What is the Advanced Workshop?
The Advanced workshop is an advanced 4-day hands-on workshop designed for participants to obtain full independent practitioner certification at the end. Prior ultrasound training is suggested but not required. The workshop consists of 3 different streams.
All Advance Courses will consist of the following
- Precourse reading prior to the course
- Lectures
- Scans required for CPoCUS IP certification
- Exams required for CPoCUS IP certification
Each workshop will only cover the scans and exams required for a specific certification.
- Resuscitation workshop covers advanced cardiac (A4C, PSL, PSS), IVC, and advanced lung assessment.
- Diagnostic workshop covers gallbladder, bladder imaging, hydronephrosis and renal calculi, leg DVT and ocular scan, small bowel
- Family Medicine MSK workshop covers shoulder (effusion, dislocation, tear), elbow, hip, knee (effusion, aspiration), long and flat bone (fracture, dislocation), tendon tears, cellulitis, abscess, foreign body.
- Vascular Access workshop covers Subclavian Central Line, Internal Jugular central line, Femoral central line, PICC, mid Catheter, Peripheral IV
- HALO workshop covers
- Head: Transcranial Ultrasound, burr hole, lateral canthotomy, difficult endotracheal tube placement, cricothyroidotomy (surgical airway)
- Abdomen & Pelvis: blakemore tube placement, suprapubic catheter insertion, resuscitative hysterotomy, paracentesis
- Chest: Thoracentesis, finger thoracostomy, chest tube insertion, pericardiocentesis, ED Thoracotomy, clam shell, cross clamp aorta
- Pediatric workshop covers subxiphoid cardiac, lung, intracranial pressure, vascular access, abdomen, IVC
Precourse
Beginning in 2027, we will be offering all pre-courses using our newly developed, fully updated in-house curriculum rather than the EDE2 pre-course format.
Our new pre-course program has been designed to provide the same comprehensive preparation while incorporating the latest evidence, current best practices, and feedback from years of course delivery. Moving to a single in-house curriculum also allows us to ensure greater consistency in educational content and teaching across all of our courses.
If you were planning to take the EDE2 + Resus pre-course, our 2027 in-house pre-course will serve the same purpose in preparing participants for the main course
“In addition to the precourse materials it is recommended that you FULLY read and review the CPoCUS curriculum as well as reviewing the positive images that are available to you once you have logged in and activated your membership. You will be tested on the CPoCUS curriculum for your written, practical and visual exams.”
CME Credits
Kindly refer to your certificate for all Mainpro+ certified credits
Time spent completing determinant scans as well as CPoCUS written, visual and practice exams have not been formally reviewed by the CFPC; however it is eligible for non-certified credits. Mainpro+ participants may also earn additional certified credits by completing a Linking Learning exercise.
Course Itinerary
- Day 1 – 7:15 am – 6 pm – Advance course lectures and learning
- Day 2 – 7:15 am – 6 pm – 40 scanning stations with live models
- Day 3 – 7:15 am – 6 pm – 30 scanning stations with live models, written exams and practical exams
- Day 4 – 7:15 am – 5 pm – Visual Exams and rewrites. Participants will be scheduled in 3 time slots with preference for earlier time slots given to those travelling.
**At times there may be changes made to the course itinerary to accommodate a 3 day course which will still cover all components to complete IP certification. If we change a course to a 3 day course we will be running the course on Thursday-Saturdays. All information will be communicated in your precourse email information that will be sent to you 4 weeks in advance.
Scanning Stations
Participants will be partnered up at a scanning station. Each participant will have an allotted time to scan the model while their partner observes. The allotted time will start at 8 mins for the first station and will decrease as the workshop progresses. Participants will be notified when to switch with their partner and when to move to the next station. Partners will be changed throughout the workshop. There may be solo participants depending on overall participant numbers.
Exams
Participants must successfully pass all 3 CPoCUS exams.
- Written Exam to assess knowledge base. The Written Exam is conducted on a computer with a pass score of 85%.
- Practical Exam to assess image generation skills. The Practical Exam is conducted on a standardized patient with a pass score of 100%. The examiner uses a detailed checklist of the essential skills required of all IP candidates. An IP candidate’s training should be sufficient to allow them to pass the Practical exam without any hesitation in performing skills and without any prompting from the examiner.
- Visual Exam to assess image interpretation skills and the ability to integrate POCUS findings into clinical care. The Visual Exam is conducted on a computer with a pass score of 85% and is 3-4 hours long. These exams take place with a CPoCUS instructor using an interactive video presentation. Candidates are shown images and video clips and are asked to interpret images and incorporate findings into case scenarios.
A valid CPoCUS account with up-to-date membership dues is required for the written and visual exams.
Exam Rewrites
If required, we will provide one written and one practical exam rewrite opportunity. Any subsequently required written or practical rewrites will be your responsibility to arrange. Visual rewrites will be your responsibility to arrange. We will try to provide you with the names of potential examiners in your location.
Certification
At the end of the first day, you will need to complete a post-course reflective activity and evaluation. When you finish this, you will be able to access your Advanced Course certificate.
At the end of the workshop if the participant has completed all required scans and passed all exams, an application for Independent Practitioner Certification will be submitted to CPoCUS. Please see CPoCUS for more information on IP Certifications.
The workshop is designed to provide all requirements (scans, written exam, practical exam and visual exam) needed for certification. However, we are not able to guarantee that a participant will successfully pass each component during the workshop.
It remains the responsibility of the participant to complete all precourse learning, achieve all required scans, and pass all required exams before an application of independent practitioner status can be submitted.