Individual Clinical POCUS Certificates & Specialty POCUS Certifications
What are POCUS Certificates and Certifications?
The Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Certification Academy™ offers a variety of online assessments to test and validate your proficiency in point-of-care ultrasound. Each individual Certificate has a clinical focus area, while the Specialty Certifications include a set group of clinical areas related to a medical specialty. The POCUS Fundamentals Certificate* is a prerequisite for all additional POCUS Certificates or Certifications. Upon successful completion of the applicable assessments, digital badges are awarded for each POCUS Certificate or Certification, providing proof of your professional skills in point-of-care ultrasound.
Why Point-of-Care Ultrasound?
Point-of-care ultrasound equips healthcare professionals with a valuable tool to provide their patients with a higher standard of care. POCUS is portable, allowing for real-time imaging and on-the-spot interpretation in the hands of experienced providers. This modality provides accuracy without the use of ionizing radiation or the costs associated with other imaging techniques.
Start with the POCUS Fundamentals*
By completing your two-part POCUS Fundamentals Certificate assessment, you’ll demonstrate your knowledge in point-of-care ultrasound and be eligible to earn either other individual clinical POCUS Certificates and/or POCUS specialty Certifications.
Continuing medical education (CME) credits are currently unavailable. If you have any questions, please contact our team.
*While the POCUS Fundamentals Certificate is waived for clinicians who have passed the Sonography Principles & Instrumentation (SPI) examination within the last five (5) years or ARDMS® and APCA™ Certificate holders, this does not apply to earning CME credits.
View the Certificate View Content OutlineIndividual Clinical POCUS Certificates
The POCUS Certification Academy offers a wide variety of specialized individual clinical POCUS Certificates. Prerequisite: POCUS Fundamentals Certificate or meeting waiver requirements.
Our Current Offerings
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)1
Abdominal Trauma1, 2 and 3
1 Includes components of the Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension (RUSH) protocol.
2 Includes components of the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (eFAST) protocol.
3 Includes components of the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) protocol.
Specialty Certifications
Specialty POCUS Certifications are offered for those seeking to further validate an expanded level of expertise in point-of-care ultrasound procedures that focus on a particular medical specialty. Certifications are awarded once the candidate has successfully passed the clinical case assessments for each clinical Certificate in the selected Certification and has completed the corresponding practical component with peer evaluations and video submissions.
POCUS Generalist Certification
The POCUS Generalist Certification is for healthcare professionals specializing in family medicine, and primary care or general practice. This certificate includes:
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Cardiac
Hepatobiliary/Spleen
Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis
Lung
MSK Soft Tissue
Obstetrics/First Trimester
Renal/Genitourinary
Pricing Information
$625.00
The Generalist Certification Package saves you over 50%
POCUS Emergency Medicine Certification
The POCUS Emergency Medicine POCUS Certification is for first responders, ER physicians and staff, as well as other emergency medicine providers.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Abdominal Trauma
Cardiac
Hepatobiliary/Spleen
Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Lung
Obstetrics/First Trimester
Pricing Information
$625.00
The Emergency Medicine Certification Package saves you over 50%
POCUS Musculoskeletal Certification
The POCUS Musculoskeletal Certification is for clinicians in family medicine, sports medicine, orthopedics, internal medicine, and physical therapy who perform MSK ultrasound.
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Soft Tissue
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Lower Extremity
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Upper Extremity
View the CertificationGlobal POCUS Principles Certification
The Global POCUS Principles Certification is for clinicians practicing anywhere in the world and who work in a variety of practice settings.
Abdominal Trauma
Cardiac
Lung
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Soft Tissue
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