• Have you seen ultrasound being used to make a difference reassuring a new mum and you want to know more?
• Are you being asked to upskill by your workplace?
• Do work pressures mean you haven’t had the time to pick up a probe or develop a systematic scanning technique?
• Would having an expert on your shoulder provide reassurance that you’re on the right track?
Then you’ve come to the right place.
Our range of practical ultrasound courses designed for nurses and midwives will make all the difference.
Led by Australia’s best ultrasound educators, we’ll help you learn and develop your scanning skills fast.
Discover new and clever ways to get the most out of ultrasound; develop a structured step-by-step approach to imaging; increase confidence and help your patients.
Find a course, set a date and register now!
Early Pregnancy Ultrasound Course for Nurses & Midwives
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: Novice
- Duration (days): 2
- Lectures (hours): 4.0
- Scan time (hours): 8.5
First (1st) Trimester Ultrasound Course
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: Novice
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 2.0
- Scan time (hours): 4.5
Third Trimester Ultrasound Course for Nurses & Midwives
- Modules (total): 4
- Skill level: Novice
- Duration (days): 2
- Lectures (hours): 3.0
- Scan time (hours): 9.5
1st Trimester Ultrasound Course - Blended
- Online (hours): 8.5+
- Videos on demand: 18 (>5 hours)
- Resources: Yes
- Downloadable learning activities: Yes
- Skills development plan: Yes
- Case studies: 9 (1 hour)
- Scanning time (hours): 3
- Lifetime access: Yes
Getting Started in Ultrasound Course - Online
- Duration (hours): 5+
- Videos on demand: 11 (>3 hours)
- Resources: Yes
- Downloadable learning activities: Yes
- Skills development plan: No
- Lifetime access: Yes
1st Trimester Online Ultrasound Course
- Duration (hours): 8.5+
- Videos on demand: 18 (>5 hours)
- Resources: Yes
- Downloadable learning activities: Yes
- Skills development plan: Yes
- Case studies: 9 (1 hour)
- Lifetime access: Yes
Transvaginal Ultrasound Course
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 1.75
- Scan time (hours): 4.5
Follicle Tracking Ultrasound Course for Nurses
- Modules (total): 4
- Skill level: Novice
- Duration (days): 2
- Lectures (hours): 4.25
- Scan time (hours): 8.50
Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Course
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 2.0
- Scan time (hours): 4.5
It is our strong belief – regardless of curriculum requirements – that every anaesthetist must understand ultrasound. Whether you’re placing a peripheral or central line, performing a pre-surgical cardiac assessment, initiating a nerve block or assessing an airway, ultrasound is invaluable. 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 anaesthetists 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
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Why Choose Zedu Ultrasound Training Solutions?
Clinically Focused Curriculum Tailored for midwives and nurses
Our Comprehensive Obstetric ultrasound courses are meticulously designed to address the specific challenges faced by obstetric specialists. Our boutique approach ensures personalised training. Our courses cover everything from the probe moves to fetal well-being assessment in critical care, providing a deep understanding and hands-on proficiency in using ultrasound as a diagnostic tool. Learn with your peers in small groups.
Hands-On Training with Real-Life Patient Models
We prioritize practical learning through extensive, supervised hands-on scanning sessions tailored to obstetric ultrasound. You’ll gain experience scanning individuals at various stages of pregnancy, representing a wide range of maternal body types and fetal presentations, preparing you to confidently manage diverse patient populations. Our training emphasizes pattern recognition, systematic approaches to obstetric examinations, and troubleshooting techniques, all crucial for accurate and effective assessment of pregnancy across all trimesters
Experienced Instructors Committed to Your Success
Our team of experienced sonographers 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 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 of ultrasound.
Zedu’s accredited ultrasound training courses follow a proven step-by-step program to guide anaesthetists 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 point-of-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, needle guidance and anatomical assessment – 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.
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. Our Anaesthetics Courses will provide you with the most up-to-date information by professional trainers.
Our courses are not for everyone. Our programs are for emergency and critical care physicians who…
- 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
- 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
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 tim
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.
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 tim
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 anaesthetists 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 – 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 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.
In this #coachingcorner:
Cian McDermott talks about his latest paper on and experiences with Covid-19 – check out his paper Utility of Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19: A Systematic Scoping Review – and a second one he has been involved in Combatting COVID-19: Is Ultrasound an Important Piece in the Diagnostic Puzzle?
Following on from last time Suean takes you through a step-by-step sequence to improve your CRL
In this #coachingcorner:
Elias Jaffa shows us his amazing tech hack – Streambox – & how it can help #POCUS & education in resource ltd environments – check out his website at https://jaffamd.com
If 1st trimester #ultrasound gives you nightmares Suean takes you through a step-by-step sequence that will improve your sleep
Ultrasound For Advanced Practitioners In Pregnancy And Women’s Health
Ultrasound for Advanced Practitioners in Pregnancy and Women’s Health is an indispensable resource for midwives, OB/GYN nurse practitioners, OB/GYN physician assistants, and students
Ultrasound in Subfertility: Routine Applications and Diagnostic Challenges
The second edition of this comprehensive reference provides practitioners with the latest advances in the use of ultrasound for diagnosis and management of subfertility.
WFUMB Ultrasound E-Book [online]
A highly comprehensive free online ultrasound resource covering every aspect of ultrasound – from the basics of performing the ultrasound examination, technique and sono-anatomy, to pathology and specialty applications. A go-to resource.
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Practical Approach [eBook]
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology: A Practical Approach is an open access e-book that presents a comprehensive review of ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology. The e-book is edited by Alfred Abuhamad, MD, a renowned international expert on ultrasound with contributions from Drs. Rabih Chaoui, Philippe Jeanty and Dario Paladini.
It was an engaging learning environment. Different models with time limit for each doctor is nice for learning. Thank you to the faculty for great work.
Eduard N
Concise, informative and like the amount of hands-on opportunities provided.
Sashi K
I find many CPD activities I just do for the CPD points and they don't really actually make any difference to my practice. I think this course has made a huge difference to my confidence. I should have done the course 3 years ago! Know exactly what the screen is showing you BEFORE I put the needle in!
David K
Very much appreciated the comprehensive & anatomical approach that Myra taught. Feel much more confident & capable to do a useful variety of blocks.
Yvonne W
Very engaging course with lots of hands on practice. Even put a Fascia iliaca nerve block with great results in a Pt.
Seema N
Very relevant information in the perfect amount of depth. All in line with the current teaching that I have been getting elsewhere. All topics were extremely relevant to my current job and future aspirations. Amazing facilitators!! Some of the best teachers ive had in a very long time. So approachable yet insanely knowledgeable. I felt like I could ask anything and they would have a solution. I think starting from the absolute basics at the start really gave a fantastic foundation but also allowed me to feel safe in my limited prior knowledge and with asking questions.