Below are a selection of presentations given at the CASE Education and Training Session at the BMUS 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting. Presentations were requested from all speakers and those available are the ones that have been received. They do not represent any bias of opinion on behalf of CASE. Once again, CASE was invited by BMUS to work on a conjoint session regarding ultrasound education and training to be hosted at the BMUS Annual Scientific Meeting in the Manchester International Conference Centre. The session was held in the Porters Suite at Manchester International Convention Centre on Wednesday 13th December, between 14.00 & 15.30pm Assessing Competence to Practice Ultrasound THE EVOLVING NEEDS IN ULTRASOUND EDUCATION – CAN WE MATCH SERVICE REQUIREMENTS? Date: Wednesday 13th December 14.00 - 15.30 p.m. Porters Suite Chaired by R. Conlon, J Walton PROGRAMME 14.00 Introduction from Chair – The Current CASE Position Rosie Conlon CASE Chair & PG Programme Leader, University of Leeds 14.05 Report of Short Courses Working Party/A Recent Commentary Rosemary Lee, PG Medical Ultrasound Programme Organiser, Glasgow Caledonian University 14.20 Training Accident & Emergency Physicians – A Five Year Experience Heather Venables, University of Leeds 14.35 Intensivists/Anaesthetists Perspective – A Request Dr B Nicholls, Consultant Anaesthetist, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton 14.50 Assessing Competency? The Cornerstone Julie Walton, Postgraduate and CPD Curriculum Manager, The University of Liverpool 15.10 Open Discussion with Panel 15.25 THE WAY FORWARD / CLOSE Rosemary Lee - Report of Short Courses Working Party/A Recent Commentary Heather Venables - Training Assessing Emergency Medicine Physicians - University of Leeds CASE HOME PAGE CASE NEWSLETTERS BACK TO BMUS SITE CASE is the Consortium for the Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) Co-ordinator: Ms Michele Landau Contact address: c/o SCoR, 207 Providence Square, Mill Street, London, SE1 2EW Tel: 020 7740 7226   E-mail: michelel@sor.org