Sponsored by: | Optikon and Al Safa & Almarwa Medical equipment SCANMATE FLEX |
Number of Candidates: | 20 candidates |
Aim of Course: | Understanding basics of B scan ultrasonography and UBM and how the machines work and learn how to examine your patient by B-Scan and different probe orientation and interpretation of findings. |
Course Directors: | Hala El Cheweikh, Rasha Abbas |
Instructors: | Alia Noureldine, Shaymaa Hassan Salah |
Course 5

Course Details:
09:00 – 11:35 Didactic presentations:
09:00 – 09:05 |
Course overview and its objectives and self-assessment questionsHala El Cheweikh |
09:05 – 09:20 |
How to examine patients using B-ScanShaymaa Hassan Salah |
09:20 – 09:30 |
How to examine patients using UBMAlia Noureldine |
09:30 – 10:00 |
Pediatric disordersHala El Cheweikh |
10:00 – 10:30 |
Vitreo-retinal DisordersShaymaa Hassan Salah |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Ocular TraumaRasha Abbas |
11:00 – 11:30 |
Ocular OncologyAlia Noureldine |
11:30 – 11:35 |
Self-assessment questions and discussion |
11:35 – 12:00 |
Coffee & snacks with the experts |
12:00 – 13:00 Dry Lab:
Hands on experience (2 stations)
– 2 machines stations.
– Each candidate will spend 30 minutes at each stations:
1)One B scan station 2)One UBM station
– At each machine station, candidates will be trained by an instructor how to operate the machine and interpret findings.