This hands-on 2-day course is designed to teach core POCUS skills to internal medicine physicians, centering on the needed skills to use ultrasound as a patient assessment tool in a variety of settings.
If you are interested in the potential for POCUS to expand your clinical reasoning skills, join this course taught by internationally acclaimed faculty. Online pre-learning assignments and live lectures will provide a comprehensive foundation of core ultrasound knowledge. Utilizing a small-group, hands-on format, attendees will practice ultrasound scanning on live models to support the development of bedside image acquisition skills.
Please note that Coding for POCUS is not part of this course. For comprehensive coding content, consider enrolling in ACP Coding for Clinicians, which offers comprehensive coding education materials including self-guided multimedia, videos, and downloadable pocket guides. ACP Coding for Clinicians includes Coding for POCUS, where you'll learn the requirements to appropriately bill for POCUS services, review commonly reported CPT codes and modifiers, and identify key strategies to streamline POCUS billing. Also included is content on combining procedure coding with evaluation and management codes, as well as information on supervision of learners, the updated inpatient codes, and new value-based payment systems.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine Physicians Learning Objectives:
Identify indications and rationale for performing the following examinations: pulmonary ultrasound, focused cardiac ultrasound, kidney and bladder ultrasound, evaluation of abdomen for free fluid, and evaluation of lower extremity for deep venous thrombosis.
Perform the ultrasound exams listed above.
Interpret normal and abnormal images for the applications listed above.
Interpret POCUS findings in clinical case scenarios.
Describe the principles of ultrasound operation, artifacts, and image optimization.
Course Directors
Noelle Northcutt, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz
Director, Point of Care Ultrasound,
Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health
David Tierney, MD, FACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Director, IMBUS Program
Departments of Internal Medicine and Graduate Medical Education
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health
Minneapolis, MN
Faculty
More information to come.
Agenda
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CME Information
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Registration Fees
POCUS: Foundational Skills for Internal Medicine
Physicians
2-day course
November 7-8, 2025
Register before September 1
Register on or after September 2
ACP Member, Life Member, FACP, MACP
$1,759
$1,916
Non-member
$2,494
$2,730
Location and Accommodations
Courses will be held at The Royal Sonesta Chase Park Plaza St. Louis. The discounted hotel room rate of $189 is available through Wednesday, October 15 at 5:00 p.m. (Central Time). Please use this link to reserve your room at the ACP POCUS discounted room rate.
Prerequisite Requirement
In order to maximize hands-on instruction and opportunities for developing essential POCUS skills, participants in this course will be required to complete ACP's POCUS Online Learning Modules #1-7.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellation requests must be received in writing by September 30, 2025 to obtain a full refund. An administrative fee of $100 will be deducted if the request is received from October 1 to October 21, 2025. After October 21, no refunds will be processed. Individuals who fail to attend the course (no-shows) will not be entitled to any refund.
Does POCUS make sense for my practice?
Rural Settings: POCUS can provide critical access to care in rural areas and for patients who may be home-bound. Image acquisition and related skills can be invaluable for physicians with limited resources.
Urban Settings: Time is critical, and POCUS helps internal medicine physicians diagnose faster, making all the difference to patients in need.
Global Settings: POCUS has been proven to be a portable, reliable resource that empowers physicians to diagnose patients in clinics and medical sites worldwide.
Noelle Northcutt, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz
Director, Point of Care Ultrasound,
Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health
Noelle Northcutt is an Academic Hospitalist at Denver Health. She is passionate about using POCUS to improve patient communication and communication skills at the bedside.
David Tierney, MD, FACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Director, IMBUS Program
Departments of Internal Medicine and Graduate Medical Education
Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health
Minneapolis, MN
David Tierney, MD FACP is an Internist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he has practiced since 2003. He is the Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and clinically works as a hospitalist and proceduralist. He is the founder and director of the Internal Medicine Bedside Ultrasound program (known as IMBUS) that has trained over 200 inpatient and outpatient internal medicine residents/faculty since its inception in 2010. He is also the founder and director of the Internal Medicine bedside procedure team and the Abbott Northwestern Center for Clinical Simulation (both established in 2006).
