Pharmacology Workshops (a $295 value!) on the following day, July 24th or December 11th. Please call our office at 1-800-458-4779 for more details.

You will have the option of registering for either of the following full-day sessions.

Full-Day Session (Sunday, July 23rd, 8:00am-5:00pm)*
Full-Day Session (Monday, July 24th, 8:00am-5:00pm)*

Full-Day Session (Sunday, December 10th, 8:00am-5:00pm)*
Full-Day Session (Monday, December 11th, 8:00am-5:00pm)*

*Each full-day session can accommodate a maximum of 40 participants.

Tuition

Resident, PA, NP, RN tuition to register for the Hands-On Emergency Ultrasound Workshop is $895.
Physician tuition to register for the Hands-On Emergency Ultrasound Workshop is $995.

Registration Refund/Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be made to the Center for Medical Education via phone (800-458-4779), fax (610-454-9494) or email (support@ccme.org) and received no less than two months prior to the start of the workshop.

Because space is very limited for the ultrasound course, cancellations less than two months prior to the start of the workshop date registered for are subject to a $400 cancellation fee. If a replacement for a canceled registration is found, the fee will be reduced to $50.

No refunds will be given on or after the start date.

Live CME Accreditation

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) and The Center for Medical Education, Inc. The Center for Emergency Medical Education is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) designates this Live activity for a maximum of 7.50 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 7.5 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit.

The AOA automatically recognizes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ as AOA Category 2 credit.

Both PA and NP organizations recognize AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ as approved CME.

The Center for Medical Education, Inc., is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 12345

Target Audience

This activity is directed to nurse practitioners, physician assistants and primary care physicians working in the emergency room or urgent care.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants will be better able to:

  • Demonstrate to the instructors the proper use of ultrasound machines and their probes.
  • Demonstrate to the instructors the ability to perform each of the procedures to their satisfaction.
  • Demonstrate to the instructors the totality of the skills needed to begin the practice of ultrasonography in the emergency department and, by so doing, optimize patient care and outcomes.