DAILY

Schedule

First Day

September 8, 2023

  • AMPHITHEATER HÖRSAAL
  • Registration of the participants
    07:45 - 08.00
  • Welcome speech - The 4th Edition - Euroson POCUS School Vienna 2023
    08:00 - 08:15
    Dr. Mihai IACOB, Chairman, EUVEKUS President
  • The WONCA Europe Position Paper on the use of Point-of-Care ultrasound in Family Medicine.
    08:15 - 08:45
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof. Dr. Shlomo VINKER, WONCA Europe President
  • The PoC- US applications in Family Medicine. E FAST Exam – Focused Abdominal Sonography in Trauma. The contribution of POCUS in emergencies at the family doctor's practice.
    08:45 - 09:15
    Dr. Mihai IACOB, EUVEKUS President.
  • What if I will find something unexpected during POCUS examination?
    09:15 - 09:45
    Dr. Mateusz KOSIAK, MD
  • Equipment on stage. Coffee break
    09:45 - 10:00
  • POCUS of the upper abdominal floor. (POCUS applications in the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen).
    10:00 - 10:20
    Prof. Dr. Radu BADEA, MD, Ph.D., Medical Imaging Department, „Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj Napoca
  • Syndrome-focused ultrasonography.
    10:20 - 10:50
    Prof. Dr. Dieter NUERNBERG, Dean of the Brandenburg Medical University Theodor Fontane, Brandenburg Institute for Clinical Ultrasound (BICUS)
  • The role of ultrasound in abdominal emergencies. GP perspective.
    10:50 - 11:10
    Prof. Ioan Sporea, MD, PhD, FEBGH, Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Romania WFUMB Vice-president, Director of WFUMB Center of Education
  • The contribution and limitations of breast ultrasound in medical practice. Introduction to the ductal and conventional clinical ultrasound.
    11:10 - 11:30
    Dr. Dominique AMY, MD, EFSUMB Breast US/Elastography Expert
  • Pelvic anatomy and pathology - what should be easily recognized in a PoCUS examination?
    11:30 - 12:00
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof. Dr. Med. Christian JENSSEN, EFSUMB PAST PRESIDENT
  • Equipment on stage. Coffee break
    12:00 - 12:15
  • Focused cardiac ultrasound in general practice: diagnosis and management of the cardiac disease.
    12:15 - 12:45
    Dr.Gergely AGOSTON MD, Vice President of the WG of the Hungarian Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.
  • Lung ultrasound in diagnosis and follow-up of community acquired  pneumonia.
    12:45 - 13:15
    Dr. Mateusz KOSIAK
  • A Clinical Test Report: The Accuracy and Acceptance of a Handheld POCUS Device in an Emergency Room Setting. (Zicherman Y., Binenbaum M., Evron I., Lyons M., Chadi B., Polliack G. )
    13:15 - 13:45
    Yehuda ZICHERMAN D.Sc. , Product Marketing, TRISO Technologies Ltd. Bet-Shemesh, Israel
  • Keynote speech on the topic: The scientific summary of the day.
    13:45 - 14:00
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof. Dr. Shlomo VINKER, WONCA Europe President
  • LUNCH BREAK SYMPOSIUM / VIDEO PRESENTATION
    14:00 - 14:30
    Cervical ultrasonography. The Thyroid Clinical Multimodal Ultrasound.
    Prof. Dr. Vito CANTISANI, MD, Ph.D., EFSUMB PRESIDENT ELECT
  • SEMINARRAUM B1 AND B2
  • Workshop / Hands-on Session (14:30 - 18:00)
    Practical elements of POCUS applications to the abdominal, pelvis, chest, thyroid, and heart will be conducted together with our experts. Live transmission of ultrasonographic examinations
    (Live streaming broadcast).
  • W.S. 1.1: Practical aspects of POCUS.
    14:30 - 14:50
    Prof. Dr. Christian JENSSEN
  • W.S. 1.2: Abdominal clinical ultrasonography..
    14:50 - 15:10
    Prof. Dr. Ioan SPOREA
  • W.S. 1.3: Thyroid clinical ultrasound – basic notion.
    15:10 - 15:30
    Dr. Mihai IACOB
  • W.S. 1.4: - Introduction to Hand Held US devices in POCUS
    15:30 - 15:50
    Prof. Dr. Christoph Frank DIETRICH
  • W.S. 1.5: Syndrome-focused ultrasonography.
    15:50 - 16:10
    Prof. Dr. Dieter NUERNBERG
  • W.S. 1.6: POCUS of the upper abdominal floor.
    16:10 - 16:30
    Prof. Dr. Radu BADEA
  • W.S. 1.7: Basic Cardiac Ultrasound for non-cardiologists.
    16:30 - 16:50
    Dr. Gergely AGOSTON
  • WS. 1.8: Breast Ultrasound.
    16:50 - 17:10
    Dr. Dominique AMY, MD
  • WS. 1.9: Thoracic ultrasonography.
    17:10 - 17:30
    Dr. Mateusz KOSIAK, MD
  • W.S. 1.10: Final questions, answers and discussions session.
    17:30 - 18:00
    ALL SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS

