Emergency Ultrasonography Medical Student Elective

Course Overview:

We offer senior medical students the opportunity to learn the important skill of bedside emergency ultrasound through a comprehensive month long course based in the Emergency Department at the New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Two students a month will be paired directly with the ultrasound faculty for an optimal learning experience.

Course Content:

Students will learn the traditional 6 approaches used in emergency ultrasound. These include trauma / FAST, gallbladder, kidney, cardiac, aorta and OB/GYN. In addition, students will have the opportunity to learn advanced applications like soft tissue/musculoskeletal, procedural, ocular, DVT and testicular ultrasound. Emphasis will be placed on intensive hands on bedside learning.

Course Goals:

By the end of the course, students will have learned skills in bedside emergency ultrasound that they can incorporate into their clinical care for their entire careers in clinical medicine. Students will assemble a book of interesting ultrasound images from patients seen in the emergency department complete with text explaining the case and how bedside ultrasound advanced the clinical care rendered. This book will serve as a type of visual thesis that students can refer back to during their future training.

Course Coordinator:

David Riley, MD, MS, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Director of Emergency Ultrasonography & Ultrasound Research
Attending Physician - Emergency Department
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
dr499@columbia.edu

Course Contact: Please contact Anne Hoffman at (212) 746-0892
or E mail at anh9015@nyp.org
Two students accepted per month.
Course Offered Through Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons

Free Online Ultrasound Education on the Web:

To take advantage of free online ultrasound education to complement the ultrasound elective, go to: www.cmedownload.com.

To Apply:

Columbia Medical Students please see the following site: http://vesta.cumc.columbia.edu/ps/electives/?page=view&id=19

Visiting Medical Students please see the following site: http://vesta.cumc.columbia.edu/ps/visiting/