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- Imagine having time and space to develop to develop your ultrasound technique in a supportive learning environment .
- Imagine feeling more confident in your clinical decision making.
- Imagine having an expert on your shoulder to ensure you have a structured approach to performing ultrasound
Then you’ve come to the right place.
Zedu’s range of practical ultrasound courses is designed for emergency physicians who want to make a difference for their patients.
If you are an emergency physician or working in rural and remote medicine and are looking to start your learning journey in focused echocardiography in life support, assessment of pleural effusion, trauma scans, AAA assessment, nerve block techniques, or to get credentialled, then you have come to the right place.
Find a course, set a date and register now!
Why Choose Zedu Ultrasound Training Solutions?
Clinically Focused Curriculum Tailored to the Critical Care Setting
Our critical care ultrasound courses are meticulously designed to address the specific challenges faced by critical care physicians. Our boutique approach ensures personalised training. Our courses cover everything from the probe moves to dynamic clinical assessment in critical care, 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.
Experienced Instructors Committed to Your Success
Our team of experienced sonographers and critical care specialists are dedicated to providing you with personalized instruction and feedback. With a passion for teaching and a deep understanding of the critical care environment, 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 critical care settings.
Learn the fundamentals of point of care ultrasound essential for emergency clinicians. Diagnose critical conditions rapidly and guide common procedures for improved patient outcomes.
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Master advanced point of care ultrasound with this jam-packed course. Full of tips and tricks to help you make accurate diagnoses on the spot.
Select your date and enter your details to start your journey with us – we can’t wait to meet you. The Zedu family is ready to create a fun, focused and relevant educational experience for you.
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Move beyond the basics and build your confidence to perform and interpret cardiac ultrasound. Master your spatial reasoning skills to get the best image possible for diagnosis.
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At the completion of this course you will have developed a systematic approach to conduct cardiac ultrasound assessment of a shocked or arrested patient, and the ability to use ultrasound to assess the patient’s fluid status.
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Enhance Your Clinical Practice with Point-of-Care Gastric Ultrasound
This comprehensive one-day gastric ultrasound course is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to integrate gastric ultrasound into their clinical practice.
By the end of this medical education program, you will be able to confidently use gastric ultrasound to assess patients, contributing to improved decision-making in high-risk scenarios such as surgery, trauma, and emergency airway management.
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Kids aren’t just small adults. Learn how to assess common ailments of the GI tract and kidneys. Evaluate the hip when your patient has a limp and more. Practice on the little folk. This is a three-day clinically focused paediatric ultrasound program for common ailments in paediatric care.
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Learn the fundamentals of point of care ultrasound essential for the rural generalist. Assess your patients at the bedside and increase your diagnostic capabilities for improved patient outcomes.
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At the completion of this course you will have the skills to evaluate for ectopic pregnancy, confirm an intrauterine pregnancy or discover the cause of your patient’s pain and bleeding.
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Learn how to integrate lung ultrasound into the assessment of the arrested, breathless, febrile or shocked patient. Utilise lung ultrasound for the diagnosis and management of covid-19. Understand how the image is generated to successfully correlate with the clinical presentation.
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Time poor or need to refresh? Want focused skills in a day? Learn how to perform an eFAST scan at our eFAST ultrasound course to make quick and accurate diagnoses in your next trauma patient.
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Avoid complications and learn how to use ultrasound to guide your difficult peripheral and central vascular access procedures.
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Use ultrasound to safely guide regional anaesthesia & reduce complications
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Combining focused online content with 1-on-1 hands-on training, the 1st trimester blended learning ultrasound courses delivers the best of both worlds. It’s flexible, on demand and ready when you are: it’s like having your own ultrasound personal trainer.
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Learn how to integrate lung ultrasound into the assessment of the arrested, breathless, febrile or shocked patient.
Start your journey with Zedu – we look forward to delivering a focused and relevant educational experience for you.
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The eFAST Ultrasound Blended course provides you with the skills and knowledge to confidently use ultrasound for the assessment of trauma on a date convenient to you.
