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The Second Leading Edge Conference in Diagnostic Ultrasound once again took place in the heart of the wild West Coast at Middle Beach Lodge in Tofino, BC, Canada. We had attendees from Seattle, Montreal, Winnipeg, Regina, in addition to our BC attendees from Penticton, Richmond, West Vancouver, Vancouver, Duncan, Campbell River, Nanaimo and Victoria. We were fortunate to have world class speakers who are recognized in their specialized field for their dedication to the advancement of diagnostic ultrasound in medicine. The feedback from attendees demonstrated that our mission to assist sonographers to "STAY CURRENT" with rapidly changing ultrasound technology was acheived.
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We are inspired by the enthusiasm and dedication of the sonographers who came to Tofino to upgrade their skills in order to improve the diagnostic ultrasound services they provide to patients. Thank-you to everyone for making the Second Leading Edge Conference in Diagnostic Ultrasound in Canada a success!
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Some of the comments by email from participants:
"The Tofino course is the best to seek for so many reasons: the speakers, topics, and location! I'm sure people will be asking about 2010 already!"
"Great meeting, fabulous location, I loved the "intimate" feeling between speakers and registrants. The lectures were excellent."
"It was an awesome conference!"
"Thanks again for a fantastic conference!"
"It was my pleasure to attend the 2nd leading edge conference in Tofino. Thanks again for hosting this very informative and beneficial session in Diagnostic Ultrasound. I check the sonographers.ca website regularly for news and updates on workshops and am a proud supporter of your efforts."
"Thank you so much for a great conference, such a nice relaxed way to learn. I will highly recommend it to my fellow sonographers in Winnipeg."
"Thank you very much for your efforts to organize such a good Conference. I always learn some new knowledge which is very useful in the field."
Summary of the comments from the evaluation forms made by the participants, click on blue links to see full evaluation results:
1st lecture: Clinical Experience with Automated Volumetric 3D Breast Ultrasound by Dr. Bruce Porter
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington
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Wonderful to see the future of ultrasound in use today!!
Well done!
Excellent lecture.
Excellent speaker.
Good topic.
Very interesting future topic.
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2nd lecture: Standard Protocols in Measuring NT, Fetal NB and TR during 11+0 to 13+6 Week Scan) by Dr. Denise Pugash
Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
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If time had permitted, I would have also enjoyed more information on nasal bone/facial angle measurements.
Denise needs more time, her slides are amazing.
Excellent!
Great topic, very interesting with a lot of useful information, please arrange more time next time.
Big topic, not enough time.
Need handout.
New protocols result in easier certification therefore advantageous to patients.
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3rd lecture (Part I): Cutting Edge Technology in Diagnostic Ultrasound by Sandra Shannon (SIEMENS Canada)
New technology, very exciting.
Silicon transducer is awesome for future.
New technologies for breast imaging.
Research to bring new ultrasound technology is always ongoing.
New changes in technology of probes/machines.
Silicon replacing Piezo-electric crystals.
Learned something new.
Advancing technology in ultrasound.
3D breast ultrasound.
New information always coming up.
There are lots of new exciting advancements in ultrasound to look forward to.
Interesting new technology.
New technology is available.
Micropure can detect microcalcification in breast.
New technologies are always emerging including improvements to noise reduction and smoothness.
New changes, microcalcification with Micropure.
Interesting something new.
Precision imaging looks very impressive.
New information.
Advancing technology.
Precision imaging, Micropure.
New info.
There are new technologies still being developed in ultrasound.
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Excellent speaker, very motivating.
The live demonstration is very useful, I am congealing the presentation information. Excellent job!
Limit talk to one joint and show normal and abnormal images.
Need handout.
Fantastic speech, great speaker, wonderful demonstration and pictures.
Excellent speaker, more more!!
Interesting.
Thank-you so much Dr. Silke for capturing our moments and some of the unique scenery of the West Coast with your camera.
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Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
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Interesting Doppler talk, very informative.
Need handout.
She is a great speaker.
Ultrasound is very good for portal hypertension diagnosis and treatment. Well down.
Excellent lecture.
Very practical and helpful, it would be more appreciated if we were allowed more time to digest all the information.
Excellent.
Great review.
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Excellent, I am thinking "I am different" right now.
Such a great topic, very helpful.
Yes Ruth you are off the scale, amazing and thought provoking.
Excellent speaker, well done!
Awesome presentation!
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Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
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Very practical one, just like it.
Enjoyed your photos in between.
We are missing TCCs in kidneys.
An excellent review of renal masses.
Excellent speaker.
Good review of cysts.
Excellent talk.
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Great speech, I don't do MSK but I enjoyed the lecture so much.
Wow!!
Excellent speaker, very inspiring, would like more MSK, half or full day workshop.
The hands on demonstration brings all the info together very well.
Excellent speaker, would like to have more talks on MSK!!
Achilles tendon scanning, I now know how to approach this.
Well down!
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Excellent knowledge.
The lecture is as good as those chocolates we won.
Great!!
Great interactive game.
I look forward to Dr. Pugash's lectures every year.
Excellent pathologic images.
Excellent.
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Excellent!
Great demonstration of normal vs. abnormal lymph nodes.
Excellent speaker.
Inspiring speaker.
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11th lecture: Sonographic Assessment of Hernias by Hamid Tahmasebpour
Clinical Instructor, University of British Columbia
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Good topic, very useful, I think I'll be more confident in diagnosing hernia after this lecture.
Great review of anatomy and abnormalities, excellent course, thank you!
Great talk!
Thanks, this really helps me understand the difference between direct and indirect inguinal hernias (very nice PowerPoint and videos).
Excellent images to describe hernias.
Good anatomical reviews.
Excellent speaker.
Excellent talk, thank you!
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We wish you the wisdom of the whales
Looking forward to seeing you in Tofino at our 3rd Leading Edge Conference, October 9-10, 2010 |
  
Thanks to Margot Williams for the whale photos in Tofino
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