EFSUMB Student Summer School

Over 113 students and 1^st and 2^nd year residents joined EFSUMB’s first Student Summer School held at the Hotel Aquino in Berlin, Germany on 4–6 September. The school was organised by the EFSUMB Student Committee and local German tutors with the help of Caroline Ewertsen, Christian Jenssen and Alina Popescu and the local Campus Academy with a programme of lectures, demonstrations by experts, and hands-on training for the participants. Thanks to the generous support of industry – Bracco, Canon, Fujifilm, GE, Mindray, Siemens, Sonoscape and Vinno – there were 24 machines (including some handheld US devices) to ensure enough time for each participant to scan under the supervision of the lecturers and tutors. BICUS and the Falk Foundation also provided much needed support for the event.

The faculty of renowned local and international speakers covered topics from pediatrics to ultrasound guided interventions with live demonstration and hands-on phantoms for the participants divided in basic and advanced users. The highlight for the advanced attendees was the visit to the Charité Hospital Ultrasound Interdisciplinary Department for live demonstrations and the opportunity for hands-on experience with hospital patients. This was also offered by the Ultrasound Department of the Federal Armed Forces Hospital in Berlin.

Learning was combined with interactive cases, quizzes, brainstorming, exchange of views and experiences, and learning how to teach fellow students.

The students’ impressions and evaluations will be analysed, and depending on these responses EFSUMB will organise a repetition of the School in the Summer of 2027.

 

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Article published online:
06 October 2025