About this course
These supervised scanning sessions are designed for clinicians who have completed an introductory paediatric point-of-care ultrasound course (such as the Basic Paediatric Ultrasound CACTUS course or equivalent) and are ready to progress to structured, supervised hands-on scanning. The sessions bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and independent clinical practice by providing a safe, supportive environment with expert faculty supervision.
During a 3-hour session (2:00 pm – 5:00 pm), you will gain hands-on scanning experience under close supervision from senior clinicians working in paediatric emergency and acute care. The sessions maintain high faculty-to-participant ratios to ensure personalised feedback on probe handling, image acquisition, and anatomical identification. You will practise on both adult models and paediatric subjects, providing realistic learning experience across core scanning modules.
The sessions focus on three key competency areas: lung ultrasound (including pleural sliding, A-lines, B-lines, and diaphragm identification), cardiac ultrasound (subcostal and apical views, pericardial assessment, and ventricular function), and abdominal ultrasound (FAST protocol, organ identification, and free fluid recognition). Throughout the session, you can save supervised scans to your portfolio, and faculty will sign DOPS assessments for CACTUS logbooks or Royal College portfolios (RCPCH, RCEM, FICM).
These sessions are explicitly designed to prepare you for unsupervised training scans as part of logbook progression. They do not qualify you for independent diagnostic scanning but provide the structured support and feedback needed to build safe, confident technique before scanning alone in your clinical environment. Immediate feedback from experienced faculty helps correct technical issues early and ensures saved scans meet expected training standards.
- Small-group format with high faculty-to-participant ratio
- Hands-on scanning with adult models and paediatric subjects
- Portfolio support and DOPS assessment signing
- Supervised scans in lung, cardiac, and abdominal modules
