Towards Level 2 - CEM Accreditation in Ultrasound
The 1st London Emergency Medicine
Level 2 Ultrasound Course

An advanced and practical course focussed on the use of Ultrasound in the assessment of critically ill patients designed for Acute Physicians, Anaesthetists, Intensivists and Emergency Physicians
organised in partnership with Infomed Research & Training, on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 April 2009,  
at Conference Centre, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London

Programme Director:

• Dr Tim Harris
  BM BS BMed Sci Dip O&G Dip Imme Care FACEM FFAEM
  Consultant Emergency Physician, Royal London Hospital

The Faculty includes:

• Dr Fraser E. Ingham, Consultant Radiologist Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
• Dr Paul Atkinson, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge and CEM Level 2 Board Chair
• Muaaze Ahmad, Consultant Radiologist, Barts and The London NHS Trust
• Dr Rosy Jalan, Consultant Radiologist, Barts and The London NHS Trust
• Dr Alistair Billington, Consultant in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Birmingham
• Dr Nicola Drake, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, St Thomas’ Hospital London
• Dr Romila Bahl, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University College Hospital, London

Course evaluation:

Please click on the image below to see the course feedback.
This evaluation is based upon 35% return of evaluation forms from 40 delegates:

Comments from Delegates

• Good lectures, good practical sessions, good food

• Good length of scanning practice, very good lunch

• Small groups able to ask questions, very practical

• Hands on practice, development of new skills, learning how to integrate new skills with every day practice

• Well organised, relevant, practical

• Lectures generally very knowledgeable about the topic. Good lunch

• Clear lectures, plenty of time to practice, enthusiastic faculty

• Faculty ware very supportive, good organisation

• Lectures and practical, venue, food

• Friendly, knowledgeable faculty, plenty of scanning stations so no waiting

• DVT, practical and ECHO

• Lots of hands on, small groups, good food

What impact will this event have on your future?

• Confident at level 2 scanning

• More knowledgeable about possibilities issues

• Improve my practice. Use to teach juniors

• Improve my knowledge, corrected my mistakes. Motivated to use USS scan more

• Will attempt to cover much more than FAST

• Will allow me to take the basics of level 2 practice and apply them to my work

• Better understanding of possibilities and limits

• Using US more in my practice

• To expand my skills and to increase use of USS

• Much more included in USS

• Will encourage me to extend my skills especially to practice ECHO positions

The Course:

• Emergency Level 2 USS is based on CEM Curriculum
  – Emergency Medicine Ultrasound (EMUS)
• Is suitable for Consultants, Middle Grades, Registrars
  who are experienced in the use of USS and/or have
  done the Level 1 USS Course
• Features Practical Sessions with live demos with
  models and patients (condition allowing)
• Offers an opportunity for delegates to practice on a
  variety of widely used and state-of-the-art machines
• Provides each delegate with a USS logbook – your
  training file – plus a course folder and CD-ROM with
  copies of the lecture slides and other relevant
  materials to Level 2 requirements

Course equipment and technical support provided by:

PDF copy of the Course programme ▼

For further information please call +44 (0)20 8228 1295 or email.