Scientific Assembly

Small Group Clinic

Session: AAEM/RSA Small Group Workshop - Choose Your Own Ultrasound Adventure

Choose Your Own Adventure: Ultrasound

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM PT

Location: Grand Crescent - 4th Floor

Workshop Lead Faculty(s)

Joshua Guttman, MD FRCPC FAAEM

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Disclosure(s): AISAP: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Butterfly: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Compremium: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Ethos Medical: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Rivanna: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Vave: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Workshop Facilitator(s)

Melissa Myers, MD, FAAEM

Associate Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine
Uniformed Services University
Rockville, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Andrew W. Shannon, MD, MPH, FAAEM

Associate Professor, Director of Emergency Ultrasound
NOVA Southeastern University K Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lakeland, Florida

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Chelsea Ausman, MD FAAEM

AEMUS Fellowship Director
Darnall Army Medical Center
Fort Hood, Texas

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Christopher Woodard, DO FAAEM

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Matthew S. Berniard, MD FAAEM FAWM RDMS

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Joshua Guttman, MD FRCPC FAAEM: AISAP: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Butterfly: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Compremium: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Ethos Medical: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Rivanna: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Vave: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Melissa Myers, MD, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Andrew W. Shannon, MD, MPH, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Chelsea Ausman, MD FAAEM RDMS: No financial relationships to disclose

Christopher Woodard, DO FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Matthew S. Berniard, MD FAAEM FAWM RDMS: No financial relationships to disclose

A novel take on ultrasound workshops, instead of the workshop leadership choosing the content, content will be driven by the participants. During this course, attendees will rotate at their leisure between multiple stations. Stations will include Basic/advanced cardiac, abdomen, vascular access/procedural guidance, nerve blocks and potpourri. When it's the participant's turn to whole the transducer, the participant will decide what he or she would like to learn. The participant will receive guidance and targeted feedback from the faculty.

This format will serve the participant who can decide what to learn without being constrained to a single topic. This format has been given at previous AAEM conferences with tremendous success.

Workshop faculty will be from the emergency medicine ultrasound section. Faculty are all fellowship trained in ultrasound and experienced at teaching nationally, particularly at AAEM.

Learning Objectives:

dentify and perform point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) techniques across a range of applications, including cardiac, abdominal, vascular access, and nerve blocks, based on individual learning needs and clinical interests.
Demonstrate hands-on ultrasound image acquisition skills with real-time feedback from expert faculty, allowing for targeted improvement in technique and clinical application.
Enhance clinical decision-making by selecting and practicing ultrasound protocols that align with one’s current scope of practice or anticipated areas for growth in emergency medicine