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

• Assess the fetal heart rate

• Identify placental location

• Estimate liquor volume 

• Evaluate fetal presentation in Third Trimester

Access to the prelearning is restricted to participants enrolled in the Liver Ultrasound workshop