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On completion of this 1st trimester ultrasound online program, learners will be able to:
- Compare the advantages and disadvantages of transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound in early pregnancy assessment
- Outline the scan protocols and transducer placement for ultrasound examination of early pregnancy
- and much more!
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This online module is perfect for getting started. Through a combination of focused video explanations and guided interactive activities you will be able to:
- Navigate your way around your system and its primary functions
- Set up for an ultrasound exam
- and much more!
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On completion of this online ultrasound program, learners will be able to:
- Use ultrasound system controls to optimise imaging for accurate diagnosis
- Develop proficiency in probe manipulation to efficiently acquire diagnostic images
- and much more!
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For new learners of ultrasound, this online module is perfect for getting started. Through a combination of focused video explanations and guided interactive activities you will be able to:
- Navigate your way around your system and its primary functions
- Set up for an ultrasound exam
- and much more!
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Zedu courses are recognised by:
The following ultrasound system manufacturers proudly support our courses
Credentialling in Emergency Medicine
According to ACEM policy:
- Clinicians must be credentialed for their specific scope of sonographic practice (P21).
- Emergency medicine physicians who provide PoCUS services must have completed appropriate training and gained extensive hands-on experience to perform and interpret focused ultrasound imaging (P21).
- Physicians must successfully complete a credentialing process (P21) and adhere to ongoing skills maintenance requirements (P733) for each ultrasound modality they wish to perform and interpret.
- Credentialing in ultrasound is managed by the local health authority (P733)
How do I get credentialled?
The credentialing process requires candidates to:
- Complete an appropriate instructional educational program
- Perform and record a requisite number of accurate proctored emergency department ultrasounds and formative assessments
- Pass a summative assessment
Once credentialed, emergency department sonologists must meet ongoing maintenance requirements.
Who can supervise me?
Your local health service should determine this. According to ACEM, an emergency medicine sonologist or qualified sonographer can observe the candidate performing the ultrasound examination.
A sonologist is a practitioner who has completed this credentialing process, the Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound (CCPU) or holds the DDU (Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound), FRANZCR (Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiology), or equivalent qualifications such as the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound.
How can Zedu help with your education?
Zedu bedside emergency ultrasound
Zedu’s four-day Introductory Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine course encompasses the core POCUS modules designated by ACEM, including eFAST, AAA, Needle Guidance (IV Access), Focused Echo in Life Support, and Lung.
This course fulfills the criteria specified in ACEM’s G25 Guideline for ultrasound education programs and the coursework requirements set by ASUM for the corresponding CCPU modules.
In addition to the core modules, ACEM endorses the use of ultrasound imaging by emergency physicians for evaluating hydronephrosis, intrauterine pregnancy identification, biliary tract disease, soft tissue studies, deep vein thrombosis, vascular access, and other needle-guided procedures.
Zedu’s four-day Advanced Emergency Ultrasound course covers these advanced clinical ultrasound applications
How can Zedu help with your logbook?
Zedu provides tailored support to help candidates meet their logbook requirements efficiently. Our personalised scanning practice days, led by clinically experienced coaches (sonographers and sonologists), focus on rapidly developing ultrasound skills.
Up to 50% of logbook cases may be completed in a non-clinical setting. ACEM acknowledges the importance of proctored scans (directly supervised) during your experiential learning phase, as they are vital for identifying areas requiring additional practice and understanding. Additionally, some proctored scans can function as formative assessments, with at least two scans required for each modality (P733).
In just two days, you can fulfil up to 50% of the logbook requirements for core modules such as eFAST, AAA, Focused Echo in Life Support, and Lung Ultrasound.
During these scanning practice sessions, a credentialed ultrasound expert, such as an emergency medicine physician or sonographer, will observe your examinations, providing real-time feedback on your ultrasound technique.
Our team will guide you in developing your skills in image acquisition and optimization strategies, ensuring you use the machine effectively to obtain the highest quality images. Zedu will arrange a diverse range of patients for your scanning practice. Additionally, we will review best practices for appropriately labelling and storing images, and provide a take-home image exemplar for your reference.
