Core Obstetric Ultrasound - Discover and explore the clinical utility of ultrasound evaluation in pregnancy to guide patient management. Complete your training curriculum requirements for advanced DRANZCOG and 1st and 2nd year trainees.
Who should attend?
- Obstetricians and trainees
- Residents looking to get into obstetric fellowship training
- Rural Medicine physicians
Objectives
On completion of this two-day clinically focused core obstetric ultrasound program, learners will:
- Use ultrasound system controls to optimize imaging for accurate diagnosis in clinical practice
- Demonstrate proficiency in probe manipulation to efficiently acquire diagnostic images for point of care ultrasound examinations
- Describe the limitations and clinical integration of the following ultrasound examinations:
- Transabdominal and transvaginal pelvic assessment
- 1st trimester
- 3rd trimester
- Use a systematic approach to conduct ultrasound assessment of
- Pelvis using transabdominal approach
- Early pregnancy for miscarriage, confirm intrauterine pregnancy positioning or ectopic location and cause for pain and bleeding
- Fetal well-being
- Fetal growth in third trimester
- Develop basic practical proficiency in transvaginal scanning with ultrasound phantoms and real patient models.
Why Choose Zedu Ultrasound Training Solutions?
Clinically Focused Curriculum Tailored to Obstetricans
Our obstetric ultrasound courses are meticulously designed to address the specific challenges faced by obstetricians. Our boutique approach ensures personalised training. Our courses cover everything from the probe moves to fetal well-being assessment, providing a deep understanding and hands-on proficiency in using ultrasound as a diagnostic and procedural tool. Learn with your peers in small groups.
Hands-On Training with Real-Life Patient Models
We emphasize practical learning through extensive, supervised hands-on scanning sessions. You'll practice on individuals representing a wide range of body shapes, sizes, and ages, ensuring you are prepared to handle diverse patient populations. Our training focuses on pattern recognition, systematic examination approaches, and troubleshooting skills, all essential for effective critical care ultrasound. We have real patient models pregnant in all trimesters of pregnancy and live patient models for TV scanning practice.
Experienced Instructors Committed to Your Success
Our team of experienced sonographers and obstetric ultrasound specialists are dedicated to providing you with personalized instruction and feedback. With a passion for teaching and a deep understanding of obstetric and gynaecology ultrasound, our instructors will guide you through each step of your ultrasound training journey, ensuring you build 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 proficient and confident ultrasound use in obstetrics.
CME recognition
CPD Accredited Activity
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Basic Early Pregnancy, Basic Monitoring the Fetus
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 CPD Accredited Activity
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 EA 17 hours
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Features
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Modules (total)
6
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Skill level
Novice
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Duration (days)
2
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Lectures (hours)
4.5
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Scan time (hours)
9.25
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Clinician
Yes
Class times
Day 1: 0830 – 1700
Day 2: 0830 – 1700
Modules
Image optimisation – interactive practical session
- Explore system controls
- Understand the impact of optimisation on the image
- Presets, frequency, depth, focus and gain
- How to label the image
- How to store and review images
Probe Manipulation
- Probe care
- Probe moves
- Probe grip
- Probe and screen orientation
- 3D awareness of the anatomical position of the organs
Basic Early Pregnancy
- Sonoembryology
- Scan technique and approach to the early pregnancy examination
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Pain and bleeding in the first trimester
- Measure fetal heart rate
- Determine fetal viability
- Clinical utility and application of ultrasound
- Limitation and pitfalls
- Techniques to improve visualisation
- Free fluid in the peritoneum
- Diagnostic criteria for pregnancy failure
- Establish gestational age
- Measure crown rump length
Scanning, scanning and more scanning on real women in their first trimester of pregnancy
2nd and 3rd Trimester Biometry
- Scan technique to acquire images
- Identify landmarks for accurate imaging
- How to measure BPD, HC, AC and FL
- Limitations of biometric measurements
Scanning, scanning and more scanning on real women in their second and third trimester of pregnancy
Maternal Environment
- Establish fetal presentation
- Placental position
- Measure cervical length
Scanning, scanning and more scanning on real women in their third trimester of pregnancy
Fetal Well-Being
- Measure AFI
- Fetal tone, breathing and movements
- Principles of Fetal Doppler interpretation
- Measure fetal heart rate
Scanning, scanning and more scanning on real women in their third trimester of pregnancy
CME details
ACRRM | This CPD activity has been approved for the following hours and types: Educational activities hours: 8.5 | Reviewing performance hours: 8.75 | This activity is eligible for RPGP – Emergency Medicine, Obstetrics, Anaesthetics, Surgery | MOPS hours: 8.0 MOPS (O&G) hours; 8.75 MOPS (Radiology) hours | Curriculum domains: Provide primary care, Provide safe medical care while working in geographic and professional isolation| Curriculum learning areas: O&G, DDx, PROC.
ASUM | CCPU Accredited Units: Basic Early Pregnancy, Basic Monitoring the Fetus
RACGP | CPD Accredited Activity 1452100 | This activity has been approved for the following hours and types: Educational activities hours: 8.0 | Reviewing performance hours: 9.0 | This activity has been approved for Anaesthetic rural procedural training grant; Emergency Medicine rural procedural training grant; Obstetric rural procedural training grant; Surgery rural procedural training grant
RANZCOG | This meeting has been approved for 17 RANZCOG CPD hours (Educational Activities). If you are a RANZCOG Fellow you can complete a self-evaluation and reflection activity, and record your CPD hours in the Performance Review Domain by using the RANZCOG CPD Self-evaluation and Reflection Tool.
RANZCOG Trainees | This program is approved for trainees to attend to meet RANZCOG end of year 2 curriculum requirements. Trainees are able to obtain credits for courses completed up to 12 months prior to commencement of their RANZCOG training program.
DRANZCOG | This program is suitable for DRANZCOG advanced candidates.
When Approved by ACRRM and RACGP for the Rural Procedural Grants Program – GPs can receive $2000 per day for a maximum of 10 days of training per financial year, GPs providing hospital based emergency services can receive up to three days of eligible training per financial year.
A great training course is only the beginning of your ultrasound learning journey
To help you master ultrasound and lasting change from training we engage you from the outset
Before your course:
There are pre course activities & access to preparatory learning resources to maximise your in-class experience
During your course:
- Short, sharp information sessions to provide foundational knowledge and clinical context
- Lots of hands-on practical sessions with real people to scan (including for TV and obstetric scans). Our standardised patients models vary in age, size, shape and mobility to make the transition to clinical reality easier.
- Case studies led by practising clinicians to demonstrate clinical utility
- A variety of different machines to learn on
- At the conclusion of your course we’ll lead you to create a skills development action plan, creating a pathway that you can use to apply your newly acquired skills, promote clinical integration and ultimately reach your final objective – ultrasound competency
After your course:
The learning continues
- We encourage self-directed learning in the workplace with structured active learning plans
- A great selection of free access online medical ultrasound (FoamUS) learning resources
- You can subscribe to the weekly wrap – a weekly curation of ultrasound related hot tips and journal articles
- Be a part of our community of clever – Join our peer support network with our monthly “Coaching Corner” sessions. Send in your questions, join the live online meeting and have your questions answered.
More Ways Zedu Can support your ultrasound skills development:
- Image review – details here
- Follow-up coaching with our Zedu coaches
- Coaching corner – monthly webinar
