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. 2024 Jun 28;18:1722. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2024.1722

Schedule + learning content of the ultrasound course.

Day Time Content
1 09:00 -10:00 Welcome; introduction; and entrance test
1 10:00-10:40 The physical basics of medical ultrasound; sectional planes and documentation
1 10:45 – 12:00 Practical exercises: getting to know the ultrasound systems; buttons/picture acquisition
1 12-00-13:00 Lunch
1 13:00-14:00 Liver anatomy and sectional planes; liver steatosis, hepatitis and cirrhosis; liver portal vein thrombosis
1 14:00 – 16:00 Practical exercises: the liver (orientation, lobes/vessels, sectional planes)
2 09:00-10:00 Liver benign focal lesions; malign focal lesions; quiz
2 10:00 – 12:00 Practical exercise: focal lesions of the liver
2 12-00-13:00 Lunch
2 13:00-14:00 The gallbladder and biliary ducts; the pancreas; free fluid in the pleura and peritoneum
2 14:00 – 16:00 Practical exercises: the gallbladder, bile ducts, pancreas, and pleura
3 09:00-10:00 The spleen; the kidneys; the urinary tract; the retroperitoneum and the vessels
3 10:00 – 12:00 Practical exercises: the spleen, kidney, retroperitoneum and vessels
3 12-00-13:00 Lunch
3 13:00 -14:00 Lymph nodes: basic anatomy; infectious diseases; malignant diseases
3 14:00 – 16:00 Practical exercise: lymph nodes
4 09:00-10:00 Breast cancer and lymph nodes; the prostate gland
4 10:00 – 12:00 Practical exercises: breast cancer, lymph nodes, the prostate
4 12-00-13:00 Lunch
4 13:00 – 13:30 Ultrasound-guided punctions
4 13:30 – 15:00 Practical exercise: ultrasound-guided punctions
4 15:00-16:00 Final test; certificates; farewell
5 09:00 – 12:00 Facultative practical exercise