This symposium will discuss the ongoing WFUMB education programs including:
1. Supporting Centers of Excellence located in Bangladesh, Uganda, Venezuela, and Romania
2. Visiting Professor Program providing speakers to the following regions: Africa, Asia, and Latin America
3. Student Scholarship Program enabling individuals from developing and emerging countries to spend time in an established educational center
4. Supporting physicians from developing countries to attend the WFUMB World Meeting
5. Developing a new Edition of WHO Ultrasound Manual
6. Providing educational materials, including WFUMB electronic journal subscriptions, to ultrasound teaching centers in developing and emerging countries
7. Supplying ultrasound equipment to needy centers in cooperation with the Global Ultrasound Equipment Donation Foundation (GUEDF)
8. Developing an ultrasound curriculum and E-learning modules for training in developing and emerging countries. This project will consist of two phases. The first phase will be to develop a curriculum that can be used to train healthcare practitioners in developing/emerging countries on the use of diagnostic ultrasound imaging. The second phase will be to develop E-learning modules to provide opportunities for individuals to receive training that is required to support wide deployment of diagnostic ultrasound capabilities in underserved populations.