ACP Procedural Shorts

ACP Procedural Shorts

Format: 14 Video Files (.mp4 format) + 12 PDF files.

ACP’s Procedural Shorts are a dynamic collection of educational activities that provide hands-on learning and interactive self-study. Learn office-based procedures, refine interpretive skills, and update physical examination skills in a unique, small-group learning environment

Topics And Speakers:

1. Advanced Airway Techniques

Presented by: Ronald M. Roan, MD, DABA, FS

Dept. of Anesthesiology,

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Description: Instruction on management of airways in an emergent situation. Tracheal intubation, laryngeal mask and tube use and more are demonstrated using a simulation model.

1. Ankle-Brachial Index by Doppler

Presented by: Marge Lovell, RN, CCRC, CVN, BEd, Med

Clinical Trials Nurse, Vascular Surgery

London Health Sciences Centre, Ontario

Description: Demonstration of basic ABI technique using hand-held doppler on a live patient model

1. Arthrocentesis and Bursal Injection

Presented by: Murtaza Cassoobhoy, MD, FACP

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta

Description: Instruction on arthrocentesis and therapeutic injections using a simulated model of the knee and shoulder

1. Cryosurgery Basics

 Presented by: Auguste H. Fortin VI, MD, FACP

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Yale University Scholl of Medicine, New Haven

Description: Instruction on removal of a wart on a live patient using cryosurgery

1. Incision and Drainage of Abscesses

Presented by: Auguste H. Fortin VI, MD, FACP

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Yale University Scholl of Medicine, New Haven

Description: Demonstration of how to incise and drain abscesses. Includes information on supplies and after care.

1. Lumbar Puncture

Presented by: Patricia Wathen, MD, FACP

Professor of Internal Medicine,

University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio

Description: Demonstration of sterile lumbar puncture technique on a life-like simulation model.

1. PICC Line Placement

Presented by: Curtis R. Mirkes, DO, FACP

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine,

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple

Description: Demonstration of proper PICC Line placement technique using a simulation model. Includes instruction on insertion of guide wire, dilator, and catheter

1. Skin Biopsy Techniques

 Presented by: Elizabeth M. Billingsley, MD

Professor of Dermatology,

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Univ. , Hershey

Description: Demonstration of three common skin biopsy techniques (shave, punch and excisional) using a pig’s foot model

1. Soft Tissue Injections

 Presented by: Stephen Miller, MD, FACP

Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology,

Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta

Description: Demonstration of three different soft tissue injection of the hand and wrist, including the trigger finger and carpal tunnel 

1. Suturing Skills – Basic

Presented by: Carrie Horwitch, MD, FACP, MPH

Associate Program Director,

Virginia Mason Medical Centre, Seattle

Description: Demonstration of the basic interrupted suture technique on a pig’s foot model

1. Suturing Skills – Advanced (part 1)

Presented by: Michael A. Renzi, DO, FACP

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden

Description: Demonstration of the vertical mattress suture technique on a pig’s foot model

1. Suturing Skills – Advanced (part 2)

Presented by: Barbara M. Mathes, MD, FACP, FAAD

Clinical Associate Professor,

University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Dermatology, Philadelphia

Description: Demonstration of the uninterrupted, or continuous running, suture technique on a pig’s foot model

1. Toenail Removal

Presented by: Bryan E. Anderson, MD

Associate Professor of Dermatology,

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Univ. , Hershey

Description: Instruction on how to perform a partial nail avulsion using a life-like simulation model. Information on supplies and digital block technique are included

1. Ultrasound-guided Central Venous Line Placement

Presented by: William Schweickert, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine,

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Description: Proper central line placement technique using ultrasound guidance is demonstrated on life-like simulation model