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ASUM continues to advocate for all ultrasound practitioners, whether providing comprehensive examinations or point of care ultrasound to drive clinical management of a patient, there is a role of both to work side by side. COVID-19 has highlighted this as cardiopulmonary ultrasound playing a key role which ASUM has emphasised to government, requesting investment to support those in critical care and emergency departments to better manage patient outcomes while reducing further risk to colleagues across multiple disciplines, or supporting triage of these patients to streamline the outcome for all.
In hearing from our critical care colleagues, they have confirmed some success with new ultrasound equipment supporting their care:
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Please refer to our latest updates on COVID-19, which included some reflections on the ethical dilemmas faced by health professionals and medical institutions.
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Join the multidisciplinary society whose mission is to advance the clinical practice of diagnostic medical ultrasound for the highest standards of patient care.
Get access to member benefits in a wide range of specialties and interests. Web-based CPD learning can be gained by:
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Watching past conference video recordings (check out the list of recordings from the WFUMB 2019 Congress),
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Reading AJUM journal articles,
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Coming soon: AJUM CPD quizzes and recommended podcasts,
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plus more!
Membership fees are staying the same for the 2020/21 membership year. Check out page 2 of the membership application form for fees and pay them monthly by direct debit.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our Membership Team at membership@asum.com.au or by calling +61 2 8379 7605.
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Leah Wright is a senior echocardiographer for the Baker Institute and will be presenting this one hour webinar on Optimising echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension.
Learning outcomes include:
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Understanding echocardiographic measures which are critical for a complete pulmonary hypertension assessment
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Understanding the pros and cons of varying measures of right ventricular systolic function, among others.
Registration will be opening in the next week.
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Vancouver doctor, Dr. Daniel Kim, Clinical Assistant Professor and the PoCUS Fellowship Director for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Columbia, shares his ED experience with COVID-19.
What is covered during this webinar? Introduction to lung ultrasound, normal sonographic lung, pathologic sonographic findings, sonographic features of COVID-19 and clinical application of lung ultrasound in COVID-19.
Register today to listen at your own convenience.
Thank you for Clarius | Medistar for partnering with us for this webinar.
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Martin Necas focuses on the best-practice in ultrasound report writing and is suitable for all users who perform ultrasound scans and communicate the results to other healthcare professionals including: sonographers, radiologists and clinician-practitioners.
Learning outcomes include gaining the understanding of current trends in report structures, how to formulate diagnostic impressions, clinical prioritisation of diagnostic comments in reports, the importance of language, syntax, word choice and how radiology reports can be varied in the time of crisis.
Register today to listen at your own convenience.
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Listen to Prof. Michel Slama as he presents this relevant COVID-19 webinar with a focus on cardiac dysfunction. Prof. Slama is head of the medical ICU, Chairman of Critical Care Medicine and is also a Co-chairman of an INSERM unit (research team). He is one of the founders of critical care echocardiography in France and in the world.
An informative 20 min Q&A session is included in the webinar.
Register today to listen at your own convenience.
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Q: What if I miss seeing the webinar live?
A: We will send all registrants (including absentee’s) a link to watch the webinar the day after the webinar has aired. This link will be valid for 4 weeks.
Q: I haven’t received my link to view the webinar
A: Please check your junk/spam mail folder in the email account that you used to register for the webinar. If you cannot locate the link please email events@asum.com.au
Q: Do I get a CPD Certificate of Attendance?
A: Yes
Q: When will I get my CPD Certificate of Attendance?
A: CPD certificates will be issued at the end of the month in which the webinar was aired.
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Sonographers – Advanced (MFM), QLD
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You will take responsibility for performing advanced, independent real-time ultrasound examinations with an emphasis on pathology recognition, diagnosis and documentation of relevant measurements and images, either solely or within a team environment. Plus more...
Click here for more information.
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