Completion of Credentialing Requirements and Local Scope of Practice Compliance
Once you have completed the necessary education program, completed the required number of proctored scans, maintained your logbook, and passed the summative assessment, you will have fulfilled the requirements specified in ACEM Policy 733—Credentialing for Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography. Additionally, consult with your clinical ultrasound lead (CLUS) to ensure that these credentials align with your local hospital’s scope of practice requirements.
Why is learning ultrasound so important for medical professionals?
It is our strong belief – regardless of curriculum requirements – that every emergency or critical care physician must understand ultrasound. Regardless of its utility in your context, knowing what ultrasound can do, and how it can be applied is like a good shot of espresso coffee – once you get a taste you’ll want more. And more…
And once you get started it’s a no brainer that ultrasound skills will help you be a better health practitioner. In fact, ultrasound is recognised around the world as one of the most important skills you can develop to improve outcomes, save time and money (for you and your patient).
Unfortunately, most emergency or critical care physicians have been exposed to very little training. And where they have it has been in a very unorganised and scattered approach. More often than not training has been provided by energetic enthusiasts in the workplace who can demonstrate the potential for ultrasound, but – while passionate – haven’t invested in their ability to teach the art and science behind it. Plus the compromises that we all know come from training at work means a less than ideal learning environment. This results in little take away skills, no pathway to develop skills and ultimately disappointment.
But you can do something about this. In order for you to avoid the stressful ups and downs of learning ultrasound, having a strong foundation on which to build your skills and a clear plan in place to support your development is fundamental. That’s where we can help.
Skills development
Every ultrasound user must establish the 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
To get the most out of your efforts and before picking up a probe it’s important to identify your objective – do you have a purpose for scanning? Scanning for scanning’s sake isn’t optimal. When learning you need to engage in deliberate practice to develop your ultrasound skills. When applied clinically, you need to have the ability to define your needs, identify limitations and make decisions. We’ll help you focus on where you’re going and what you want to achieve.
Learning Pathway
Attending a course is one thing – making the time to develop your ultrasound skills and abilities is another. Learning ultrasound is a lifelong commitment – trust us, we know. Commit to invest your time before you start. Take time to remove practice barriers. Focus your time. Track your progress. Spend time developing skills out of the clinic. We’ll work with you to identify a pathway for skills development in your context.
Support
When you get back to the workplace, what’s next? Early enthusiasm to use ultrasound can soon fade to frustration when you return to the workplace, where the reality of clinical demands and often lack of ultrasound users can undermine your confidence. We can help by providing ongoing support, training and credentialing – as well as ongoing information through our free coaching corner and social media posts. We’re there for you.
How do our emergency medicine/critical care ultrasound courses work?
Zedu’s accredited ultrasound training courses follow a proven step-by-step program to guide emergency and critical care physicians through the myriad of learning strategies and ultrasound applications to find what‘s most effective to build a skillset that works in your clinical context.
Each course follows a systematised approach to help you understand principles, develop skills and implement strategies that have worked for thousands of physicians in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.
It starts with registration, where you’re provided access to a range of online resources and activities to prepare you before you arrive. Don’t worry – this is not onerous, with videos and resources focused on the topics of that course.
Once you get here you’ll be working with a team of qualified sonographer educators trained in the specifics of emergency and critical care applications, you get the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with experts. Whatever your level of experience we adapt to your needs, accelerating your personal learning curve. The ultimate goal is to give you the skills, abilities and knowledge to successfully and independently use ultrasound – regardless of the location or technology.
From lung and heart, AAA and eFAST, gallbladder and first trimester – we have you covered.
But once the course is over it doesn’t stop there.
As big supporters of FOAMED (Free Online Access Medical Education) you can register and participate in free monthly coaching corner provides you with the opportunity to ask questions, hear from ultrasound experts from around the world and keep your skills up to date. Check in with our blog and socials to keep up to date with the latest in ultrasound news.
