VanPOCUS - High Quality Ultrasound Education
VanPOCUS is a group of Vancouver-based ultrasound experts who are dedicated to providing high quality point of care ultrasound education at all levels of training and practice. From full year fellowships to single day conferences, VanPOCUS provides learning opportunities across a range of specialties and disciplines.
News - October 9, 2021
We kicked off the new fellowship year by having our fellows, Justin Burton (left) and Nik Humniski (model), teach in the annual UBC Medical Student Ultrasound Symposium. There was enthusiastic turnout from members of the UBC Ultrasound Club, and we had teaching help from Tracy Morton (POCUS lead for the Rural Coordination Centre of BC) and Xin Liu (one of the R3 UBC emergency medicine residents).
News - September 1, 2021
Matthew Douglas-Vail, one of the R4 UBC emergency medicine residents, just published this case report of a clot in transit in the Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine. His point of care echo images are impressive!
News - August 4, 2021
Our recent fellowship grad, Zafrina Poonja, just had this CJEM “Just the Facts” paper published on ultrasound guided arthrocentesis. It provides a concise review of the rationale for using ultrasound guidance and describes the technique. It is accompanied by this handy infographic you can refer to at the bedside.
News - August 1, 2021
Riley Golby, one of the R5 UBC emergency medicine residents, just published this Annals of Emergency Medicine “Images” case of a patient with ischemic ventricular septal rupture. It’s freely available as an open access article, so check it out!
News - July 26, 2021
We brought the old ultrasound crew back together again to run the R1 POCUS FUNdamentals workshop. Thanks to former fellows Tommy Merth, Jen Chao, and Abdullah Hammad for providing excellent bedside instruction!
News - July 23, 2021
Former fellow Véronique Dion published her first 1st-author study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. We performed a prospective observational study of 20 PEM physicians examining 71 children aged 4 to 10 years old. We compared the PEM physician’s identification of the distal fibular physis based on physical exam compared to the position of the distal fibular physis on ultrasound (the criterion standard). Their ability to identify the distal fibular physis by physical exam was poor - only 34%. This should call into question the diagnosis of Salter-Harris type 1 fractures.