Rural Ultrasound Training for ED (RUSTED) I Perth

This Rural Health West workshop is designed to support Western Australian Medical Practitioners in maintaining and enhancing their ultrasound skills and meeting credentialing requirements for WA Country Health Service.

Workshop overview:

• Delivered in a modular blended format, this course combines online learning with a hands-on workshop in Perth.
• Program begins with an introductory module covering ultrasound principles, physics, safety, machine care, and an overview of how we approach learning in a clinical setting.
• Participants will progress through a series of 11 clinical modules covering the core ultrasound applications most used in emergency medicine.
• Topics include trauma and E-FAST, abdominal aortic aneurysm assessment, biliary scanning, renal tract imaging, deep vein thrombosis, basic and advanced echocardiography, first trimester pregnancy and musculoskeletal and soft tissue scanning.
• Course runs over 9 weeks online learning, commencing 1 September 2025. The program concludes with a three-day face-to-face workshop and assessment.

Eligibility: All medical practitioners are welcome to register, with priority given to currently practising rural and remote medical practitioners in an Emergency Department.

Length: 9 week online learning, concluded with a three day face-to-face workshop and assessment. Online commencing 1 September, in-person workshop 24 – 26 November 2025 Scarborough.

Cost: $3300.00 (Inc. GST)

Accreditation:

Pending with Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)

This workshop is pending approval for the Rural Procedural Grants Program, Emergency Grant component.

We ask participants to contact their relevant college to ascertain their eligibility for the grant prior to attending.

Cancellation policy

• Applicants who give notice of cancellation of four (4) weeks or more will receive a full refund of the workshop registration fee.
• Applicants who withdraw from the workshop on or 14 days prior will receive a 50% refund of the workshop registration fee.
• Applicants who fail to attend the workshop or who withdraw from the workshop less than 14 days of the workshop date are not eligible for a refund.

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