At the end of the activity the audience will:

  1. Be able to know the application, indications, and limitations of musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology.
  2. Be able to know the ultrasound physics and technology.
  3. Be able to identify the sonographic pattern of the different musculoskeletal tissues.
  4. Be able to recognize musculoskeletal artifacts and pitfalls.
  5. Learn how to hold the probe, to optimize the B-mode settings of the ultrasound equipment and to acquire ultrasound images.
  6. Be able to identify normal sonographic anatomy of each major anatomic area (i.e., shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, ankle, and foot).
  7. Learn the systematic standardized scanning technique for each major anatomic area (i.e., shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, ankle, and foot).
  8. Be able to document images and to report ultrasound findings and diagnosis.
  9. Be able to identify basic musculoskeletal abnormalities (e.g. joint effusion and synovial hypertrophy, tenosynovitis, enthesopathy, complete tendon tear, bursitis, bone erosions and osteophytes

Day 1 (October 06, 2022) Intermediate Level


TIME

TOPIC

CATEGORY

DURATION IN MINS

8:30am to 8:35am

Opening Izzat Khanjar /EULAR Faculty

 

5 mins

8:35am to 8:50am

Pretest MCQs

 

15 mins

8:50am to 9:35am

Shoulder (Lecture) Georgios Filippou

Cat 1

45 mins

9:35am to 11:05am

Shoulder (Workshop) All Faculty

Cat 3

90 mins

11:05am to 11:25am

Coffee break

 

20 mins

11:25am to 12:10pm

Physics (Lecture) Uffe Moller Døhn

Cat 1

45 mins

12:10pm to 12:55pm

Elbow (Lecture) Mihaela Cosmina Micu

Cat 1

45 mins

12:55pm to 2:25pm

Elbow (Workshop) All Faculty

Cat 3

90 mins

2:25pm to 3:55pm

Lunch and Prayer Break

 

90 mins

3:55pm to 4:40pm

Hand/Wrist (Lecture) Schmidt Wolfgang Andreas

Cat 1

45 mins

 

Day 2 (October 07, 2022) Intermediate Level


TIME

TOPIC

CATEGORY

DURATION IN MINS

8am to 9:30am

Hand (Workshop) All Faculty

Cat 3

90 mins

9:30am to 10am

Hip Sono-Anatomy /Abnormal (Lecture) Ingrid Moller Parera

Cat 1

30 mins

10am to 10:15am

Coffee break

 

15 mins

10:15am to 10:45am

Knee Sono-Anatomy / Abnormal (Lecture) Nemanja Damjanov

Cat 1

30 mins

10:45am to 11:15am

Ankle / Feet (Lecture) Hilde Berner Hammer

Cat 1

30 mins

11:15am to 12:15pm

Lunch and Prayer Break

 

60 mins

12:15pm to 1:45pm

Hip (Workshop) All Faculty

Cat 3

90 mins

1:45pm to 3:15pm

Knee (Workshop) All Faculty

Cat 3

90 mins

3:15pm to 4:15pm

Overview of MSK Ultrasound Guide Procedure

Esperanza Naredo Sanchez

Cat 1

60 mins

4:15pm to 4:45pm

Coffee Break

 

30 mins

4:45pm to 6:15pm

Ankle / Foot (Workshop) All Faculty

Cat 3

90 mins

6:15pm to 6:20pm

Closing Remarks Izzat Khanjar/Esperanza Naredo Sanchez/ Eular Faculty

 

5 mins