Activity description
- Purpose: to enhance clinicians' understanding of ultrasound principles, techniques, and key sonographic findings, which can be used in their clinical decision-making
- Educational objectives
- Describe the principles of sonography, the operation of ultrasound equipment, and image optimization across a variety of clinical settings.
- Recognize and interpret normal and pathological ultrasound findings for key organs and structures.
- Understand fundamental techniques for performing targeted ultrasound examinations, including abdominal scans, eFAST, thyroid imaging, and compression ultrasound for suspected deep vein thrombosis.
- Target audience: clinicians practicing across various clinical and academic settings, internationally
- Funding source: none
- Content: CME (continuing medical education) content is developed by a team of physician authors and editors in a standardized process that includes multi-stage peer review. The research sources that are used include up-to-date best practice guidelines and expert recommendations, adhere to accepted standards of scientific evidence, and are fully referenced. Content is free of commercial bias and adheres to the ACCME’s (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.
- Activity type: enduring material
- Method of participation: To earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for this course, all of the following requirements must be met.
- Complete all modules in the course.
- Answer at least 70% of the multiple-choice questions in the final quiz correctly.
- Complete a short evaluation, which will be emailed to you after successfully completing the final question session.
Accreditation statements
AMBOSS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) as a provider of continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.
- American Medical Association: AMBOSS designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation term
This activity was developed by AMBOSS in 2025.
- Original release date: September 16, 2025
Financial disclosures
None of the individuals in control of the content for this course reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. For details, please review our full conflict of interest (COI) policy: https://go.amboss.com/conflict-of-interest-policy.
Redeeming credit
CME credit certificates will be issued by email to participants who complete all modules in the course, achieve a passing score on the final multiple-choice question session, and complete a short evaluation questionnaire, which will be emailed to you after successfully completing the final question session.
As an ACCME-accredited organization, AMBOSS will award credit for this activity in the form of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. The AMA has an agreement in place with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS) that allows physicians from these European countries to convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ into EACCME credits, which is the type that is recognized by the UEMS. Please see additional details here. You may also find it useful to refer to this list of countries that accept ACCME-accredited CME.
For questions or feedback related to the AMBOSS CME program, please email us at hello@amboss.com.