MSUS Course
Date: 7-8 November 2024
Venue: Shanghai Room, Level 8, CORDIS Hong Kong (Mongkok)
Registration Fee: HK$5,200 / USD 650 per person

Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) Course
(APLAR-endorsed Course)
Day 1: 7 November 2024
Time |
Content |
Speakers |
08:00 – 08:15 |
Registration |
|
08:15 – 08:45 |
History, physics and technical characteristics of MSUS |
Ghita Harifi |
08:45 – 09:15 |
Settings and knobology of MSUS |
Julia Chan |
09:15 – 09:45 |
Sonoanatomy of normal musculoskeletal tissue: bone, cartilage, ligament, tendon, muscle, adipose tissue and skin |
Carrel Yu |
09:45 – 09:55 |
Tea break |
|
09:55 – 10:55 |
Practical: setting up / normal MSUS, supervised handling of the probe, machine settings |
All Faculty |
10:55 – 11:40 |
Standardized scan: hand / wrist & basic pathology (with live demo) |
Kok Ooi Kong |
11:40 – 12:40 |
Practical: hand / wrist |
All Faculty |
12:40 – 13:25 |
Lunch Break |
|
13:25 – 13:55 |
Basic MSUS abnormalities definition (OMERACT) and appearance |
Priscilla Wong |
13:55 – 14:40 |
Standardized scan: elbow & basic pathology (with live demo) |
Zunaid Karim |
14:40 – 15:55 |
Practical: elbow |
All Faculty |
15:55 – 16:05 |
Tea break |
|
16:05 – 16:35 |
Application, indications and limitations of MSUS in rheumatology including artefacts and pitfalls |
Anwar Samhari Mat Arshad |
16:35 – 17:20 |
Standardized scan: knee & basic pathology (with live demo) |
Xue-rong Deng |
17:20 – 18:35 |
Practical: knee |
All Faculty |
Day 2: 8 November 2024
Time |
Content |
Speakers |
08:00 – 08:30 |
Clinical application of MSUS in patients with inflammatory arthritis |
Gavin Lee |
08:30 – 09:15 |
Standardized scan: ankle / foot & basic pathology (with live demo) |
Helen Keen |
09:15 – 10:30 |
Practical: ankle / foot |
All Faculty |
10:30 – 10:40 |
Tea Break |
|
10:40 – 11:25 |
Standardized scan: shoulder & basic pathology (with live demo) |
Hilde Berner Hammer |
11:25 – 12:40 |
Practical: shoulder |
All Faculty |
12:40 – 13:25 |
Lunch Break |
|
13:25 – 14:10 |
Standardized scan: hip & basic pathology (with live demo) |
Peter Siu |
14:10 – 15:25 |
Practical: hip |
All Faculty |
15:25 – 15:55 |
Quiz / Course Summary |
All Faculty |
15:55 – 16:00 |
Closing / Tea Break |
|
Other Faculty:
Carmen Ho |
Ray Sin-ngai Ng |
Winnie Yeung |
Sponsors:
Programme is subject to change without prior notice.