Dr. Emilie Ritch

Credentials

About

Hello everyone, my name is Emilie Ritch, a fourth year medical student at McGill, and IP certified POCUS instructor. My first exposure to ultrasound imaging was actually when I injured my hand after a biking accident a couple years back. At that time, observing the medical resident and staff radiologist complete the scan, discussing the picture on the screen, and highlighting the different pathologies they were able to see peaked my interest! When I started medical school, I was reintroduced to ultrasound, this time through POCUS sessions and knew that it was something I wanted to familiarize myself with further and be able to integrate into my future medical practice. Specifically, I appreciate being able to come up with a differential diagnosis based on the patients’ presenting symptoms and having POCUS ready at hand to help rule in or out your suspicions. Using POCUS to help guide your plan of action and prioritize in different settings is also something I am fond of. It allows for a more holistic approach to patient care and allows you to offer the best care to your patients. I have been working with SonoRAY throughout the entirety of my POCUS certification and instruction. What I most enjoy about SonoRAY is the team atmosphere. Everybody is there to help and guide one another. Through this approach, we are able to offer high quality evidence-based courses and ensure this standard is maintained when used in clinical practice, something which I highly regard!