Course overview
This hands-on consultant led MSK ultrasound course will feature practical scanning using a variety of ultrasound machines with delegates placed in small groups to maximise experience and practice.
Delegates will have the opportunity to rotate around stations and try new and different machines in small groups and arranged to work with colleagues of a similar experience with ultrasound (predetermined by a pre-course questionnaire) to enhance the learning.
Key highlights
The course is heavily practical orientated but interspersed with small lecture-based talks reviewing some theory around imaging.
The course will cover joints and soft tissues both in the upper limb and lower limb and help to assess pathologies that are commonly seen in daily MSK practice involving the large and small joints of the musculoskeletal system. Specialities reviewed include pathologies encountered within Trauma & Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Sports & Exercise Medicine. There will be opportunities for Q&As after each presentation and discussions will be encouraged between delegates and faculty.
This course would be of interest to anyone practicing currently in MSK ultrasound and wishes to update skills and/or wishes to consider starting practice with MSK ultrasound.
This course will primarily target radiology consultants / residents / fellows / sonographers / practitioners / physiotherapists in the fields of general & MSK radiology, orthopaedics, sports & exercise medicine, rheumatology, general practice with MSK specialist interests and physiotherapy.
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This course is also taking place on 1-2 October 2025
Key Highlights
- Image optimisation and how to get the best out of your scan
- Tips & tricks around MSK USS scanning
- Review of big and small joints in the upper limb focussing on the hand and wrist, elbow and shoulder joints
- Review of big and small joints in the lower limb including the foot and ankle, knee and hip joints
- Review of common nerve entrapments and what to look for
Your faculty lead: Dr Subhasis Basu is a fellowship-trained Consultant Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Radiologist holding a substantive post as Clinical Lead in MSK imaging at Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Basu completed his medical training at St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London. His postgraduate training in clinical radiology took place in Manchester and the North West of England, followed by a dedicated sports imaging fellowship at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Dr Basu’s practice involves reviewing and reporting X-rays, CT scans and MRI scans and also perform diagnostic ultrasound scans as well as treat various joint and soft tissue disorders with image-guided therapeutic injections.
Wrightington Hospital Conference Centre: Wrightington Hall was the home of the Wrightington family for several centuries before being bought by Lancashire County Council in 1918 with the purpose of turning it into a TB hospital. The hall has since been transformed into an educational facility, celebrating the pioneering work on joint replacement carried out at Wrightington Hospital by Sir John Charnley. Located within a short travelling distance of Preston, Manchester and Liverpool and conveniently only two minutes away from Junction 27 of the M6.
This course will attract 12 CPD points as per the Guidelines of the Royal College of Radiologists
Please Note: Accommodation is not included but we will look to have negotiated rates available for our guests attending in-person. All tickets are fixed to a 20% VAT rate. To request an invoice by email, please email educateenquiries@medica.co.uk
Our speakers
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Subhasis Basu
Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Course programme
Day 1 Upper Limb Wed 26th March
- 0900-0915 – Introduction / Overview
- 0915-0945 – Imaging Optimisation & Knobology
- 0945-1015 – Lecture Ultrasound of the Shoulder and Demo
- 1015-1100 – Hands-on Session Shoulder
- 1100-1115 – TEA/COFFEE BREAK
- 1115-1200 – Hands-on Session Shoulder
- 1200-1230 – Lecture Ultrasound of the Hands & Wrist and Demo
- 1230-1315 – LUNCH BREAK
- 1315-1345 – Lecture Ultrasound and Intervention in the Upper Limb
- 1345-1445 – Hands-on Session Hands & Wrist
- 1445-1500 – TEA/COFFEE BREAK
- 1500-1530 – Lecture Ultrasound of the Elbow and Demo
- 1530-1645 – Hands-on Session Elbow
- 1645-1700 – Review & Feedback / Close of day
Day 2 Lower Limb Thursday 27th March
- 0900-0915 – Introduction / Overview
- 0915-0945 – Lecture Ultrasound of the Knee and Demo
- 0945-1100 – Hands-on Session Knee
- 1100-1115 – TEA/COFFEE BREAK
- 1115-1145 – Lecture Ultrasound of the Foot & Ankle and Demo
- 1145-1230 – Hands-on Session Foot & Ankle
- 1230-1315 – LUNCH BREAK
- 1315-1400 – Hands-on Session Foot & Ankle
- 1400-1430 – Lecture Ultrasound of the Hip and Demo
- 1430-1515 – Hands-on Session Hip
- 1515-1530 – TEA/COFFEE BREAK
- 1530-1645 – Hands-on Session Hip
- 1645-1700 – Review & Feedback / Closure of day
Venue
Wrightington Hospital Conference Centre
Information
Located within a short travelling distance of Preston, Manchester and Liverpool and conveniently only two minutes away from Junction 27 of the M6.
Ticket prices
| Consultant full course ticket | £735.00 |
| Consultant one day ticket | £395.00 |
| Registrar full course ticket | £660.00 |
| Registrar one day ticket | £355.00 |
| Radiographer full course ticket | £625.00 |
| Radiographer one day ticket | £335.00 |