And if you want more, explore our full range of courses and one-on-one coaching options to help you achieve your goals
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
Who are Zedu Ultrasound courses for?
Our courses are not for everyone. Our programs are for emergency and critical care physicians who…
Have seen ultrasound in practice and want to know more
Wonder how ultrasound could be useful in their clinical context
Are keen to learn how to use state of the art technology
Are regularly called to diagnose or perform procedures where ultrasound could speed the process
Are open to doing things differently to achieve better results
Believe that ultrasound can promote better patient outcomes
It doesn‘t matter whether you’ve been scanning for years or have never picked a probe up before, if it’s a yes to any of the above criteria and you’re ready to take your diagnostic and procedural skills to the next level, then you’re welcome to join us.
FAQs
We encourage you to refresh your training with us by taking up the opportunity to return within 12 months and do a complimentary redo of the course you have attended at no additional cost (subject to availability).
Yes – that’s right – two courses for the price of one. Come back within 12 months for free.
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 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.
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.
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.
Absolutely not. Our courses are designed for emergency and critical care physicians 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.
In short – it depends.
If you’re attending to meet the requirements of your own local health authority – and attending a course is all that’s required – then the answer may be yes.
If you’re attending to meet the requirements of your own local health authority and they require validation of your skills via an external/third party credentialing provider – such as the POCUS Certification Academy or ASUM – then no.
If it’s all too confusing and causing you a headache we can help you navigate the credentialing quagmire – please get in touch.
Yes indeed. Make sure you bring your chargers and accessories too.
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.
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.
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.
No – but there is a very affordable options only a three-minute walk from our front door. You can find more information here…
Yes – we love teaching one-on-one as it delivers optimal results over a short time-period. Get in touch.
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.
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.
Resources
How to: Testicular Torsion Ultrasound
In this edition of the POCUS #coachingcorner:
Suean takes you through her trademark step-by-step approach to ultrasound that will be sure to improve your technique. Joined by some of Australia’s leading POCUS practitioners, you’ll get practical tips and tricks that will make scanning the testicles easier than you thought.
How to: Lumps & Bumps on Ultrasound
Lumps & bumps on ultrasound – it can be confusing imaging their diverse terrain.
In this edition of the POCUS #coachingcorner:
- Suean focuses on the presentation, sonographic signatures and approach to imaging a range of commonly encountered lumps and bumps – from abscess to sebaceous cysts they’re here.
- Q&A discusses the clinical conundrums faced when practitioners encounter a mystery lump or bump.
Recommended Texts
Point of Care Ultrasound
Compact, hand-carried ultrasound devices are revolutionizing how healthcare providers practice medicine in nearly every specialty. The 2nd Edition of this award-winning text features all-new chapters, a greatly expanded video library, and new review questions to keep you fully up to date with the latest technology and its applications.
Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound
Ultrasound has revolutionized a physician’s ability to make urgent and emergent diagnoses at the bedside, and has changed the management of many acute injuries and conditions. This is a practical, concise introduction to what is rapidly becoming an essential tool for all critical care physicians: bedside emergency ultrasound.
Free e-Books
Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound – part 1 [iBook]
Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound seeks to teach bedside ultrasound to students in a more efficient, directed format than previous texts. It accomplishes this with a plethora of multimedia adjuncts. Instead of simply reading about ultrasound pathology and protocols, the reader can watch actual videos and demonstrations of the pathology from directly within the book while reading. This experience is closer to bedside learning with a true expert than reading a traditional textbook.
The ICU Ultrasound Pocket Book [iBook]
The ICU Ultrasound pocket book is a concise, targeted reference source to enable the novice or advanced emergency or ICU clinician to incorporate point of care ultrasound into their practice. This book effectively teams internationally recognized sonologists with NASA researchers developing just in time ultrasound training methods for astronauts on the International Space Station, to provide a rapid ultrasound diagnostic and procedural guide for the ICU. The comprehensive sections included in this book cover the ever expanding array of clinical indications for non-radiologist
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