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This year’s award recognizes Pouya Bandegi for his research study: “Ocular Point of Care Ultrasound: Efficacy and Knowledge Retention of a New Teaching Workshop for Medical Students” presented at WCUME 2019, Irvine, USA. His research demonstrated that a one-hour hands-on workshop on ocular PoCUS resulted in the improvement and four-month retention of students’ ocular POCUS skills

This year’s award recognizes Dr. Élizabeth Lalande for her research study: “Is point-of-care ultrasound a reliable predictor of outcome during atraumatic, non-shockable cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis from the SHoC investigators” published in Resuscitation 2019 Jun;139:159-166. Her research demonstrated that PoCUS may provide valuable information in the management of non-traumatic pulseless electrical activity or asystole, but should not be viewed as the sole predictor in determining outcomes.

This year’s award recognizes both Dr. Clare Acton and Dr. Lanice Jones.
Dr. Acton developed the POCUS1 curriculum for the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Emergency Medicine in Ethiopia. She launched a fellowship for a local faculty member. The goal is for this faculty to become the local PoCUS director on completion of their fellowship and for PoCUS training to become self-sustaining in Ethiopia.
Dr. Jones teaches obstetrical ultrasound in Nunavut, Chad, and Democratic Republic of Congo. The award will be used to support a doctor from Kenya to attend a Third Trimester Ultrasound Course in Arusha, Tanzania, as a step towards bringing the OB course to Nairobi, Kenya.

This year’s award recognizes Dr. Joel Turner for his outstanding work in undergraduate, postgraduate, and CME POCUS education provincially and nationally. Dr. Turner created, manages, and instructs the point of care ultrasound training program for the Emergency Medicine residents at McGill University. He is also the founder and director of the Fellowship Program in Point of Care Ultrasound based at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital.