STFM regularly hosts 1-day virtual workshops designed to help you implement Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) teaching at your residency program! POCUS Launchpad: Navigating Logistics of Implementing Ultrasound in Residency Training will equip you with the leadership strategies, financial insights, and technical knowledge to advocate for POCUS and integrate it seamlessly into your practice.Whether you're looking to begin offering POCUS at your program or to strengthen existing POCUS offerings, you won't want to miss this workshop.Note: The next workshop is scheduled for Friday, October 16.
POCUS Virtual Workshop for Family Medicine Educators
Join STFM for a 1-day virtual workshop designed to help you implement Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) teaching at your residency program. The next workshop is scheduled for October 16, 2026.
POCUS Virtual Workshop Schedule
The first half of the day will cover crucial topics like engaging leadership, crafting effective proposals, and evaluating carts and handhelds, with breakout sessions covering the morning's topics. During the second half of the day, the group will dive into credentialing, billing, reviewing residents' images, and curriculum design, followed by a panel discussion to Q&A session.
POCUS Virtual Workshop Agenda
- Advocating as a POCUS Champion
- Financial Arguments for POCUS
- Review of Handhelds and Cart-Based Machines
- Small-Group Breakout Session
- Credentialing
- Billing
- Importance of Educational Image Review
- Panel: Curriculum Comparison
- Q&A
Testimonials From Past POCUS Virtual Workshop Attendees
"The STFM POCUS Virtual Workshop was a great opportunity to connect with POCUS champions from other programs that were in a similar place and working toward similar goals. We were facing many of the same challenges, and it was helpful to hear what others were doing and what had worked at their institutions. I came away with practical ideas for implementing POCUS at my own program, including how to advocate for the dedicated time and support needed to make it successful."
"One of the biggest challenges faced for POCUS implementation is the lack of resources. The virtual workshop provided great insight into how to advocate for the time, obtain the equipment through the way that it can be billed for and will pay for itself, and market POCUS as the next major advancement in primary care. It gave me an edge to advance POCUS in an urban-underserved program that otherwise would not have the resources."
