Full Day Course POCUS - Focused transthoracic cardiac sonography (K13)

Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 08:30-18:00
SSICM Annual Meeting 2025, Congress Kursaal Interlaken

This full day course is offered as part of the SSICM Annual Meeting 2025. The target audience for this course is medical and resident doctors.

Course leads
Dr. med. Christoph Ganter, Zürich
Dr. med. Zied Ltaief, Lausanne

Additional instructors
Prof. Dr. med. Miodrag Filipovic, St.Gallen
Dr. med. Roger Ludwig, Bern

Program

08:30-08:45
Greeting & Introduction | FA POCUS SGUM

08:45-09:00 
Image settings, Probe maneuvers

09:00-10:15
Examination course TTE: Introduction and hands-on training on volunteers - Parasternal views

10:15-10:30
Coffee break

10:30-12:00
Examination course TTE: Introduction and hands-on training on volunteers - Apical views / Subxyphoidal views

12:00-12:30
LV/RV function

12:30-14:00
Lunch break

14:00-14:30
Volume status, Prediction for fluid responsiveness, Congestion

14:30-14:45
Pericardial effusion / -tamponade

14:45-15:45
Hands-on training on volunteers

15:45-16:00
Coffee break

16:00-16:30
Valvular diseases

16:30-17:30
Hands-on training on volunteers

17:30-18:00
Echo quiz

Registration for the Full Day Course POCUS takes place online via the main SSICM Annual Meeting 2025 registration. There is a limit of 16 participants for this course.

Course fees:
CHF 550.- (until July 22, 2025) | CHF 715.- (July 23 - September 2, 2025) | CHF 750.- (after September 3, 2025) for SSICM and/or IMC members Doctors/Academics
CHF 800.- (until July 22, 2025) | CHF 1040.- (July 23 - September 2, 2025) | CHF 1095.- (after September 3, 2025) for non-SSICM and non-IMC members Doctors/Academics
CHF 440.- (until July 22, 2025) | CHF 570.- (July 23 - September 2, 2025) | CHF 600.- (after September 3, 2025) for SSICM young members
CHF 720.- (until July 22, 2025) | CHF 935.- (July 23 - September 2, 2025) | CHF 985.- (after September 3, 2025) for non-member resident doctors

Credits for the full day POCUS course will be asked for from the following societies:

• Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SSICM)
• Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Peroperative Medicine (SSAPM)
• Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (SSUM)
• Swiss Society of Emergency and Rescue Medicine (SSERM)