Ultrasound REsources
Free open access medical education (FOAMed) has been a key component to the development of ultrasound education. Internationally, there has been a relatively large, enthusiastic group of educators who have dedicated themselves to sharing their knowledge of POCUS. You will find a number of these resources here. We understand that learners have their unique styles of learning, so we encourage you to try some of these different resources and let us know what you find useful.
These ACP supported POCUS modules cover all the basics and are a nice mix of text, videos, and active learning. These are highly recommended. Disclaimer - both Renee and I participated in the creation of these.
Modules
Ultrasoundpodcast.com: Mike, Matt, and Jacob "Making horrible doctors decent and good doctors great."
5 Minute Sono: Jacob Avila and Ben Smith excellent podcast with short clips perfect for just-in-time learning.
Society for US in Med Ed Learning Modules: Comprehensive modules covering basics through some organ specific uses.
Ultrasound leader Chris Fox and UC Irvine's itunes podcast series found here for iPad users.
Ultrasound GEL Podcast - a literature review podcast led by Mike Bratz, Creagh Boulger, and Jacob Avila.
Podcasts/Videos
Abbott Northwestern's IM Residency has an fabulous POCUS training program. Their content is hosted here.
Irene Ma, an EM Ultrasound trained Internist/Nephrologist, Internal Medicine POCUS website.
Emergency Ultrasound Teaching has a bunch of pooled lectures, test questions, and images.
UCLA's procedure focused POCUS website, created by Jason Williams.
Philips has published an ibook formatted website with a lot of different ultrasound applications.
123 Sonography first several echo lectures are free. These are high quality.
Ultrasound of the Week frequently published cases where ultrasound saved the day.
SonoGuide: an EM-based, collaborative ultrasound website with great content.
SonoMojo: cheat sheets to help define what you should know at the bedside.
Echocardia is a great resource for all things echo, complete with case of the week, clinical cases, relevant literature.
The Pocus Atlas contains images for review and overview of the literature with an assessment of how to use different POCUS applications.
If you want a great anatomy review for focused cardiac ultrasound, I highly recommend University of Toronto's modules ... these will help you spatially put together cardiac images.
Websites
Point of Care Ultrasound Book, Nilam Soni et al: Most med schools have access to clinicalkey.com where anyone can access the book.
Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound iBook, Volume 1 and Volume 2: Volume 1 & 2 are great resources assembled by the well-know EM docs behind US podcast.
Books
Ultrasound-users have gravitated to twitter to share great cases. Here are some people worth following and #tags used by the community:
@jchristianfox
@Yale_EUS
@Benjikmathews
@UTS_Australia
@CreaghB
@5MinSono
#IMpocus, #POCUS, #FOAMus, #FOAMed
@ReneeDversdal
@US_pyro
@Sonointernist
@pdxfutbal
@irenema99
@ultrasoundpod
@ultrasoundjelly