Improve your image

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When a 42 year old construction worker fell from a 3m scaffold, it was the F.A.S.T. (Focussed Abdominal Scan in Trauma) that saved his life. After a quick assessment of the airway and breathing, Dr. G performed a F.A.S.T. scan and found free fluid inside his abdomen. The patient received surgery within an hour. He made a full recovery.

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Ultrasound has become an increasingly intricate and critical part of Australia’s Healthcare System. Every day patients Australia wide are experiencing the use of ultrasound in diagnosis and in effective treatment whether in an Emergency Department, Cardiac ward or with an injection using ultrasound guidance.
The innovation and expansion of the availability of “Point of Care” ultrasound machines enables many more clinical questions to be answered using diagnostic ultrasound equipment as a tool. Ultrasound has now evolved to become an almost essential tool in the armamentarium of the front-line acute care clinician.
The Australian Institute of Ultrasound is a well-established, highly-respected, clinicallyfocussed ultrasound training facility offering professional tuition to all healthcare providers.
Our mission is to elevate the careful use of ultrasound into the future and to raise patient care by helping improve clinical reasoning. We offer participants technical excellence and clinical relevance through our expert faculty team and learner community.
Our mantra is “Vision Through Sound”.
Have you never picked up an ultrasound probe? Are you using ultrasound but feeling frustrated? Are you using ultrasound frequently but would like to improve your skills, learn new techniques and broaden your scanning ability?
If you answered yes to any of these questions then the AIU has a course that will benefit you.
Our focus is on teaching the individual and we have a repertoire of methods to optimise your unique learning experience. The very real complexity of the technical needs of today’s healthcare professionals has been met head on by our course programs which include a significant focus on the all important practical element of our programs.
Our training methods include real time scanning on real people (all shapes and sizes), small tutor to participant ratios, simulation, flipped classroom approaches, phantom models, case studies, expert panel Q &A, and short presentations.
We have the flexibility and staff expertise to adapt the course to meet your preferred learning style and pace. We are not satisfied unless you go back to your Department with the skills necessary to improve your clinical decision-making! Our courses are open to all health care professionals
Teaching methods
With over 20 years of experience teaching thousands of people we will tailor our teaching to suit your learning style.
The success of our training courses is built upon the premise that complex medical issues involving the use of ultrasound which encompass challenging technical requirements and knowledge, can be achieved with a relatively simple step by step approach. Our aim is to carefully take in the current ability of the student whilst setting achievable goals for the duration of the course and beyond. The combination of well -developed programs with a focus on practical “hands- on” scanning using live models of varying body habitus creates a favourable solution to enable Doctors, Nurses and other Health Professionals to facilitate real improvements in patient management and outcomes.
At the AIU we acknowledge that everyone learns differently and not one style will suit all. We provide the environment to create correct learning in a positive forum allowing students to focus on developing technique and understanding to ultimately improve their knowledge and confidence in using ultrasound. Physicians, nurses, paramedics, etc from medical student to consultant, across all generations, looking to improving their image by connecting technique and knowledge to achieve a truly integrated approach to understanding an increasingly valuable skill.
Learning Environment
We endeavour to do our best to help you finish your course with a well-founded grounding in the basic techniques and to make sure that these techniques lay the foundation for a safe and effective ultrasound practice into the future- vision through sound. Having participated in a course at the AIU you will find yourself a part of “THE AIU COMMUNITY.” We offer all registrants continuing post-course support in imaging review and advice.
Faculty
Our faculty is made up of experienced professionals ranging from trained Sonographer Tutors who have a wealth of knowledge in the Point of Care environment to Clinicians from a variety of medical backgrounds who are all highly trained in the use of Point of Care ultrasound in their specialty.
Accreditation
Our courses are accredited widely across many professional colleges, societies and hospitals including but not limited to ASUM, RNZCOG, ACEM.
Venue
All AIU courses are conducted at our purpose designed Ultrasound Training Centre at Broadbeach in the heart of the Gold Coast, Queensland with plenty of accommodation options and things to do for your partner or family whilst you learn!
Courses by Design
Can’t find what you are looking for? Contact us to look at designing a course to suit your ultrasound goals and objectives.
For more information, please contact us on +61 7 5526 6655 or info@aiu.edu.au or visit www.aiu.edu.au