Fundamentals
Primary Care
This is the start of your ultrasound education
Main features
- Fundamentals Primary Care is a bedside ultrasound curriculum designed for the novice learner.
- This course covers all the core bedside ultrasound modalities using a curated set of videos from Core Ultrasound.
- Perfect for students, trainees and medical professionals of primary care specialties new to ultrasound who want to elevate their skills.
- All recommended and optional modules noted in the AAFP POCUS recommendations are included.
Calling all POCUS educators...
Fundamentals PC has been designed to give your learners a great educational experience, but the real power of this tool is in your hands. Here's how:
- Saves you time by offloading the lecture burden
- Standardizes education: ever learner sees the same talks
- You're able to assess understanding and accuracy through quizzes
- Group rates are available
Fundamentals Primary Care Curriculum
We cover all areas of diagnostic and procedural POCUS recommended by the AAFP
Basics
We start with uber-basics like how to turn on the ultrasound machine and which are the 4 most important buttons to understand. This section is topped off with a brief talk on ultrasound physics.
Cardiac
You'll learn how to get the 4 cardinal bedside echo views. We'll teach you how to diagnose LV systolic dysfunction, RV strain, and tamponade.
Pulmonary
What's the difference between A-Lines and B-Lines? How can you diagnose pleural effusion, pulmonary edema, or pneumonia using ultrasound? Learn all that and more.
eFAST Exam
This series of short talks will train you to diagnose abdominal free fluid, pleural effusions and pericardial effusions.
Aorta and IVC
Learn how to diagnose an aortic aneurysm or dissection. You'll also find out how to get a good view of the IVC to assess central venous pressure.
Renal and Bladder
This series of talks will help you identify hydronephrosis and bladder outlet obstruction.
Vascular Access
This series of talks will show you how to use ultrasound to start a peripheral IV and how to place an ultrasound-guided central line.
Gastrointestinal
From cholelithiasis to bowel obstruction, from appendicitis to a Tanga Sign. You'll learn to diagnose the most important GI pathology.
Nerve Blocks
Landmark peripheral nerve blocks of the upper and lower extremity? Once you learn to use ultrasound to guide you, you'll never look back.
Musculoskeletal
Develop proficiency in MSK ultrasound—from fracture and hematoma block to diagnosing tendon injuries and joint pathologies.
Ocular
Retinal detachment, vitreous hemorrhage and elevated ICP are amongst the important findings you'll learn to diagnose.
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Learn the optimal technique to diagnose DVT and Superficial Venous Thrombosis using bedside ultrasound.
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Learn pelvic scanning techniques to assess intrauterine pregnancies, fetal heart rate, and common gynecologic pathologies like ovarian and uterine abnormalities
Procedural
Expand your procedural repertoire with modules on thoracentesis, paracentesis, lumbar puncture, and more—designed to boost your procedural confidence with ultrasound guidance.
Quizzes
Included in Fundamentals are 250 pathology questions and over 60 knowledge questions to test your understanding of the material.
"Essential in almost any specialty."
Silverio Ros, MD
Medical Oncologist
Murcia, Spain
Christopher Doiron, MD
Medical Officer
Canadian Armed Forces
“Excellent! Having done several ultrasound courses in the past and using POCUS daily in my practice, I found that this course not only offers a great review of the basics, it expands on much of traditional teaching in almost all areas. I will certainly recommend it to my colleagues and learners.”
Kellie Hergenrader, PA-C
Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
Port Townsend, Washington
“Having this as a supplement to didactic education, correlated with pathophysiology and regularly performing US on classmates really solidified things. These guys are great, to the point, but entertaining to listen to. ”
Silverio Ros, MD
Medical Oncologist
Murcia, Spain
"Essential in almost any specialty. Essential course to get started in the use of clinical ultrasound at the bedside. The format of short videos that go directly to the most interesting aspects of each situation is very accurate. I am a medical oncologist in Murcia (Spain) and I apply ultrasound in my patients daily, thanks to this course, in more and more situations and with greater security. "
Abiezer Disla, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
"This is an amazing course. From 0 knowledge in the US world, you end up with so much knowledge of clinical applications. I highlight the didactics questions at the end of each module, it truly makes you learn and practice."
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20 hours of content
All core POCUS areas covered
Procedural ultrasound included
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3200 pathology questions
20 hours of didactics
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Frequently Asked Questions
You've got questions, we've got answers
Absolutely. We want you to be happy with your purchase. If you're not 100% satisfied with Fundamentals in the first month of your subscription, then we will refund your money.
While the 250 pathology questions built into Fundamentals is a good start, adding the Q-Bank and going through over 10x number of ultrasound pathology questions will really solidify your knowledge base. This bundle is highly recommended.
Anyone who is just getting started with POCUS. If your a medical student, resident, fellow or even practicing attending it doesn't matter. This will take you from 0 to having a good grasp of all the major modalities and pathologies. Since this curriculum was built for primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics would have the most benefit.
Over 2000 learners have taken Fundamentals as their primary resource to learn POCUS. We strive to make our learners better clinical sonographers and to improve the care of their patients.
