Webinar

Rural POCUS Rounds: Temporal Artery POCUS

Overview

Join Dr. Irina Sainchuk on October 30, 2026, for a POCUS session on Temporal Artery.

Rural POCUS Rounds supports rural health professionals in building POCUS skills, confidence, and community through interactive, case-based learning delivered via Zoom. Participants also gain insight into additional training opportunities, as our presenters are highly engaged POCUS practitioners across British Columbia.

Can't Join Live? The webinar will be recorded and the link will be shared with all registered participants to watch on-demand after the event.  Watch past Rural POCUS Rounds recordings. 

Have Questions?  Please email @email with any questions or concerns. 

Key speakers

Dr. Irina Sainchuk is a hospitalist currently working in Prince George, BC. For the last ten years she has been doing clinical teaching with the Internal Medicine department at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia.

Dr. Sainchuk is also a UBC-HOUSE Course ultrasound instructor, teaching multiple workshops in rural areas of British Columbia. She is involved in CPOCUS curriculum development specifically for the Internal Medicine stream and Diastology.

Learning objectives

Learning objectives will be added soon.

Acknowledgements

This project was developed and is operated by the UBC Faculty of Medicine's Division of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in partnership with the Rural Coordination Centre of BC. Funding for Rural POCUS Rounds was provided by the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, a joint committee of the Doctors of BC and BC Ministry of Health.

A learning environment for health professionals

This webinar is for the professional development of health professionals. As an accredited learning activity, this session is intended to provide an environment that is conducive to presenting complex information, asking questions and the sharing of personal experience among colleagues.  

The content is tailored to a medical audience and is not intended as public health communication. Any reproduction of the session or provided materials in part or full requires the explicit approval of UBC CPD. Interest from media can be directed to media.relations@ubc.ca. 

Accreditation

The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by UBC CPD. You may claim a maximum of 1 hour (credits are automatically calculated). This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 1 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credit. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.

Key Details

Time and date
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Webinar
1 hour
1.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1
Medical Imaging
Family Physician
Additional Learning Activities
Duration
Up to 21 hours
Credits
Up to 10.5 Mainpro+ (one-day course); Up to 21.0 Mainpro+ (two-day course)
Topic
Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care
Medical Imaging
Minor Procedures
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Overview
Learn how to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in your community.
Format
E-learning
Français
Duration
1 hour / 1 heure
Credits
1.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 3 | 1,0 Mainpro+/section 3 du programme de MDC
Topic
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Women's Health
Overview
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