SonoWars at SMACC
James Rippey (from The SonoCave) and Lewis Macken ran the show at the the inaugural SMACC SonoWars — and what a show it was!
The final saw New Zealand’s Auckland HEMS in red take on Aussie representatives the Tweed Heads MediNuggets led by the ‘SonOracle’ in a sonographic duel for everlasting glory. The events included:
- ‘how FAST is your FAST?’
- the abdo ultrasound image interpretation quiz
- an Echo/ Lung ultrasound relay
- the Echo/ Lung ultrasound image interpretation quiz
- an edutainment challenge (which involved Oli Flower dressed up as a uterus as well as an oversized eyeball) decided by the live audience (a bunch of biased Aussies no doubt)
- and ultrasound procedure races as a gripping finale
Hats off to the creative team behind SonoWars, and especially to the awesome competitors. It was fantastic educationally and thoroughly entertaining.
Andrew Petrosniak wrote a great insider’s account of the experience here: SonoWars at SMACC – the Auckland HEMS Team perspective.
Chris is an Intensivist and ECMO specialist at The Alfred ICU, where he is Deputy Director (Education). He is a Clinical Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University, the Lead for the Clinician Educator Incubator programme, and a CICM First Part Examiner.
He is an internationally recognised Clinician Educator with a passion for helping clinicians learn and for improving the clinical performance of individuals and collectives. He was one of the founders of the FOAM movement (Free Open-Access Medical education) has been recognised for his contributions to education with awards from ANZICS, ANZAHPE, and ACEM.
His one great achievement is being the father of three amazing children.
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