Second Day

September 9, 2023

  • AMPHITHEATER HÖRSAAL
  • Registration of participants
    07:45 - 08:15
  • Euroson POCUS School, 4th Edition Briefing. The previous day's newsletter.
    08:15 - 08:20
    Dr. Mihai IACOB, Chairman, EUVEKUS President
  • History of point of care ultrasound.
    08:20 - 08:50
    Prof. Dr. Christoph Frank DIETRICH, WFUMB Treasurer.
  • Lower quadrants abdominal pain - the value of PoCUS.
    08:50 - 09:20
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Christian JENSSEN, EFSUMB PAST PRESIDENT
  • Challenges of Hand Held US devices in POCUS.
    09:20 - 09:50
    Prof. Dr. Christoph Frank DIETRICH, WFUMB Treasurer.
  • Equipment on stage. Coffee break
    09:50 - 10:10
  • Sonography on seated patients with dyspnoea, thoracic or lumbar pain with use of Handheld Point of Care Ultrasound (HH-POCUS).
    10:10 - 10:40
    Dr. Peter SIGMUND, MD. Präsident der Steirischen Akademie für Allgemeinmedizin
  • Ultrasonography of the digestive tract and retroperitoneal space.
    10:40 - 11:10
    Prof. Dr. Dieter NUERNBERG, Dean of the Brandenburg Medical University Theodor Fontane
  • The contribution and limits of elastography in Breast Ultrasound.
    11:10 - 11:40
    Dr. Dominique AMY, MD, EFSUMB Breast US/Elastography Expert, President de Ecole d'Echographie Sans Frontières
  • Intima Media Thickness as a predictive factor of subclinical atherosclerosis in the family doctor's practice.
    11:40 - 12:10
    Dr.Gergely AGOSTON MD, Vice president of the WG of the Hungarian Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Equipment on stage. Coffee break
    12:10 - 12:30
  • The contribution and limits of the use of Artificial Intelligence in Thyroid Screening in primary healthcare. The role of using Strain Elastography in family doctors/GPs practice.
    12:30 - 13:00
    Dr. Mihai IACOB, EUVEKUS
  • Liver Ultrasound based Elastography in 2023.
    13:00 - 13:20
    Prof. Ioan Sporea, MD, PhD, FEBGH, Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara, Romania WFUMB Vice-president, Director of WFUMB Center of Education
  • Applications of POCUS in urology (kidneys, urinary tracts, prostate, testicles).
    13:20 – 13:40
    Prof. Dr. Radu BADEA, MD, Ph.D., Medical Imaging Department, „Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj Napoca
  • The scientific summary of the day
    13:40 - 14:00
    KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Prof. Shlomo VINKER, MD, MHA, WONCA Europe President, Executive Board member EGPRN
  • LUNCH BREAK SYMPOSIUM / VIDEO PRESENTATION
    14:00 - 14:30
    Prof. Dr. Vito CANTISANI, MD, Ph.D., EFSUMB PRESIDENT ELECT
  • SEMINARRAUM B1 AND B2
  • Round Table (14:30 - 15:30)
    University and postgraduate training and POCUS training curriculum for family doctors/GPs from the perspective of professional organizations: WONCA EUROPE, EFSUMB, WFUMB, EUVEKUS.

    Guest speakers:

    Prof. Dr. Shlomo VINKER, WONCA Europe President
    Prof. Dr. Med. Christian JENSSEN, EFSUMB PAST PRESIDENT
    Dr. Mihai IACOB, MD, EUVEKUS President
    Prof. Dr. Dieter NUERNBERG, Dean of the Brandenburg Medical University Theodor Fontane, Brandenburg Institute for Clinical Ultrasound (BICUS)
    Prof. Dr. Christoph Frank DIETRICH, WFUMB Tresurer, EFSUMB Past President
    Prof. Dr. Vito CANTISANI, MD, PhD, EFSUMB President Elect
    Prof. Ioan SPOREA, WFUMB Vice President
    Dr. Peter SIGMUND, MD, Präsident der Steirischen Akademie für Allgemeinmedizin
    Dr. Dominique AMY, MD, EFSUMB Breast US, Elastography Expert, President de Ecole d'Echographie Sans Frontières
    Prof. Dr. Radu BADEA, MD, Ph.D., Director of the Ultrasound Training Center („Center of Research and Education in Ultrasonography” – CECUS) of „Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA (since 1997).
    Dr. Mateusz KOSIAK, Co-founder of EDUSON School Poland
    Dr. Gergely AGOSTON, Vicepresident of the Working Group of Hungarian Assoc. of Cardiovascular Imaging.

  • Workshop / Hands-on Session (15:30 - 17:45)
    Practical elements of POCUS applications of the abdominal, pelvis, breast, thyroid, thoracic and heart will be conducted together with our experts. Easy questions and answers of POCUS in primary healthcare practice. Tips and tricks about POCUS through the dialogue between two experts..
    Live transmission of ultrasonographic examinations.
    (Live streaming broadcast) : -
  • W.S. 2.1: Abdominal clinical ultrasonography.
    15:30 - 16:00
    Prof. Dr. Christian JENSSEN / Prof. Dr. Dieter NUERNBERG
  • W.S. 2.2: Practical aspects of clinical US. (abdominal/pelvis US).
    16:00 - 16:20
    Prof.Dr. Ioan SPOREA / Prof. Dr. Radu BADEA
  • W.S. 2.3: FOCUS Real-Time Demonstration / Basic Cardiac Ultrasound for non-cardiologists.
    16:20 - 16.40
    Dr. Mihai IACOB / Dr.Gergely AGOSTON
  • W.S. 2.4: Dr. Mateusz KOSIAK - Basic Cardiac Ultrasound for non-cardiologists.
    16:40 - 17:00
    Dr. Peter SIGMUND / Dr. Mateusz KOSIAK
  • W.S. 2.5: Breast Ultrasound / Thyroid US.
    17:00 - 17:20
    Dr. Dominique AMY / Dr. Mihai Iacob
  • W.S. 2.6: Syndrome-focused ultrasonography.
    17:20 - 17:45
    Prof. Dr. Christian JENSSEN / Dr. Christoph Frank DIETRICH
  • Final evaluation of the participants.
    17:45 - 18:00
    Award Certificates of Participation EFSUMB endorsed to all participants
  • Gala Dinner
    19:00 - 22:00