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Partnership with e-Sono (3B Scientific) Delivers Unmatched Learning Experience with Over 1,000 Case-Based Simulations and Comprehensive Educational Resources SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI), the leading provider of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education and training, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest innovation, POCUS Essentials Plus Simulation. This groundbreaking product is the result of a strategic partnership with e-Sono, a division of 3B Scientific, and promises to revolutionize ultrasound training by combining GUSI's premier learning resources with e-Sono's extensive simulation library. Continue Reading GUSI introduces Simulation-enhanced online POCUS courses Post this GUSI's award-winning online POCUS training course plus Simulation powered by e Sono POCUS Essentials Plus Simulation offers an unparalleled educational experience by integrating GUSI's complete learning library, which includes POCUS Essentials Courses across acute and primary care, pediatrics, obstetrics, and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Learners can now access detailed training on over 30 anatomical regions through hundreds of lectures delivered by leading POCUS experts. "POCUS Essentials Plus Simulation is a significant leap forward in ultrasound education," said Dr. Mena Ramos, co-CEO of GUSI. "Our collaboration with e-Sono allows us to offer a truly immersive learning experience that combines high-quality content with cutting-edge simulation technology. We are excited to provide healthcare professionals with the tools they need to excel in real-world clinical settings." The product also features advanced case-based clinical integration developed by POCUS clinical experts, along with robust anatomical coverage, including cross-sectional imaging. The inclusion of e-Sono's comprehensive Sim Library, featuring more than 1,000 case-based ultrasound simulations, allows learners to practice scanning techniques and visualize pathology in a dynamic, interactive environment. "The integration of digital simulation brings clinical anatomy and ultrasound images to life by allowing clinicians to see and correlate them in real time," says Dr. Nicholas LeFevre, a fellowship-trained, active POCUS educator and Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Missouri. "POCUS is an essential extension of our clinical evaluation. To master it, we must immerse ourselves in simulation-based education that reflects real patient care."- Sahar Ahmad. M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Medical Intensive Care Unit at Stony Brook University Hospital; Director, Ultrasound & Critical Care Education; Chair, Ultrasound Education Task Force, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University In addition to its educational resources, POCUS Essentials Plus Simulation includes all the features of GUSI's ScanHub learning platform, such as Sage AI for on-demand expert answers, the ScanFolio device-independent scan archive and feedback system, a performance dashboard, and QBanks with thousands of questions and pathologic videos. The program is eligible for over 50 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits, further enhancing its value to healthcare professionals. Fourth year med student at Touro University California Medical School Jori Enfield adds, "As a medical student, the POCUS Essentials Plus Simulation has been a great addition to my POCUS training. The interactive design has helped reinforce key concepts and boosted my confidence in identifying and interpreting anatomical structures through real-time ultrasound practice. The ability to practice independently, without needing an ultrasound model or instructor, provided both convenience and an effective way to build my skills. This program has greatly enhanced my ability to integrate POCUS into clinical rotations." Dr. Kevin Bergman, GUSI co-CEO added, "POCUS Essentials Plus Simulation sets a new standard for ultrasound training. The combination of extensive lectures, dynamic and interactive simulations, and expert clinical integration prepares learners for real-life applications in a way that traditional methods simply cannot match." For more information about the POCUS Essentials plus Simulation or any of GUSI services, please visit About Global Ultrasound Institute: Global Ultrasound Institute stands at the forefront of point-of-care ultrasound, providing wraparound education, training, AI, and administrative software tools to healthcare providers and health systems globally to lower barriers to POCUS adoption and implementation. GUSI has trained over 14,000 healthcare practitioners in over 60 countries. GUSI is working to create a better world in which every healthcare practitioner is empowered to offer a rapid, reliable, accurate ultrasound-enabled diagnosis directly at the point-of-care, for any patient, anywhere. About e-Sono (3B Scientific): e-Sono, a division of 3B Scientific, specializes in advanced simulation technologies for medical education. With a focus on providing high-quality, interactive learning experiences, e-Sono supports the development of essential clinical skills through its extensive library of case-based ultrasound simulations and educational tools. Contact: Dr. Kevin Bergman, Co-Founder, co-CEO, Global Ultrasound Institute Dr. Mena Ramos, Co-Founder, co-CEO, Global Ultrasound Institute SOURCE GLOBAL ULTRASOUND INSTITUTE WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM? 440k+ Newsrooms & Influencers 9k+ Digital Media Outlets 270k+ Journalists Opted In GET STARTED

