Join SPOCUS
Become part of the growing community of POCUS practitioners
Join the Society of Point of Care Ultrasound to access member-only resources, educational opportunities, and connect with a community of like-minded clinicians and students who share a passion for POCUS.
Join NowMembership Fees
1 Year Fellow
$50
Subscription period: 1 year
Auto-renewal
2 Year Fellow
$95
Subscription period: 2 years
No automatic recurring payments
Associate
$50
Subscription period: 1 year
Auto-renewal
Anyone that is not a health care provider
Military
$35
Subscription period: 1 year
Auto-renewal
Residents
$30
Subscription period: 1 year
Auto-renewal
Student
$20
Subscription period: 2 years
No automatic recurring payments
Student Bundle Registration
$480
Subscription period: 2 years
Bundle up to 25 members
Once student graduates they must re-register as a fellow.
Trial Membership for Cadre
$50
Subscription period: 1 year
No automatic recurring payments
Membership Benefits
- Closed content access (newsletter, learning, CME/workshop opportunities)
- Access to members-only content, including POCUS education integration recommendations
- One-on-one training for faculty with the Train the Trainer Program
- Access to unbiased and personalized recommendations for ultrasound machine purchases
- Ultrasound Directors Mentorship Program: Director's Packet and Leadership Mentor Program
- Student mentorship and organizational support in the Student Ultrasound Interest Section
- Discounts with ultrasound education partners including EMSono, 3rd Rock Ultrasound, SonoSim, Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute
- Access to our POCUS social forum for discussion of ideas and resources
- Membership in a society with like-minded clinicians in a variety of specialties and professions
- Discounts on SPOCUS ultrasound workshops and continued administrative and clinical mentorship
Why Become a Member?
Membership to SPOCUS acts as a vehicle for like-minded providers to collaborate and support common goals. SPOCUS believes that a successful ultrasound presence is achieved with collaboration from mentors within the Clinical Ultrasound Community who are willing to guide, counsel and advise our member providers on how best to approach barriers and overcome difficulties.
While many SPOCUS members are fellowship trained, certified or have years of experience in clinical ultrasound, our core membership is comprised of novice users who wish to increase their ultrasound presence in their practice or academic institution. We proudly reach out to novices, faculty, and students who have a desire to increase their ultrasound presence.
SPOCUS Purpose
- 1.Promote the safe and effective employment of clinical ultrasound by all clinicians across the healthcare spectrum, regardless of specialty, practice environment, or education level.
- 2.Promote and expand clinical ultrasound education and educational opportunities for practicing clinicians and promote the development and standardization of clinical ultrasound guidelines across all specialties and practice levels.
- 3.Promote clinical ultrasound education for students across the full spectrum of medical profession education, and advocate for early integration of ultrasound education with "day one curriculum ultrasound integration."
- 4.Provide roadmaps for clinicians of any practice level, setting, or education level in achieving POCUS credentialing.
- 5.Develop a centralized source for clinical ultrasound guidelines for documentation, training, and education.
- 6.Liaise and collaborate with groups such as ACEP, AMA, AAEM, AIUM, SAEM, AAFP, AAPA, and others to advocate for language within published guidelines which is supportive and inclusive of our members' scope of practice in employing clinical ultrasound.
- 7.Promote the inclusion and interaction of clinicians not traditionally associated with ultrasound, including those in rural and remote medicine, underserved area medicine, disaster response, EMS, military, and tactical medicine.
- 8.Support further research exploring and validating all clinicians' employment of clinical ultrasound as a safe evidence-based practice.
- 9.Collaborate with industry in expanding access to ultrasound devices and developing devices which simplify users' ability to employ ultrasound and enhance patient access to high-quality care.