People regularly contact us to get our recommendations on resources that we think are valuable to further ultrasound knowledge.
Whatever the topic, we’ve got our favourites – but there’s something for everyone. Plus – if you have a suggestion of a resource you have found valuable in your pursuit of ultrasound knowledge please let us know – we’d be happy to include it.
Journals
Critical Care – a high-quality, peer-reviewed, international clinical medical journal.
POCUS Journal – POCUS Journal is a free, open-access, peer-reviewed publication that contains the latest research, case reports, and protocols on point of care ultrasound.
The Ultrasound Journal – The Ultrasound Journal is affiliated with the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical UltraSound (WINFOCUS)
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology – the official journal of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound
BASIC – Critical Care & Anesthesia BASIC (Bedside Assessment by Sonography In Critically Ill Patients) Ultrasound Curriculum – University of Toronto Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Anesthesia.
criticalcarenorthampton.com – #FOAMed / #FOAMcc / #POCUS resource for anyone interested in all that is critical care by Jonny Wilkinson.
EUS Teaching – Emergency Ultrasonography Resources and Tutorials on EM Ultrasound. created by Geoff Hayden, MD RDMS. It is now being managed by the Emergency Ultrasound team at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Free Emergency Medicine Talks – Ultrasound talks from a range of ED physicins from the USA.
Highland EM Ultrasound – focuses on multi-modal analgesia in the ED.
ICMteaching.com – An educational resource for Intensive Care Medicine and Intensive Care Ultrasound.
Maryland Critical Care Project – ultrasound resources.
Ohio State University Ultrasound Interest Group – world leading program with loads of resources.
PIE Toronto’s Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Web site – The Perioperative Interactive Education (PIE) group is a team of medical artists and researchers dedicated to creating visually-based aids for medical teaching.
POCUS101 – Point of Care Ultrasound Made EASY – lead by Vi Dinh.
POCUS Ireland – Input from mainly EM and ICM physicians with an interest in point of care ultrasound.
Sinai EM – website for the Mount Sinai Emergency Ultrasound Division. Check out their YouTube channel too.
SonoGuide – by American College of Emergency Physicians.
TOTAL EM – Chip Lange hosts this podcast that often features discussions about integrating POCUS into emergency medicine care.
UCSD Ultrasound – Ultrasound Division of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California San Diego.
Ultrasound G.E.L. (Gathering Evidence from the Literature) – a podcast and website for learning about recent literature in the field of point-of-care ultrasound.
Ultrasound at U of SC School of Medicine – undergraduate teaching resources.
US Ninja – local narrated lectures and blog posts from the Cook County Ultrasound Division.
WesternSono – Point of Care Ultrasound at Western University – London Ontario
Echocardiography Ultrasound
Echobasics – Derliz Mereles comes from Asunción, Paraguay, and is since 1993 research fellow, as well as since 2009 Director of the Echocardiography Laboratory and Echocardiography Research Group, Cardiology Department at the University Hospital of Heidelberg.
Echocardia – the echocardiography resource.
Echopraxis – a website for trainees and specialists in ICU, anaesthesia, and emergency medicine, interested in echo and ultrasound.
PIE Toronto’s Virtual Echocardiography – The Perioperative Interactive Education (PIE) group is a team of medical artists and researchers dedicated to creating visually-based aids for medical teaching.
POCUS101 – Point of Care Ultrasound Made EASY – lead by Vi Dinh.
POCUS Med Ed – tutorials, cases, research.
Structural Heart Disease Australia – n educational site focused on valvular and structural cardiac diseases.
General Medicine, Internal Medicine & Primary Care Ultrasound
Broome Docs – Rural Generalist Doctors Education by Casey Parker.
Gastric Ultrasound – everything you need to know.
IMBUS Program – Abbott Northwestern Hospital – Medical Education Department.
NephroPOCUS.com – Abhilash Koratala (ssociate Professor of Medicine and currently the Director of Clinical Imaging for Nephrology at the Medical College of Wisconsin) created this website to advocate for point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS)-enhanced physical examination and serve as a comprehensive resource for anybody interested in POCUS, particularly pertaining to nephrology practice.