Eleven scholars will receive financial awards for research in competency-based evaluations, patient outcomes, diagnostic excellence, and diversity, equity, and inclusion as it relates to board certification. CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has selected eleven outstanding individuals to participate in its 2024-2025 Visiting Scholars Program™. Established in 2014, the one-year, part-time program supports early-career physicians and researchers in scholarship and leadership development focusing on initial and continuing board certification. Each Visiting Scholar receives a $15,000 financial award. "We are pleased to support 11 ABMS Visiting Scholars this year," stated Greg Ogrinc, MD, MS, ABMS Senior Vice President, Certification Standards and Programs. "This new cohort of scholars will advance research and scholarship in high-priority areas for the certification community, including patient outcomes, diagnostic excellence, and diversity, equity, and inclusion." ABMS Visiting Scholars are selected based on the quality of their proposed research project, the relevance of their research to the ABMS mission and the certification community, and the possibility of making considerable progress on the research project during the scholar year. Program participants remain at their home institutions, collaborate with self-selected mentors, and participate in monthly virtual sessions with research project-in-progress updates to peers, mentors, subject matter experts, and ABMS Visiting Scholar alumni. The ABMS Visiting Scholars is a year-long program. This cohort will begin in October 2024 and their term will culminate at the ABMS Conference 2025, when they will present their research before a national audience. The 2024-2025 Visiting Scholars and their co-sponsoring organization are: American Board of Medical Specialties Research and Education Foundation (ABMS—REF) A. Reema Kar, MD, FACS – Rutgers/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Project: The Development of Confidence in Surgery: Can Confidence Be Taught and Learned? Joshua Sheak, MD, PhD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Project: Representation of Indigenous Peoples in the Pediatrics and Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Grant Shafer, MD, MA, FAAP – Children's Hospital of Orange County/University of California Irvine, School of Medicine (Pediatrics) Project: Determining the Frequency of Diagnostic Errors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Surrounding Transport Using the Safer Dx NICU Instrument Abigail Winkel, MD, MHPE, FACOG – New York University Grossman School of Medicine Project: Decision-Making on the Labor Floor: Assessment of Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Expertise Amidst Uncertainty American Board of Dermatology Vinod Nambudiri, MD, MBA, MPH, EdM – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Project: Exploring Quantitative Outcomes of Specialized Joint Training and Research Training Tracks in Dermatology American Board of Emergency Medicine The J. David Barry, M.D. Visiting Scholar is David Yang, MD, MHS – Yale School of Medicine Project: Anti-Asian Racial Discrimination and Burnout in Asian American Emergency Resident Physicians American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology R. Nicholas Burns, MD, FACOG – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Project: Evaluating the Relationship of ABOG Certification with Early Career Patient Outcomes in Obstetrics and Gynecology American Board of Ophthalmology Julius Oatts, MD – University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Project: The Step I Pass/Fail Era: Are Step 2 Scores and Sociodemographic Characteristics Related to OKAP and Board Certification Examination Performance? American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Daniel London, MD, MS – University of Missouri Health Care Project: Standardizing Orthopedic Competency Evaluation: Determining the Inter- and Intra-Rater Agreement and Reliability of Orthopaedic Surgery Evaluators American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Allison Wallingford, MD – University of Washington Medicine Project: Use of Biased Language in the Medical Record to Describe Patients after Traumatic Brain Injury American Board of Urology Hailey Silverii, MD – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Project: Development, Validation, and Impact of the Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty Skills Assessment Rubric (PySAR) About ABMS Established in 1933, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is responsible for the creation of standards overseeing physician certification in the United States. Dedicated to improving the quality of care to the patients, families, and communities they serve, the 24 ABMS Member Boards develop educational and professional standards and programs of assessment to certify physicians and medical specialists. More than 985,000 physicians and medical specialists are certified by one or more of the ABMS Member Boards in one or more of 40 specialties and 89 subspecialties. For more information about ABMS, visit abms.org or call (312) 436-2600. SOURCE American Board of Medical Specialties WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM? 440k+ Newsrooms & Influencers 9k+ Digital Media Outlets 270k+ Journalists Opted In GET STARTED

