Ultrasound

POCUS for Midwifery

Core skills in Bedside Ultrasound for Midwifery Clinical Practice

 

About the POCUS for Midwifery Practice

This one-day workshop is designed to assist Midwives to become confident with the use of POCUS for assessment of patients in the Third Trimester. The course will focus on providing the knowledge and hands on training required for the ultrasound assessment of fetal heart rate, placental location, liquor volume and presentation.

The course is delivered using blended model of training that provides online prelearning to cover core knowledge together with a hands-on workshop to teach procedural skills and simulation with the aim of building confidence with scanning technique, image optimisation and recognition of pathology.

The workshop covers

The course assists midwives to become confident to

  • Setup a range of common ultrasound machines

  • Technique for using the ultrasound probe

  • Fundamentals for image optimisation

  • Assess the fetal heart rate, identify placental location, estuimate liquor vlume and evalauate fetal presention in Third Trimester

2026 Course Date

  • Adelaide : Saturday November 14th 2026

Register for POCUS for Midwifery Workshop

2026 Course Cost

  • Full cost $1500 (inc GST)

  • Discounted rate: $1200 (inc GST): A refund of $300 is provided to a participant where a third trimester patient they have arranged attends the course for 3 hours to assist with the training. The patient may attend the the morning training (9 - 12) or afternoon (1 - 4pm)   

Registration includes Course eLearning and Simulation workshop

Course Information

Workshop Times: 8.45 am to 5.00 pm both days.

Workshop Terms and Conditions: Please click here to see the LearnEM refund and ticket transfer terms and conditions.

Further information

Contact: Nikki Murray, Program Manager