Are you ready to develop your upper limb musculoskeletal ultrasound skills? |
| Zedu's two-day Introduction to Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for Sonographers course offers an immersive and practical experience to fast-track your skills development and get you work-ready. |
Who should attend |
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How you will learn |
| At Zedu, we believe in a comprehensive learning approach. |
| Our renowned hands-off teaching methods ensure you get more hands-on scanning practice. Our courses blend theory seamlessly with extensive practical sessions. |
| You'll understand the concepts and apply them in real-world scenarios. We take a step-by-step, structured approach to examinations, ensuring everything is covered thoroughly and nothing is left to chance. |
| The focus on repetitive practice ensures that you learn and retain the knowledge. You will practice on real people of various body shapes, sizes, and ages. |
| We start by developing your skills with normal, uncomplicated patients and then progress to more challenging body habitus’. |
| This gradual progression ensures that you build a solid foundation before tackling more complex scenarios, giving you the confidence to handle any situation. Additionally, you'll develop communication skills to support your clinical practice. |
What the course covers |
- Move the probe intentionally to get the image you want.
- Use the machine controls to optimise images proficiently.
- Apply a systematic approach and structured protocol for scanning the:
- Elbow
- Wrist
- Hand
- Finger
- Shoulder (beyond the basics)
- Determine what images to take and why.
- Identify normal sonoanatomy and the appearances of common pathologies of the muscles, tendons, ligaments and nerves of the upper limb.
- Interpret common spectral waveforms.
- Use sonographic terminology to accurately communicate ultrasound findings and complete worksheets for various imaging scenarios.
Running time
| Day one: 8.30 - 17.00 |
| Day two: 09.00 - 17.00 |
| Location - the Zedu Learning HQ, Melbourne |
Course outline
🖥️ Scanning principles- Explore system controls & knobology
- Understand the impact of optimisation on the image
- How to find the right window & get good images
- 3D awareness of the anatomical position of the anatomy
- Ergonomics
- Understand & optimise colour and power Doppler for MSK
- How to gain a good history
- How to hand over findings to a radiologist/colleague
- Writing up worksheets - what needs to be said?
- ‘Beyond the basics’ scan technique
- Rotator cuff interval, inferior glenohumeral joint, procedures & inflammatory arthritis
- How to scan the shoulder structures dynamically to improve diagnosis
- Recognise normal and abnormal imaging
- Limitations and pitfalls
- Minimum imaging sequence
- 👥Lots of scanning practice on real people
- Scan technique
- Normal sonoanatomy of the elbow joint, CEO, CFO, biceps & triceps tendons, olecranon, nerves
- Recognise normal & abnormal imaging
- Common pathology
- Limitations & pitfalls
- 👥Lots of scanning practice on real people
- Scan technique
- Normal sonoanatomy of joint spaces, carpal bones, extensor & flexor tendons, nerves
- Recognise normal & abnormal imaging
- Common pathology
- Minimum imaging sequence
- Limitations & pitfalls
- 👥Lots of scanning practice on real people
- Scan technique
- Normal sonoanatomy of palmar aponeurosis, flexor & extensor tendons, flexor pulleys, as well as the CMC, MCP, PIP & DIP joints
- Recognise normal & abnormal imaging
- Common pathology
- Minimum imaging sequence
- Limitations & pitfalls
- 👥Lots of scanning practice on real people
- Scan technique
- Normal sonoanatomy of flexor & extensor tendons, joints, collateral ligaments, palmar plates, annular pulleys, nail bed
- Recognise normal & abnormal imaging
- Common pathology
- Minimum imaging sequence
- Limitations & pitfalls
- 👥Lots of scanning practice on real people
Features
- Duration (days) 2