AUBURN, Ala., Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gopikrishna Deshpande wants to see the brain in action. How does information between billions of neurons flow within this cerebral superhighway? What functional details impact decision-making or even clinical disorders such as autism or Alzheimer's? Continue Reading The new 7T MRI will allow Auburn University to leverage its existing expertise in engineering, sciences and veterinary medicine to improve health care in the state and beyond. Now, he can. The recently approved $9 million Siemens MAGNETOM Terra.X 7 Tesla (7T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner inside the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center takes researchers to places they've never been and provides them with detailed, ultra-high-resolution images they previously could not study. The world's first field-installed, clinically approved parallel transmit 7T MRI scanner complements the center's 3T scanner, part of its original equipment that's still used today. "3T scanners are standard in clinical practice today, and you get a fairly good view of what's happening in the brain — but you miss a lot of the details," said Deshpande, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, who specializes in signal/image processing. "Because the brain is such a complex organ with billions of neurons and trillions of connections, the devil is in the details. As researchers, we want to have as much detailed depiction, with high-resolution images, as possible." For Auburn, installing the powerful whole-body Terra.X 7 Tesla scanner was … a no-brainer. "The university is sitting on a gold mine in terms of data and capabilities," said Thomas Denney, director of the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center and the Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Donnellan & Family Endowed Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "This machine puts us on the map in the MRI universe, and it allows us to play in a sandbox that we couldn't play in before." Denney said updated scanners like this are fitted with parallel transmit technology and sodium imaging capability. "With our old 7T, if we did an MRI scan of the brain in certain regions, you wouldn't receive uniform coverage of the brain," Denney said. "That's because we had only one transmit channel — like a flashlight inside a large room with only one beam. By comparison, our new Terra.X 7 provides us with eight beams of light that illuminate the brain and provide a more uniform image. Sodium imaging technology is important because it can measure how much sodium is in your brain regionally and identify abnormalities." Denney noted that Auburn researchers, many whom have already utilized the center's previous 7T and 3T equipment, will take advantage of this new avenue. Fresh research explorations already underway include: Meredith Reid, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, is exploring post-traumatic stress disorder biomarkers in senior adults via spectroscopy. Jennifer Robinson, professor in psychological sciences, compares brain connectivity between healthy populations and those with mental illness, focusing on cognition and emotions. Adil Bashir, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, is studying muscle and brain energy production capacity on the cells and determining mitochondrial metabolic homeostasis using phosphorus spectroscopy. Doug Martin, director of the Scott-Ritchey Research Center and professor of anatomy, physiology and pharmacology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, is using MRI and spectroscopy to measure the effect of gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease in animal models. "I dreamed of building an MRI research program here at Auburn where large medical centers recognize our contributions," Denney said. "Through research, Auburn University has moved the needle and more than exceeded my expectations. Since opening the Thomas Walter MRI Research Building in 2010, we've been able to double our staff. Those machines are great, but people are the ones who write research papers, and people are the ones who earn those research grants." People like Deshpande. "MRI research has come a long way — and it will continue to evolve," Deshpande said. "I'm proud that Auburn University is a leading player in this field as my colleagues and myself continue to explore the unexplored, explain the unexplained and provide impactful research to improve the quality of life for all." SOURCE Auburn University WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM? 440k+ Newsrooms & Influencers 9k+ Digital Media Outlets 270k+ Journalists Opted In GET STARTED