2012 Las Vegas Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course

Target Audience And Course Goals

Target Audience

Orthopedic Surgeons                                 Sports Medicine Physicians                                 Rheumatologists
 PM&R Physicians                Chiropracters                    Physician's Assistants                   Nurse Practitioners
                                               Radiologists                                Diagnostic Sonographers
 All clinicians interested in using musculoskeletal ultrasound for diagnosis and treatment. 


Course Goals

At the conclusion of this course, each participant should be better able to:
-understand how musculoskeletal ultrasound scanners work
-list the indications for MSK ultrasound
-understand the role of MSK ultrasound in clinical practice
-recognize normal ultrasound anatomy of the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and foot/ankle
-recognize abnormal ultrasound anatomy of the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, foot/ankle
-use ultrasound guided techniques for MSK injections and nerve blocks
-understand how to correctly code and bill for ultrasound for ultrasound procedures
-understand techniques and indications for ultrasound guided orthobiologic and       viscosupplementation injections
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