EULAR 7th Course for Ultrasound Trainers in
Rheumatology:
Teach the Teachers
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th June 2018
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ORGANISATION AND COMMITTEE
Scientific organisers
George Bruyn
Cees Haagsma
Marion Kortekaas
Nanno Swen
Faculty
George AW Bruyn, The Netherlands; Maria Antonietta D´Agostino, France; Nemanja
Damjanov, Serbia; Emilio Filippucci, Italy; Cees Haagsma, The Netherlands; Catherine
Haines, United Kingdom; Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy; Marion Kortekaas, The
Netherlands Ingrid Möller, Spain; Esperanza Naredo, Spain; Wolfgang Schmidt,
Germany; Nanno Swen, The Netherlands; Lene Terslev, Denmark; Richard J. Wakefield,
United Kingdom
Organising secretariat
M: [Link]@[Link]
T: +41 22 33 99 590
F: +41 22 33 99 631
W: [Link]
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Course venue
Steigenberger Airport Hotel
Stationsplein ZW 951, 1117 CE Schiphol-Oost
Website
Course Prices
- Until 9 May 2018: EUR 1200.-
- From 10 May 2018: EUR 1300.-
TTT Course room at the venue: TBC
Coffee Breaks: TBC
Dinner: TBC
Course opening: Saturday 9th June 2018 at 13:00 hrs
Course closing: Sunday 10th June 2018 at 13:00 hrs
Official language: English
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Target Group
Rheumatologists who meet the following criteria:
• To have attended the three levels of the EULAR musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS)
courses or to have attended the EULAR intermediate and advanced levels and any
EULAR scientifically endorsed or national basic MSKUS course. In the registration for
this course, the prior attendance to the above courses needs to be documented as well
as preferably also the EULAR On-line Introductory Ultrasound Course.
• To be planning to organise basic MSKUS courses scientifically endorsed by EULAR
Learning Objectives
• To teach:
▪ Skills for lectures and hands-on workshops
▪ Organisation of the educational and logistic aspects of MSKUS courses
▪ Assessment of knowledge and skills of participants in MSKUS courses
• To assess:
▪ The knowledge and skills in MSKUS
▪ Teaching capabilities of future teachers in EULAR scientifically endorsed MSKUS
courses
Course certification
A certificate of having successfully completed the EULAR Course for Ultrasound Trainers in
Rheumatology and level 2 of the EULAR Competency Assessment in MSKUS in
Rheumatology will be supplied at the end of the course to participants who have successfully
passed the assessment of MSKUS skills as well as teaching competencies by the course
Faculty ([Link]
Course evaluation
You will be kindly asked to evaluate the courses with respect to educational content, course
organisation and venue. It is mandatory to fill out the online survey.
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PROGRAMME
Saturday 9TH June 2018
Time Session Speaker
10.00-13.00 Registration
13.00-13.15 Welcome and overview. Objectives and content of the Organisers +
course. EULAR Competency LEVEL 2 assessment in EULAR Chair
MSKUS
13.15-13.45 Instructional techniques for ultrasound hands-on teaching. W. Schmidt
13.45-16.15 Micro-teaching in small groups (5 participants) All Faculty
Practical teaching of MSKUS.
Live demo given by the participants. Each participant will
give a 10 minute live demo. The teachers will provide
assessment and comments on didactic, content and
technical aspects for each demo. For the topics of the
demos see appendix I
16.15-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-17.00 How to prepare and deliver a power point presentation. C. Haines
Didactic tricks and pitfalls, common mistakes.
17.00-19.30 Micro-teaching in small groups (5 participants) All Faculty
Theoretical teaching of US.
Presentation of a pre-prepared lecture (pre-course
assignment, appendix II) by the participants. Each
participant will give a 10 minute lecture. The teachers will
provide assessment and comments on didactic, content
and technical aspects for each lecture.
19.30-20:30 Faculty gathering on participants’ performance outcome All Faculty
20.30 Dinner
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Sunday 10TH June 2018
Time Session Speaker
8.30-09.45 Practical information on how to organize a MSKUS course
8.30-8.45 EULAR recommendations for conducting MSKUS courses E. Naredo
8.45-9.00 Evaluation of theoretical and practical skills A. Iagnocco
(Theoretical)
G. Bruyn
(Practical)
9.00-9.15 How to give effective feedback? R. Wakefield
9.15-9.45 Questions and Discussion N. Damjanov
C. Haines
9.45-10.00 Coffee break
10.00-11.30 Practical assessment of ultrasound performance and Microteaching
Parallel Sessions examination (EULAR COMPETENCY LEVEL 1). Round with a
Each participant will perform a 20 minute MSKUS teacher
examination (including documentation and report of two (participants
different anatomic areas with basic abnormalities) of two with EULAR
patients, supervised and assessed by two teachers US Level 1)
11.30-12.15 Coffee break
Faculty meeting on participants’ performance outcome
12.15-13.00 Graduation of LEVEL 1 and LEVEL 2 Assigned
teacher,
Individual Feedback C. Haines and
R. Wakefield
13.00 Closure of Course
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TOPIC OF LECTURES AND DEMOS
Each participant will give a 10 minute live demo on practical teaching of US assessment of
an anatomic area (i.e. shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, hip, knee, ankle/foot) and a 10 minute
lecture among the below listed.
The live demo will be randomly chosen on-site (appendix I). The teachers will provide feed-
back and assessment on each live demo on-site.
A lecture from appendix II will be randomly assigned to each participant before the course
by the organisers. The participants should prepare a 20 minute lecture (power point
presentation) on the assigned topic which should be sent to the Faculty before the course.
The participants will receive feedback from the teachers before the course. The participants
should deliver a part (10 minutes) of the pre-prepared lecture at the course. The teachers
will also provide feed-back and assessment on each lecture on-site.
The topics of the lectures and demos will be as follows:
Appendix I. Topics of live demos
1. Ultrasound scanning of the shoulder
2. Ultrasound scanning of the elbow
3. Ultrasound scanning of the wrist and hand
4. Ultrasound scanning of the hip
5. Ultrasound scanning of the knee
6. Ultrasound scanning of the ankle and foot
Appendix II. Topics of lectures
1. Ultrasound pattern of the musculoskeletal tissues and basic abnormalities
2. Application and limitations of MSUS in rheumatology
3. MSUS artefacts. Image documentation and reporting MSUS findings
4. Sonoanatomy, scanning technique and basic pathology of the shoulder
5. Sonoanatomy, scanning technique and basic pathology of the elbow
6. Sonoanatomy, scanning technique and basic pathology of the wrist and hand
7. Sonoanatomy, scanning technique and basic pathology of the hip
8. Sonoanatomy, scanning technique and basic pathology of the knee
9. Sonoanatomy, scanning technique and basic pathology of the ankle and foot
10. Doppler US applications and limitations in rheumatology
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NOTES