The nearest CT scanner is 300km away.
- Do you have the confidence to clear that trauma patient right now?
- Is it an intrauterine pregnancy or a life-threatening ectopic? Stop guessing and start seeing.
- When every minute counts, are you waiting for a retrieval team or taking the lead at the bedside?
- Tired of ‘fishing’ for veins? Transform your vascular access from a struggle into a 60-second success.
- What if you could bill for the procedure AND provide the answer in a single consultation?
Whether you’re managing a remote clinic or a metro practice, POCUS is the ultimate tool for rapid triage and diagnostic certainty. Zedu’s training is specifically designed for the GP workload, focusing on the high-yield skills that change patient outcomes on the spot.
Our small-group, hands-on sessions move beyond theory, ensuring you can integrate scanning seamlessly into a 15-minute consultation or a critical resus. These accredited courses help you meet CPD requirements and procedural grant criteria, giving you the confidence to make definitive bedside decisions. By adding these “visual hands” to your practice, you reduce unnecessary referrals, enhance patient safety, and provide a higher standard of care in any environment.
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eFAST - Online Course
- Use ultrasound system controls to optimise imaging for accurate diagnosis
- Develop proficiency in probe manipulation to efficiently acquire diagnostic images
- and much more!
eFAST Ultrasound Course - Blended
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MTOP Ultrasound Course
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MTOP Ultrasound Course - Blended
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Lung Ultrasound - Blended
MTOP Ultrasound Course - Online
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Emergency Ultrasound for Rural and Remote Medicine Course
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In rural and remote settings, the ability to perform point of care ultrasound is no longer a luxury—it is a clinical necessity. For the rural generalist, being proficient with a portable ultrasound devices means the difference between diagnostic certainty and dangerous delays. Whether you are a GP obstetrician ruling out a ruptured ectopic pregnancy or a GP anaesthetist performing ultrasound guided procedures to manage acute trauma, having an ultrasound machine at the bedside transforms your practice. Our rural medicine course options are specifically designed to help you gain hands-on experience with real patients, ensuring you can confidently use bedside ultrasound to guide critical patient management decisions when the nearest base hospital is hours away.
The impact of ultrasound extends far beyond the red dust of the outback; for the metro GP, it is the ultimate tool to enhance patient care and streamline a busy practice. Instead of waiting days for external imaging, a quick scan can immediately identify a deep vein thrombosis or the source of acute abdominal pain, allowing for instant referral or treatment. By integrating ultrasound into your daily workflow, you reduce the “referral loop” and provide the “one-stop-shop” service that modern urban patients expect.
Zedu’s training programs are specifically tailored to the unique pressures of both urban and rural medicine. We understand that taking time away from your clinic is a significant commitment, which is why many of our courses are eligible for the rural procedural grants program, providing financial support to help you master this essential skill. From foundational ultrasound content for rural generalists to advanced procedural workshops, we empower you to stop guessing and start seeing, ensuring that no matter where you practice, you have the diagnostic power to provide world-class care
Skills Development
Every ultrasound user must establish the ultrasound skills fundamental to acquiring an image – from turning a system on and optimising the system setup, to patient positioning and ergonomics. We’ll give you the foundations for independent practice.
Scanning Skills
Learning Pathway
Support
Zedu’s accredited ultrasound training courses follow a proven step-by-step program to address the specific challenges faced by rural generalists and general practitioners. Our boutique approach ensures personalised training. Our courses cover everything from the EFAST and assessment of ectopic pregnancy, ultrasound guided vascular access and joint injections to DVT assessment and early pregnancy dating, providing a deep understanding and hands-on proficiency in using ultrasound as a diagnostic tool. Learn with your peers in small groups.
Each course employs a systematic approach to help you understand the principles, develop scanning skills and implement strategies that have worked for thousands of clinicians in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
Hands-On Training with Real-Life Patient Models
We prioritise practical learning through extensive, supervised, hands-on scanning sessions tailored to your clinical context. You’ll gain experience scanning real people (not simulators) to understand the variability of imaging in a diverse population. Our live patient models represent a wide range of body types and ages, preparing you to confidently manage diverse patient populations. Our clinical training emphasises pattern recognition, a systematic approach to ultrasound assessment and troubleshooting techniques, all crucial for cardiac ultrasound.
