Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology: Innovative Practice for Advancing Health, will be held over 3 days on the UF Campus and will be delivered by UF and non-UF faculty. Our program will target physicians in practice, physicians in training and sonographers with both cutting-edge and current practice topics. It is designed to be practical and to give the participants tools to improve their practice and to understand the future direction of ultrasound for women’s health. While the primary delivery of content from the conference is designed to be in person participation, we will offer a hybrid option to expand the ability of others around the globe to join in participation. In addition, this year we are offering a special “Essentials of Fetal Echocardiography” full day course with a live scan demonstration to highlight the practical and theoretical aspects in order to enhance the prenatal detection of congenital heart defects. The program has been approved for up to 20.5 credits! For credit information, visit CME and CE Credit Info.
Target Audience
This course is designed for all sonologists who use ultrasound for screening and diagnosis in a clinical practice setting including physicians, fellows, residents, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse midwives, nurses and sonographers.
Learning Objectives
Update in Gynecology
Participants will:
- Learn how to optimize the Gyn Ultrasound Examination
- Learn how to approach pregnancies of unknown location and diagnose ectopic pregnancies
- Understand the new early pregnancy lexicon recommendations
- Use ultrasound in evaluating patients with fibroids and adenomyosis
- Optimize the evaluation of the infertile patient
- Learn the role of ultrasound in abnormal uterine bleeding
- Develop a systematic approach to evaluating adnexal masses
- Familiarize themselves with tricks to diagnosing adnexal torsion
- Enhance evaluating patients with endometriosis
- Learn how to optimize billing and coding
Update in Obstetrics
Participants will:
- Learn how to optimize the obstetric ultrasound examination
- Understand the use of ultrasound to assess CNS anomalies
- Recognize the key diagnostic characteristics of chest masses
- Learn a systematic approach to evaluating the GU system
- Familiarize themselves with the management of LUTO
- Recognize sonographic features of skeletal dysplasias
- Learn about in-utero fetal surgery present and future
- Understand the role of the midsagittal plane in the first trimester
- Learn about the latest in clinical genetics
- Learn when, how and what Doppler to use
- Understand the latest in the diagnosis and management of fetal growth restriction
- Understand how to assess cervical length
Essentials of Fetal Echo
Participants will:
- Test their knowledge of congenital heart defects pre- and post-course
- Learn the indications for a fetal echo
- Deep dive into the 4-chamber view and the 3-vessel trachea view
- Journey through the venous system
- Learn all about normal and abnormal cardiac rhythm
- Watch a live scan demo if a fetal echocardiogram
- Understand anomalies amenable to detection from the 4-chamber view
- Understand anomalies amenable to detection from the 3-vessel trachea view
- Test their knowledge with interactive case unknowns
- Learn the genetics of congenital heart defects