Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an integral part of emergency medicine training and daily clinical practice. POCUS allows emergency clinicians to make efficient and effective management decisions while never leaving the patient’s side. New York Presbyterian Queens offers an emergency ultrasound elective clerkship for medical students and PA students. This clerkship offers students the opportunity to obtain hands-on and didactic training in this essential diagnostic modality. The goal of this 2-4 week elective is to provide students with a broad-based introduction to the emergency applications of bedside ultrasound.

The rotation schedule will be every weekday (Mon, Tue, Thr, Fri) 9am-5pm. You will also be responsible for Thursday student didactics from 8a-11a during which time you will be excused from scanning.  There are no scan shifts on Wednesday, but you do have to attend resident conference in the morning and Ultrasound Tape Review immediately following.  You will be paired with a Senior EM resident for the rotation and will be supervised by a Ultrasound Faculty member.

Week 1: Physics & FAST

Week 2: Cardiac/IVC & Thoracic

Week 3: RUQ & Vascular  

Week 4: Soft Tissue & DVT 

 Useful links:

• https://emcrit.org/rush-exam/

• http://www.cenconn-er.com/RUSH-exam-in-evaluation-of-shock.pdf

• https://www.acep.org/sonoguide/introduction.html

• http://emergencyultrasoundteaching.com/narrated_lectures.html

Podcasts:

• http://5minsono.com/

• http://www.ultrasoundpodcast.com/ 

The rotation concludes with a case presentation at the end of the rotation and you will either write a case report/abstract for publication during this rotation.

Contact Information: 

Sheetal Sheth, DO

shs9220@nyp.org

Student Clerkship Director

Director of Undergraduate Education