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Introduction to Point-of-care Ultrasound workshop

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Date & Time

Saturday 15th March 2025 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Venue

RACGP Office, 100 Wellington Parade
East Melbourne, VIC 3002 Australia

Event Category

External event

Organiser

RACGP

CPD details

Educational Activities 5.0 hours
Measuring Outcomes 00 hours
Reviewing Performance 5.0 hours
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Date

Saturday 15th March 2025 @ 8:30 am 4:30 pm

Venue

100 Wellington Parade
East Melbourne, VIC 3002 Australia

Organiser

Educational
Activities

5

Reviewing
Performance

5

This full-day workshop will help increase your understanding of the applications of point-of-care ultrasound in the diagnostic process. Experts will guide you through the diverse applications of point-of-care ultrasound in rural primary care. You will be introduced to basic techniques using advanced, high-end mobile ultrasound equipment provided by our sponsor GE Healthcare.

The workshop is capped at 30 participants to allow increased hands-on experience. Participants will rotate through six ultrasound skills stations:
• eFast
• deep venous thrombosis
• heart and lung ultrasound
• intravenous line placement and foreign object retrieval
• musculoskeletal soft tissue
• first trimester transabdominal obstetric ultrasound.

CPD and grants
This workshop is an RACGP CPD Accredited Activity eligible for 10 CPD hours (5 hours Education Activity and 5 hours Reviewing Performance) and is approved for all categories of the Rural Procedural Grants Program.

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