About Us
Our Mission
To promote the safe and effective use of
point of care ultrasound (POCUS)
Our Goals
• To establish rigorous standards of training for POCUS use in Canada
• To provide certification upon completion of comprehensive POCUS training
Our Principles
• Clinical judgment always takes precedence over POCUS
CPoCUS Team

Peter SteinmetzPresident, Member, Board of Directors
Examinations content, incorporation, by-laws, course accreditation, MOC Program, e-Learning Program, Family Medicine track, CME credentialing, Committee for Exception to Certification, Committee for Instructor Requests, Committee for Course Accreditation.

Greg HallVice-president, Member, Board of Directors
Examinations content, examinations editing, Instructor Apprentice Program, society position statements, Resuscitation / Diagnostic / Musculoskeletal track, Committee for Instructor Requests.

Geneviève DallaireMember, Board of Directors
Examinations content, translation of all society material, Musculoskeletal / Resuscitation TEE tracks.

Chau PhamMember, Board of Directors
Examinations content and editing, CORE track, Committee for Course Accreditation, CME credentialing.

Stéphane RheinMember, Board of Directors
Examinations content, UPVA / Bladder Basics track, Committee for Exception to Certification.

Gabrièlle TrépanierMember, Board of Directors
Family Medicine track, academic postgraduate training via eLearning.

Robert DevinsMember, Board of Directors
Examinations content, Diagnostic / Resuscitation tracks, Diagnostic instructional videos, Committee for Course Accreditation, CME credentialing.

Ankit KapurMember, Board of Directors
Examinations content.

Patrick MartelMember, Board of Directors
Examinations content, simulator training, rural training.

Aftab AzadMember, Board of Directors
International Board member (Doha, Qatar).

Sharon OleskevichMember, Board of Directors, Executive director
Curriculum and examination edits, new tracks, process planning, website content, policy communication, eLearning, Committee for Course Accreditation, CME credentialing, annual reports.

Claude ToppingTranslator / editor
Curriculum, instructional videos

Irene MaInternal Medicine consultant, Committee for Simulation Scans

Christiane de BrentaniFinance Manager
Member, Administration team
Finances, book keeping, and group certificate fee payments.

Nick BurtonCommittee Manager
Member, Administration team
Committee for Course Accreditation, Committee for Exception to Certification, Committee for Instructor Requests, and application forms.

Natalina DiCredicoCertificate Manager
Member, Administration team
IP certificates and certificate queries, general queries, live online course director support, and FAQs.

Janine ParkinsonMember, Administration team
Newsletters and media content.

Louis Letiecq
L'Index, Maison d'édition
Translations (examinations, curricula, application forms, letters to members, website content).

Evan Shuster
333 Photo & Design
Web and graphic design, IT support, member database management.

John Clements
Axograph Scientific
Software development, iOS and Android tablets, examination applications.
CPoCUS Annual Awards
This year’s award recognizes Dr Brendan M. Munn and his colleagues (Phillips, Laraya, Boivin-Arcouette) for their research study: “Gastric ultrasound in stable patients with decreased level of consciousness and recreational substance use — are presumed full stomachs full?” published in CJEM 2020, CAEP 2020, and CAS 2020. Their research demonstrates the potential utility of gastric ultrasound in stratifying aspiration risk in intoxicated patients with decreased Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS).
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.
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Programs include CPoCUS-accredited IP certification courses
Courses are eligible for CME credits
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