UCSF CME: American College of Surgeons Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound

UCSF CME: American College of Surgeons Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Neck Ultrasound is organized by The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Continuing Medical Education and will be held during Feb 18 - 19, 2018 at Moana Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 7.75AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Course Overview :
The objective of this course is to introduce the practicing surgeon to office-based ultrasound examination of the thyroid, parathyroid, and neck for commonly encountered diseases. The distinction of normal from malignant lymphadenopathy is emphasized with a demonstration of the comprehensive examination of lymph node basins in cervical levels I- VI. The technique of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) of thyroid nodules and lymph nodes are addressed in didactic lecture format. In addition, hands-on skill sessions allow the surgeon to develop techniques to perform diagnostic neck ultrasound. The use of standardized patients allows supervised hands-on experience with transverse and longitudinal ultrasound methods. The techniques of FNA of lesions will be performed using phantom models. Attendees will be instructed in the practical detail and hurdles in developing office-based ultrasound.

Objectives :
After completion of this course, the surgeon should be able to:

• Summarize general physics and principles of head/neck ultrasound.
• Describe the indications and goals for diagnostic head/neck ultrasound.
• Demonstrate the technique for performance of a diagnostic head/neck ultrasound.
• Recognize the normal sonographic anatomy of the head/neck.
• List and define the characteristics used to classify sonographically detected head/neck lesions as pathologic and/or benign versus malignant.
• Categorize head/neck masses according to their sonographically detected characteristics.
• Describe the indications for ultrasound-guided FNA biopsy of head/neck lesions.
• Demonstrate satisfactory performance of an ultrasound-guided FNA biopsy using a phantom model.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.