World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education

I am currently attending the 1st World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education in Columbia, SC.  Day 1 was very educational: discussions of how to use point of care ultrasound can be used in areas outside of the hospital was the most interesting:

• EMS use to expedite trauma care by performing the FAST exam en route has been shown to reduce time to the OR.  
• Incorporation of ultrasound into medical school curriculum can increase the understanding or both anatomy and physiology in the first 2 years of medical school.  
• Ultrasound use in areas where other imaging technologies are either impractical, unaffordable or unavailable such as disaster areas, free rural clinic and even in space (NASA). 

There have also been some cool lectures on simulation and ultrasound e-learning (this blog is both a low fidelity simulation and e-learning!).  I hope to learn some new stuff that we can use back in Jax.