Course description

Abdominal complaints are very common; knowing how to perform an abdominal ultrasound examination is a great skill to have. This course will teach you how to image the upper abdominal organs, retroperitoneal space, and gastrointestinal tract. You’ll learn to identify common variants, detect and diagnose benign and malignant pathologies, and write an appropriate ultrasound report.

62 Lessons

9 Quizzes

5.5 CME

Course description

In this course you learn a simple, four-step approach that will help you solve any acid-base problem, without memorization or complicated math. Important topics like anion gap, mixed acid-base problems, and compensation will be crystal clear after completing the lessons and quizzes in this course.

23 Lessons

3 Quizzes

1 CME

Workshop description

In this workshop, you’re challenged to solve advanced acid-base cases using the four-step assessment algorithm taught in the Acid-Base Essentials course. After going through all the cases in this workshop, solving acid-base problems will become second nature.

10 Cases

1 CME

Course description

Being able to interpret the basic findings on a chest x-ray (CXR) is one of the most important clinical skills. Whether it’s pulmonary congestion, pneumonia, pleural effusion, or cardiomyopathy, many common and life-threatening problems can be readily diagnosed with the help of a chest x-ray. In this course, you’ll learn the most essential chest x-ray interpretation skills. Come in and become an expert.

78 Lessons

12 Quizzes

7 CME

Workshop description

In this workshop, you’ll hone your chest x-ray interpretation skills using the algorithm taught in the Chest X-Ray Essentials course. After working through all the real-world cases, you’ll be interpreting chest x-rays with confidence.

10 Cases

1 CME

Course description

Coronary angiography is one of the key diagnostic procedures in cardiology. If you work in internal medicine, you’ve probably taken care of many patients with coronary artery disease who’ve had percutaneous coronary interventions, stents, or bypass procedures. This course teaches how to do a basic assessment of the coronary angiogram so you can take the best possible care of these patients.

18 Lessons

5 Quizzes

3 CME

Workshop description

Sharpen your diagnostic skills in this hands-on workshop. Through real-life cases, you will practice reading and interpreting coronary angiograms like a pro. Become 100 percent confident at spotting a stenosis, identifying the arteries, and knowing what’s relevant—and what’s not. This workshop will make learning the angiogram fun and engaging.

10 Cases

1 CME

Course description

This no-nonsense course teaches all the ECG basics you need to take you from novice to ECG practitioner, or refresh your ECG skills in a matter of hours! Learn how to diagnose important structural heart problems like myocardial infarction, hypertrophy, and volume overload. This is the first course in a three-part series to build your ECG expertise!

24 Lessons

15 Quizzes

11.5 CME

Course description

Our ECG Blue Belt course deals with moderately advanced rhythm problems. You’ll be distinguishing narrow complex from broad complex tachycardias, detecting AV blocks, reviewing pacemaker ECGs, and much more in no time. Once you’ve completed this course, you’ll be ahead of 90% of your colleagues in your rhythm-diagnosing capabilities. It’s the perfect follow-up to our ECG Yellow Belt course.

17 Lessons

13 Quizzes

14 CME

Course description

After completing this course, you’ll be able to perform a basic transthoracic echo (TTE) exam without the help of a more senior colleague. Using practical demos we’ll teach you echo anatomy and show you how to operate the machine, obtain the standard TTE views, differentiate normal from abnormal, and confidently assess and report anything you find!

55 Lessons

11 Quizzes

6 CME

Course description

Do you want to be able to read and make sense of medical literature? This course provides a solid foundation in clinical epidemiology—one that you can build on with more advanced epidemiology in the future. We’ll teach you how to measure and express mortality, incidence, and prevalence, how to express prognosis, the essential basics of clinical trials, how to measure test validity, and more!

30 Lessons

6 Quizzes

3 CME

Course description

This course covers all the essentials of exercise stress testing: what it is, when to do it, and how to do it. Along the way we will discuss issues such as which mode of exercise to use (e.g., treadmill versus cycle ergometer), when it’s safe to continue and when to stop the test, how to deal with ECG artifacts, and how to describe test results.

