Residency Ultrasound Programs - PA Ultrasound Programs

Graduate medical education (GME) and advanced practice provider (APP) program ultrasound educators launching or expanding ultrasound training programs are faced with significant challenges. The SonoSim ecosystem provides educators with all the necessary tools to overcome these challenges and provides each learner with a personalized ultrasound education pathway toward competency. With our wide array of content, covering the needs of all specialties, academic & residency programs can quickly and easily implement point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) programs and support bedside clinical scanning with self-paced, remote training on the learners' laptops. And for group learning, there's SonoSim LiveScan® to help you teach the integration of ultrasound into medical decision-making, by converting live volunteers or existing manikins into simulated patients with real pathology.

SonoSim was developed to uniquely support the POCUS education needs of residency programs. Our fully customizable ecosystem allows residency and fellowship directors to easily implement an ultrasound program, facilitate resident learning during non-clinical hours, and track learning progress on the go. As we have grown, our content has been expanded and mapped to a variety of guidelines and requirements for a variety of specialties and allied health programs, including physician assistant (PA) and advanced nursing programs. The proven SonoSim Ultrasound Learning & Teaching Ecosystem combines online didactics, hands-on scanning, various study tools, and assessment capabilities to provide a turn-key solution for residency programs. Residency directors and ultrasound program directors can use SonoSim to standardize an ultrasound program and be confident that all residents have reached competency metrics. The dynamic and flexible SonoSim ecosystem supports programming needs as they evolve, training standards are defined, and higher levels of ultrasound competency are needed.

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Advanced Clinical
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Anatomy & Physiology

SonoSim Anatomy & Physiology topics provide a strong foundation of ultrasound knowledge, specific to anatomical regions, organs, and structures. Developed by ultrasound experts, SonoSim training covers regional anatomy & physiology, sonographic anatomy, scanning techniques, and imaging tips & pitfalls. Each topic comes with several scanning cases that are accessed in the SonoSimulator to reinforce learning from the courses with hands-on scanning on real patient ultrasound imagery.

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Core Clinical Ultrasound Courses

Our Core Clinical Ultrasound Courses provide an in-depth understanding of the components required to accurately assess and diagnose using ultrasound. Exam indications, regional anatomy, sonographic anatomy, and sonographic technique are covered. There is a focus on pathologic case studies and imaging tips & pitfalls. These courses are ideally suited to prepare your point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) learners for simulation scenarios.

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Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Courses

SonoSim Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Courses cover complex diagnoses and sonographic applications. With a focus on specific pathologic conditions, these advanced clinical and diagnostic ultrasound topics provide learners with a deep understanding of ultrasound techniques for evaluating various complex medical conditions.

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Ultrasound-Guided Procedure Courses

SonoSim ultrasound-guided procedure courses cover patient positioning, procedural steps, imaging adjuncts, potential complications, and more. Using real patient data sets that vary in body morphology, right versus left-sided approaches, and pathophysiologic states, SonoSim helps prepare learners for in-person Sim Center sessions using phantoms and ultrasound machines.

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Conduct realistic, live simulations that teach the application of ultrasound in medical decision-making & assess how well it is applied.
Instantly transform any manikin or live volunteer into a “patient” with real pathology.
Create additional realism by dynamically changing vital signs on-the-fly in response to learner decision-making based on ultrasound findings.

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Overcoming the Barriers to Ultrasound Training for Residency Programs & APP Programs

A POCUS Education Ecosystem for Every Program

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Used by 120K+ Learners & 1,650 Institutions. Reviewed in 50+ Peer-Reviewed Publications.

Virtual Ultrasound Training

All Levels & Specialties • Created by Leading Ultrasound Educators

Ideally suited for the busy schedules of residents and advanced practice provider candidates, SonoSim's 85+ ultrasound courses cover a wide array of POCUS topics for all learner levels.

Anatomy & Physiology

Core Clinical

Advanced Clinical

U/S-Guided Procedures

Anatomy & Physiology

Core Clinical Ultrasound Courses

Advanced Clinical Ultrasound Courses

Ultrasound-Guided Procedure Courses

SonoSim LiveScan®

Bring Ultrasound Simulation to Life

Unlock the Power of Ultrasound for your Residents

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Aligned to Guidelines in Many Specialties

SonoSim Content is Mapped to Current Guidelines & Updated Regularly

Emergency Medicine

Mapped to Recommended ACEP Ultrasound Curricular Guidance

Internal Medicine

Mapped to Recommended Internal Medicine POCUS Curriculum Consensus Recommendations

Family Medicine

Mapped to AAFP Recommended Curriculum Guidelines

Anesthesiology & Critical Care

Mapped to SCCM Ultrasound Competency Guidance

General Surgery

Mapped to Recommended AIUM Ultrasound Curricular Guidance

OB/GYN

Mapped to Recommended AIUM OB/GYN Ultrasound Guidance

Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Image Acquisition & Interpretation of Hundreds of Pathologies
Co-registered with Cross-Sectional Imagery (X-ray, CT) on Select Cases

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