Since October 2023, Heersink School of Medicine’s Department of Medical Education has hosted several faculty training sessions in partnership with the Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI). GUSI aims to ...

IM Residents Drs. Brian Westbrook and Carl Zainaldin recently used Point of Care Ultrasound to diagnose a dangerous tension pneumothorax—air trapped in the chest that compresses the lungs and heart.

For a hospitalized patient who is experiencing shortness of breath, time is of the essence. There could be many potential causes — the patient’s heart may not be pumping well, there could be an ...

Educating nurse practitioners, physician's assistans, and physicians how to better use their ultrasound units can help enhance patient care across the state. The University of Wyoming is providing ...

Kansas City University (KCU) is revolutionizing medical education by becoming a leader in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training. In collaboration with Butterfly Network, Inc. (“Butterfly”) (NYSE: ...

A frequent concern among clinicians new to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is the risk of malpractice. This fear often arises from equating POCUS with radiology-performed ultrasounds. Many worry that ...

The current state of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) use and education in neonatal–perinatal medicine (NPM) and pediatric critical care medicine (PCCM) is unknown. Our aim was to quantify POCUS ...

HAMBURG, Germany and ROCKVILLE, Md., June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- e Sono (by 3B Scientific), a globally recognized leader in clinical ultrasound simulation, and the POCUS Certification Academy, a ...

Sonographer performing ultrasound on girls leg. Is it realistic to add point-of-care ultrasound training to the curriculum of entry-level PA programs or should this be taught in a CME, post-graduate, ...

Oct. 15—Kansas City University's Joplin campus is taking a lead role in new kinds of medical education by becoming the first medical school in the country to offer an elective in "point-of-care ...