Experienced Instructors Committed to Your Success
Our team of experienced sonographers and sonologists, are dedicated to providing you with personalised instruction and feedback. With a passion for teaching and a deep understanding of ultrasound imaging, our instructors will guide you through each step of your ultrasound training journey, ensuring you build both confidence and competence.
Deliberate Practice for Mastery
At Zedu, we believe in the power of deliberate practice. Our training programs are designed to foster ultrasound skills development through specific goals, focused attention, constructive feedback, and repetitive practice. This structured approach ensures you develop the muscle memory and analytical skills necessary for proficiency and confidence in ultrasound.
Our programs are built on Zedu’s seven key values that have been developed to support you:
Relevance
Focusing on clinical practice to deliver immediate benefit to clinicians and patients
Fun
Learning should always be fun, engaging and entertaining
Quality
Providing real patients, small groups and skilled educators for best practice education
Impact
Create a ripple effect – making a difference for clinicians so they can make a difference for their patients
Innovation
Creative teaching methods to inspire better results
Collaboration
Making friends and breaking silos is what we’re about; the future of medicine lies in collaboration
Safe Learning Environment
No question’s too big, too small, or too silly – no judgements here
From one to twelve, and everything in between. As a rule we exceed the minimum requirements, ensuring that there is an industry leading ratio of 1 sonographer educator or physician to every 4 course participants. This is important as it ensures that you get more hands-on time all the time.
The courses are run at the Zedu Learning HQ:
8-10 Flintoff Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia
When you register you’ll get information on our location and transport options delivered to your email inbox too.
The better question to ask is what machines don’t you have! Most of the major players in the ultrasound world support us with their latest systems, making sure you get access to the best and newest technology available. We have so many systems here – from high end carts to handhelds – that in most cases there is a one-to-one ratio.
Yes we do – we love to tour and share ultrasound around the world. If you’d like to discuss what options you have to get us to deliver training at your place please get in touch.
Zedu courses are designed for your specialty. With quality education always at our front of mind, you’ll be learning with a group of your peers from start to finish. This ensures you are getting a no compromise sequential and structured education experience, all the while having the security and safety of learning with your peers. Your learning experience is not compromised by people joining at different stages and at different levels – you’ll be on board with the same team from beginning to end.
That’s precisely what we do. Our courses are designed for you to get your hands on a probe so you can take home practical skills. All courses have a ratio of at least 2/3 practical, 1/3 didactic – you won’t be disappointed.
Would you only go to part of a movie? Our courses are designed to be attended as a whole, structured in a sequential way to make sure you develop and extend your ultrasound repertoire. Besides – if gaining your credentials is an important part of your motivation to come along, the bodies that accredit our courses wouldn’t look too kindly on you skipping class.
No – but there is a very affordable options only a three-minute walk from our front door. You can find more information here…
Absolutely not. Our courses are designed for obstetricians and gynaecologists at any stage of their career, with any level of ultrasound experience. Our experienced sonographer educators will adapt their teaching to meet you at your level – no stress.
Yes – we love teaching one-on-one as it delivers optimal results over a short time-period. Get in touch.
In short – no – as this is determined by your progress through your college fellowship pathway.
Yes there is – but it’s not too onerous. We recommend you at least revise your physics by watching the short videos before you arrive – the other material you can review as you go, or afterwards.
Yes indeed. Make sure you bring your chargers and accessories too.
Use the login details you created at registration.
The vast majority of Zedu ultrasound courses carry accreditation or are recognised by one or more bodies, including:
- The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ASUM)
- The Australian College of Midwives (ACM)
- The Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
- The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA)
- The Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM)
- The College of Intensive Care medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM)
- The Point-of-Care Ultrasound Certification Academy
- The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
- The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
- The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
- The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)
No – we are famous for our catering – rest assured you will be well fed and watered.
Chat to one of our team for expert advice or to organise a a specialised training course for yourself or your team.
Zedu is centrally located in Bundoora. Easily accessed from the central city and Melbourne airport (Tullamarine).
Zedu HQ - Suite 37 / Level 4
240 Plenty Road
Bundoora, Victoria 3083
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