Notes from OB ultrasound meeting 8/26/2009

Assets available at the Sim Center
- 3-4 ultrasound machines
- Dr. Brost
- MFM fellows?

Start: Baseline assessment
- October workshop?
- One station is available to us from Dr. Billings (I discussed this with him)
- Each resident in a group of 4 residents would get approximately 40 minutes at that station.

How: Stages of learning (ultrasound)
Scanning with lights on --> lights off --> gel packs obscure --> in fake torso & uterus

Learning sessions
- lunchtime
- food provided (by program?)
- time/dates (M-W over a 6 - 8 week period)
- how long needed (per resident: two 1-hour sessions? four? more?)
- block activities before lunch
- focus on 2nd and 3rd years?
- focus on residents on FMOB & OB?
- 10 motivated residents to participate as learners...

Learning objectives
- General anatomy and orientation
- CRL
- AFI
- BPP
- Adnexae
- Placenta
- Gender

*From The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Hospital and Procedural Training
http://sites.google.com/site/fmacademics/home/files/OB20090826RESED.pdf?attredirects=0
Basic prenatal ultrasound
• Amniotic Fluid Index
• fetal presentation
• placental location
Other procedures
• Ultrasound guidance for central vascular access,

Advanced prenatal ultrasound
• Dating
• Anatomic survey

Assessing Learning
- Can they find it?
- How long did it take to find it?
- How accurate are the measurements?