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

Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 08h30-18h00
SSICM Annual Meeting 2025, Congress Kursaal Interlaken, room Grimsel 1 + 2

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

Course leads
Dr méd. Christoph Ganter, Zurich
Dr méd. Zied Ltaief, Lausanne

Additional instructors
Pr Dr méd. Miodrag Filipovic, Saint-Gall
PD Dr méd. Caroline Eva Gebhard, Bâle
Dr méd. Roger Ludwig, Berne
PD Dr méd. Gabriele Via, Lugano

Program

08h30-08h45
Greeting & Introduction | FA POCUS SGUM

08h45-09h00 
Image settings, Probe maneuvers

09h00-10h15
Examination course TTE: Introduction and hands-on training on volunteers - Parasternal views

10h15-10h30
Coffee break

10h30-12h00
Examination course TTE: Introduction and hands-on training on volunteers - Apical views / Subxyphoidal views

12h00-12h30
LV/RV function

12h30-14h00
Lunch break

14h00-14h30
Volume status, Prediction for fluid responsiveness, Congestion

14h30-14h45
Pericardial effusion / -tamponade

14h45-15h45
Hands-on training on volunteers

15h45-16h00
Coffee break

16h00-16h30
Valvular diseases

16h30-17h30
Hands-on training on volunteers

17h30-18h00
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 are confirmed from the following societies:

  • Swiss Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SSICM): 7 credits
  • Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Peroperative Medicine (SSAPM): 8 credits
  • Swiss Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (SSUM): 8 credits
  • Swiss Society of Emergency and Rescue Medicine (SSERM): 8 credits