2024 Annual Ultrasound Course

Needs Statement

This activity represents the first ultrasound course organized at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. The course is intended for providing CME to Sonographers, Attending Physicians, Residents, Fellows, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and all medical personnel who perform Ob-Gyn ultrasound activities in the BCM-TCH System. During this activity, the attendees will have exposure to lectures and hands-on activities from basic concepts to advanced techniques to explore gynecologic and obstetric physiology and pathology.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to:

Gynecology

• Explain the clinical benefits of ultrasound in the evaluation of the pelvic organs.
• Discuss uterine cavity evaluation and plan for minimally invasive surgery and early pregnancy.
• Explain the diagnostic and prognostic ability of ultrasound for the pelvic floor.

Obstetrics

• Discuss methods to improve image quality
• Explain 1st trimester biometric parameters for pregnancy dating
• Review chorionicity in multiple gestations
• Describe important landmarks of a second trimester fetal anatomic survey
• Describe types of Doppler screening in pregnancy

Target Audience

Competencies

• Medical Knowledge
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
• Provide Patient-Centered Care
• Quality Improvement
• Teams and Teamwork

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Policy

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CE activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented.

In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support, BCM has implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME's validation of clinical content statements.

BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions. If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator. Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.