23 Lessons

6 Quizzes

2 CME

Workshop description

Put your exercise stress ECG skills to the test! In this updated workshop, you’ll work real-world cases based on the challenges you’re likely to encounter during exercise stress testing. Practice making real-time decisions, recognizing important ECG changes, interpreting symptoms and arrhythmias, and knowing when to keep going—and when to stop.

22 Cases

2 CME

Course description

If you are a clinician working in internal medicine, you are likely taking care of patients with fluid and electrolyte problems on a daily basis. This course teaches you the nuts and bolts of fluid and electrolyte management. You’ll discover what it really means when sodium or potassium levels are abnormal, learn how to diagnose and treat imbalances, and get expert tips for prescribing diuretics.

54 Lessons

9 Quizzes

5 CME

Course description

This course teaches you how ICDs are able to recognize and treat ventricular arrhythmias, arming you with the knowledge to be comfortable managing ICDs in a clinical setting. By the end of the course you’ll understand how to optimize ICD settings, devise appropriate treatment plans, confidently answer your patient’s ICD-related questions, and troubleshoot the most common ICD problems.

41 Lessons

6 Quizzes

4 CME

Workshop description

Through this workshop’s real-world cases, you’ll get hands-on practice diagnosing and resolving ICD-related issues. You’ll see how to recognize problems like upper rate behavior, failure to capture, diaphragmatic pacing, and much more!

9 Cases

1 CME

Course description

In this course we’ll teach you everything you need to know about mechanical ventilation during your first night in the ICU, how to make initial adjustments in a newly intubated patient, how to fine-tune the ventilator settings to manage patients with restrictive or obstructive respiratory disease, and how to get your patient ready for extubation. We’ll take you from respiratory rookie to rockstar!

37 Lessons

5 Quizzes

3 CME

Workshop description

Master the management of patients in respiratory distress through the cases in this hands-on workshop. You’ll practice how to handle the breathing requirements of patients with asthma, COPD, and congestive heart failure, decide when to intubate and when to wean, determine correct initial ventilator settings, and identify when settings need to be changed quickly!

10 Cases

1 CME

Course description

This hands-on course takes the mystery out of pacemakers and gives clinicians a solid grounding in pacemaker therapy. You’ll learn how pacemakers work, what can be done in order to optimize a patient’s pacemaker therapy, and how to recognize and troubleshoot common problems. By the end, you’ll feel comfortable addressing the most common pacemaker issues without having a pacemaker expert at hand.

64 Lessons

8 Quizzes

5 CME

Workshop description

Through this workshop’s real-world cases, you’ll get hands-on practice diagnosing and resolving pacemaker-related issues. You’ll see how to recognize problems like upper rate behavior, failure to capture, diaphragmatic pacing, and much more!

10 Cases

1 CME

Course description

In this course, you’ll learn how to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to diagnose the most important problems seen in the acute care setting. Ideal for anyone who’s just starting to use POCUS—be it in the emergency department, general ward, ICU, or private clinic. Learn to use POCUS to increase your success rate, and decrease complications, when performing common procedures.

65 Lessons

13 Quizzes

5 CME

Workshop description

Working through our real-life case studies will help you confidently jump into action wherever and whenever your emergency ultrasound skills are needed. Test your knowledge as you choose the correct probe, pinpoint the most crucial regions to examine, read and interpret the scans, identify basic landmarks, and accurately diagnose problems of a wide range of organs and systems.

10 Cases

2 CME

Course description

Using simple illustrations and elegant animations, we review the pathophysiology of thyroid dysfunction, discuss the interpretation of thyroid tests, explain how pregnancy and certain medications can alter thyroid function, and evaluate the best treatment options—this course will prepare you to confidently assess and effectively manage patients with thyroid disease.

56 Lessons

9 Quizzes

3 CME

Course description

Targeted towards cardiologists in training, internists, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, cardiac physiologists, and cardiac sonographers this course teaches you everything you need to know about performing a standard TEE exam. You’ll learn when a TEE should be ordered and what needs to be done to ensure the safety of your patient during the process. You’ll also learn how to obtain the standard views and how the standard views can be modified to obtain some of the more atypical views.

65 Lessons

10 Quizzes

6 CME