Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome & Introduction

    • Welcome to this course!

    • 🔆 Adapting the speed of the videos

    • Introducing the Speaker & Disclosure

    • Introduction in MSK Ultrasound

    • The technology you need

    • Background of diagnostic MSK ultrasound

    • Purposes to use MSK ultrasound in clinical practice

    • Advantages and disadvantages

    • Quiz: Welcome & Introduction
  • 2

    Physics & artefacts

    • A "sound" introduction

    • Sound generated by transducers

    • Artifacts due to beam characteristics

    • Artifacts due to attenuation errors

    • Artifacts due to multiple echoes

    • Grey values

    • Hygiene

    • Ultrasound "language"

    • Safety

    • Quiz: Physics & artefacts
  • 3

    Anatomical tissues in MSK ultrasound

    • Muscles

    • Tendons

    • Nerves

    • Bone and cartilage

    • Bursae

    • Capsules and ligaments

    • Quiz: Anatomical tissues
  • 4

    Qualitative scanning

    • Handling the transducer

    • SonoSkills Scanning Checklist - Operator

    • SonoSkills Scanning Checklist - System

    • SonoSkills Scanning Checklist - Transducer

    • SonoSkills pathology checklist

    • SonoSkills pathology checklist- case 1

    • SonoSkills pathology checklist- case 2

    • Quiz: Qualitative scanning
  • 5

    Clinical reasoning

    • Brief introduction to clinical reasoning

    • Diagnostic errors and biases

    • Diagnostic strategies

    • Sensitivity and specificity

    • Predictive values

    • Diagnostic gain

    • Quiz: Clinical reasoning
  • 6

    What's next on your clinical reasoning in MSK ultrasound learning curve?

    • Suggested online training to boost your clinical reasoning skills to the next level 🚀
  • 7

    Recommended reading

    • Choosing the right ultrasound machine

    • Recommended musculoskeletal and sports ultrasound terminology: a Delphi-based consensus statement 2022

    • Top ten pitfalls to avoid when performing musculoskeletal sonography 2013

    • Artifacts in musculoskeletal ultrasonography: from physics to clinics 2020