Tired of “fishing” for the nerve in patients with high BMIs?
Is your gastric assessment based on fasting time or actual volume?
Are you still relying on “feel” for fascial plane blocks?
Is ‘Image Optimization’ your biggest hurdle to a clear view of the anatomy?
Precision is your shortcut to clinical certainty. At Zedu, we bypass the academic fluff to focus on the high-yield scanning skills anaesthetists actually need—from difficult vascular access and ultrasound guided regional blocks to gastric volume assessment and cardiac imaging for undifferentiated shock.
Our expert-led courses prioritize maximum hands-on time with live models—not simulators – so you can master ultrasound guided interventions for confident, real-time decision-making when the pressure is on.
Find a course, set a date and register now!
Discover new and clever ways to get the most out of ultrasound; develop a structured step-by-step approach to imaging; increase diagnostic confidence and decrease procedural complications; become more confident in your anaesthetics procedures.
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Course
- Modules (total): 6
- Skill level: Intermediate
- Duration (days): 3
- Lectures (hours): 7.25
- Scan time (hours): 12.75
Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 2.0
- Scan time (hours): 4.5
Gastric Ultrasound Course
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 0.75
- Scan time (hours): 5.75
Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia Course
- Modules (total): 7
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 2
- Lectures (hours): 3.75
- Scan time (hours): 9.0
Ultrasound Guided Procedures for Pain Medicine
- Modules (total): 7
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 2
- Lectures (hours): 3.75
- Scan time (hours): 9.5
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Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Course
- Modules (total): 6
- Skill level: Intermediate
- Duration (days): 3
- Lectures (hours): 7.25
- Scan time (hours): 12.75
Gastric Ultrasound Course
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 0.75
- Scan time (hours): 5.75
eFAST - Online Course
- Duration (hours): 7.5+
- Videos on demand: 23 (>4.5 hours)
- Resources: Yes
- Downloadable learning activities: Yes
- Skills development plan: Yes
- Case studies: 4 (>0.75 hours)
- Lifetime access: Yes
Lung Ultrasound Course
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 2.25
- Scan time (hours): 4.25
Lung Ultrasound Course - Blended
- Online (hours): 10+
- Videos on demand: 16 (>4.25 hours)
- Resources: Yes
- Downloadable learning activities: Yes
- Skills development plan: Yes
- Case studies: 9 (>1.5 hours)
- 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
Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Course
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: All
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 2.0
- Scan time (hours): 4.5
Echo in Life Support
- Modules (total): 3
- Skill level: Novice
- Duration (days): 1
- Lectures (hours): 2
- Scan time (hours): 4.25
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
Scanning Skills
Learning Pathway
Support
Hands-On Training with Real-Life Patient Models
We prioritise practical learning through extensive, supervised, hands-on scanning sessions tailored to anaesthetic practice. You’ll gain experience scanning real people’s anatomy (not simulators) to understand the variability of imaging in a diverse population. We practice the needle guidance techniques on ultrasound phantoms (we like our patient models and want them to come back). 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 accurate procedural skills.
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.
Hands-On Training with Real-Life Patient Models
We prioritise practical learning through extensive, supervised, hands-on scanning sessions tailored to anaesthetic practice. You’ll gain experience scanning real people’s anatomy (not simulators) to understand the variability of imaging in a diverse population. We practice the needle guidance techniques on ultrasound phantoms (we like our patient models and want them to come back). 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 accurate procedural skills.
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.
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 are affordable parking options located approximately three minutes’ walk from our facility.
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.
Needle guidance with ultrasound – a core skill whose difficulty is often underrated. Get your preparation, set up and alignment right and you’ll hit your target every time.
In this edition of the POCUS #coachingcorner:
- Suean focuses on what are some of the problems you may encounter with needle guidance and why – whether it’s vascular access or a more advanced procedural application.
- Q&A discusses the problems practitioners have, and the pros and cons of the different types of ultrasound phantoms. Check out our free Phantom Compendium.
Hadzic’s Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Anatomy for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
The complete, authoritative, and practical guide to nerve blocks — with a comprehensive atlas of ultrasound anatomy. Hadzic’s Peripheral Nerve Blocks takes you step-by-step through traditional and ultrasound-guided nerve block techniques for Anaesthetics.
Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
by Grant (Editor), Auyong (Editor), Paperback – 26 March 2016
Ultrasound technology is enabling anesthesiologists to perform regional anesthetic procedures with greater confidence in accuracy and precision. With improvements in visualizing neural anatomy and needle movement, ultrasound guidance improves patient safety and operating room efficiency. This book offers a detailed, stepwise approach to this technique, identifying pearls and pitfalls to ensure success.
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia: Interactive Guide 4 Beginners [iBook]
What started out as an update to a rotation manual for anesthesiology residents has evolved into Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia: Interactive Manual for Beginners. This book covers basics of ultrasonography, knobology, sonoanatomy and techniques for the most commonly performed ultrasound-guided single-injection nerve blocks of the upper and lower extremities, as well as paravertebral and transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks. It is a practical and visually engaging introductory book that helps maximize learning through interaction with rich media. Embedded throughout the book are visual aids that include enhanced videos, interactive galleries, detailed review of sonoanatomy, as well as self-assessment quizzes that provide immediate feedback.
Manual of Regional Anesthesia [mulit-part pdf]
Regional anesthesia refers to a group of techniques performed either at the neuraxial or peripheral nerve levels that render part of the body insensate to pain. They accomplish this by selectively interrupting nerve transmission without the need to alter the patient’s level of consciousness. In this manual I discuss regional anesthesia related issues as well as nerve block techniques commonly used in the United States with special emphasis on the techniques we perform at Cook County Hospital in Chicago.
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.
Alyssia D
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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