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University of Melbourne

  • 37% international / 63% domestic

Short course: Obstetric Ultrasound

  • Non-Award

This course, developed by the Mobile Learning Unit and Mercy Perinatal, equips midwives and doctors with skills to assess fetal presentation and wellbeing using bedside ultrasound scans.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Duration
13 - 13 years full-time
Study Mode
Online

About this course

Overview

Developed as a joint initiative between the Mobile Learning Unit, Melbourne Medical School, and Mercy Perinatal, Mercy Hospital for Women.

Many of the problems and clinical questions encountered in routine antenatal care can be quickly solved or easily answered with a bedside ultrasound scan. We have designed this ultrasound course to upskill midwives and doctors providing pregnancy care anywhere to be able to accurately determine fetal presentation, and to assess fetal wellbeing at the point of care, without having to refer on to a medical imaging service.

Entry requirements

Participants of this course should be either enrolled in, or have graduated from, a midwifery or medical degree. See our Frequently Asked Questions

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

What you will learn

Delivering the knowledge base and skills required to assess fetal presentation and wellbeing with ultrasound.

Learning Outcomes

  1. DESCRIBE the basics of ultrasound including ultrasound physics, machine operation, bioeffects and machine care.
  2. IDENTIFY relevant fetal anatomy as seen when imaged with ultrasound.
  3. DETERMINE fetal presentation, lie and position from ultrasound scan images combined with ultrasound probe locations.
  4. EXPLAIN the purpose and possible clinical abnormalities of Amniotic Fluid.
  5. DESCRIBE the ultrasound procedures required to assess amniotic fluid volume, a fetal biophysical profile and feto-placental Dopplers as markers of fetal wellbeing.
  6. ANALYSE the suitability of Doppler ultrasound waveforms and results.
  7. EXPLAIN how Doppler ultrasound results relate to blood flow resistance in the umbilical and fetal middle cerebral arteries in given clinical contexts.
  8. DIFFERENTIATE between the meaning of Middle Cerebral Artery blood flow resistance and velocity.
  9. EXPLAIN how Middle Cerebral Artery Doppler is applied in clinical practice.

Course structure

Course Units
  • Tutorial 1: Introduction to ultrasound
  • Tutorial 2: Fetal Presentation
  • Tutorial 3: Amniotic Fluid Volume - Biophysical Profile
  • Tutorial 4: Umbilical Artery Doppler
  • Tutorial 5: Middle Cerebral Artery Doppler

How to apply

Click on the 'Enrol now' button to be guided to the application form.