POCUS101 – Point of Care Ultrasound Made EASY – lead by Vi Dinh.
POCUS Med Ed – tutorials, cases, research.
Sonointernest.com – internal medicine POCUS by Michael Wagner.
Ultrasound G.E.L. (Gathering Evidence from the Literature) – a podcast and website for learning about recent literature in the field of point-of-care ultrasound.
Anaesthesia & Pain Management Ultrasound
ASRA – ASRA Pain Medicine News’s popular “How I Do It” feature enables members to learn how their colleagues handle different situations in clinical practice.
Baby Blocks – Pediatric Perioperative Ultrasound & Regional Anesthesia.
Blockjocks – A medical education resource on ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia.
Highland EM Ultrasound – focuses on multi-modal analgesia in the ED.
Neuraxiom – A ‘how to’ on ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia in conjunction with Neuraxiom LLC.
NYSORA – Fantastic educational resources on anaesthesia brought to you by the team at NYSORA.
POCUS101 – Point of Care Ultrasound Made EASY – lead by Vi Dinh.
POCUSeducation.com – webpage is designed by a group of anesthesiologists at several academic institutions interested in the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) for the perioperative and acute care setting.
RAUK – handbook and other resources available free.
Regional Anesthesia Website of JHS Hospital of Cook County – Overseen by Carlo D. Franco (MD) you can find an in-depth discussion of several subjects related to regional anesthesia, like local anesthetics and anticoagulation, as well as thorough step by step descriptions of regional blocks using nerve stimulation and ultrasound.
USRA – Advancing the Science of Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Paediatric Ultrasound
Baby Blocks – Pediatric Perioperative Ultrasound & Regional Anesthesia.
NICU POCUS – Dedicated to Providing Information and Resources on Neonatal Point of Care Ultrasound.
POCUS4Peds – Point-of-Care Ultrasound Video Journal for Pediatrics. Facilitating pattern recognition with high quality, peer-reviewed, annotated pediatric emergency ultrasound videos. Created by the team at the Mount Sinai Emergency Ultrasound Division.
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Obstetric & Gynaecological Ultrasound
Contemporary OBGYN – delivering the latest in ultrasound developments.
Nuchal Translucency – ultrasound education and mentoring program.
TheFetus.net – a website dedicated to presenting cases and articles in the field of fetal medicine and ultrasound prenatal diagnostic.
Anatomy
Anatomyguy – supported by Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Anatomyzone – User friendly online tutorials and other resources on anatomy
Biodigital Human – A virtual 3D body that brings to life thousands of medically accurate anatomy objects and health conditions in an interactive Web-based platform.
Zygote Body – Another free 3D anatomical product – now a Google offering
Ultrasound Image/Case Sites
Core Ultrasound – ultrasound of the week.
EM Cases: POCUS – real cases from the ED.
Everyday Ultrasound – A crowdsourced page – images and videos of cool cases with quick #POCUS pearls.
Grepmed – Grepmed is a crowdsourced medical image site which has a huge POCUS image library. If you’re looking for sonographic pathology or putting together a presentation, this is a great website to visit.
Life in the Fast Lane – LITFL 100 Ultrasound quiz.
SonoDoc (A Bedside Ultrasound Game) – A fun, interactive, patient-centered and case-based game providing instruction on the indications, technique, and interpretation of various POCUS applications, from leading POCUS expert, Dr. Laleh Gharahbaghian and team at Stanford Med. CME available for those eligible too!
The Pocus Atlas – content is freely available to share and use for global point-of-care ultrasound education.
UltrasoundBox – An interactive Ultrasound Education Platform.
Ultrasoundcases.info – loads of cases free offered to you by SonoSkills and FUJIFILM Healthcare Europe.
Ultrasound imaging – exactly what it says.
Ultrasounodpaedia – Your portal to a world of ultrasound education and training
