COURSE OUTLINES

Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound: Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasound (CCPU LEVU)

The ACP is pleased to partner with ASUM to provide high quality specialised training and provide its trainees with formal accreditation in ultrasound as it applies to lower extremity venous specialisation.

The Certificate in Clinician Performed Ultrasound: Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasound (CCPU LEVU) is accredited and offered through The Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) with the ACP delivering the Lower Extremity Venous Ultrasound unit as a recognised unit of the CCPU qualification from ASUM.  The CCPU LEVU is a compulsory course for ACP trainees at the Advanced level of training and should be completed during their first year of Advanced training (training year 2). 

Advanced Certificate of Ultrasound in Phlebology (ACUP)
Advanced technology topics and clinical applications of ultrasound imaging in phlebology

Course Content:
Interpretation of color, spectral and power Doppler; Doppler artifacts, power, intensity, biological safety of ultrasound, quality control, advanced processing, harmonic imaging, spatial compounding, frequency compounding, 3D/4D, matrix array transducers, elastography, synthetic aperture, digital system processing, DICOM, PACS

Clinical applications: lower extremity venous imaging, upper extremity venous imaging, lower limb arterial, abdominal vascular applications, basics of cerebrovascular examinations, case reviews

Duration: 1 Year
Prerequisites: Successful completion of C.U.P.
Assessment: Written Exam
Course delivery: Online
Award: Advanced Certificate of Ultrasound in Phlebology (A.C.U.P.)
Note: considerable clinical hands-on experience with duplex ultrasound is required.