Curso Livre de Hands-on Acessos Vasculares Ecoguiados

Objectives

• Train participants in the use of ultrasound as a tool to support vascular access
• Learn the ultrasound anatomy of central/peripheral vascular axes, recognising normal variants
• Identify the main complications associated with vascular access
• Integrate ultrasound into clinical practice, recognising the advantages of an immediate, safe, accessible, radiation-free approach, with advantages in follow-up for therapy control and diagnosticalgorithm decision-making.

Operating Mode

The course comprises an online session and an in-person session. The in-person session will take place on 1 June and will last 8 hours, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Depending on the number of registrations, an additional session may be held on 2 June 2026. Participants will be allocated to other dates as required.

This course is part of the project Medicine, Technology, and the Future - MedTech NEXT | Digital More Impulse, under the Medicine Reform and Modernization Sub-measure.

The course provides up to 24 scholarships (subject to the availability of funding) for interns in the general year and in all medical specialties.

The scholarships awarded under the project Medicine, Technology and the Future – MedTech NEXT | More Digital Impulse, Sub-measure Reform and Modernisation of Medicine, comply with the Regulations for Incentive Scholarships under the UAlg+Skills4All and FOSTEAM@SOUTH Projects of the University of Algarve – Adult Impulse. According to paragraph b) of Article 3, the Adult Impulse Incentive Scholarship constitutes annual financial support to partially cover the costs of tuition fees for non-degree courses, aimed at the upskilling or professional reskilling of adults who have reached the age of 23 by 31 December of the year preceding the application.