Point-of-care ultrasound education
Tune in. Gain clarity.
Hands-on courses, tailored training, a free ultrasound logbook, five-minute Pearls and certified e-learning for emergency and acute clinicians. Mapped to the RCEM curriculum and led by an emergency medicine consultant who has scanned since 2008 and taught ultrasound since 2010.
Next core course: 21 December 2026
Why Wavelength
Ultrasound changes decisions at the bedside. We teach you to trust what you see.
A course should leave you scanning on your next shift, not filing a certificate. Every Wavelength module follows the same rhythm: a short, focused talk, a live demonstration, then supervised time on the probe until the views come easily.
You leave with the knowledge, the hands-on hours and a clear plan for sign-off in your own department.
Scan, don't sit
Most of the day sits on the probe, with healthy models, simulators and vascular phantoms at every station.
Built for sign-off
Content mapped to the RCEM curriculum, with logbook templates and guidance on supervised scans and assessments.
Led by a clinician
Every course is led by an emergency medicine consultant and ultrasound lead who teaches the way they practise.
The Wavelength logbook
Your ultrasound logbook. Free to use. Designed for real clinical practice.
Read the film as text
Scanned on a night shift, but your supervisor works days? With Wavelength, you log the scan while it's fresh,
send a review request to a verified supervisor,
and they review it when they're next available.
Your scans, your reviews and your progress, all in one place, and it costs nothing to use.
Start your free logbook today.
Scan when you work. Log when it suits you. Connect with your supervisors and see who is verified. Track your progress.
- Log scans from a photo or an upload, online or offline
- Send scans to your supervisor to review when they are free, or sign off in person
- Track RCEM, FAMUS and FUSIC targets, or editable international frameworks
- Export a QR-verified portfolio for your e-portfolio or appraisal
Ways to learn
Ultrasound education, on the probe and online.
Hands-on scanning days
Consultant-led courses with one instructor to every four or five delegates, mapped to the RCEM curriculum.
See coursesFive-minute techniques
121 free Wavelength Pearls, one view or pitfall at a time, each with a short test.
Read the PearlsCertified e-learning
Free modules with lessons, clinical cases, an assessment and a CPD certificate anyone can verify online.
Start a moduleCertificates you can prove
Every Academy certificate shows your name, CPD hours and a unique code. Your educational supervisor, appraiser or employer checks it online in seconds.
The course
Start with the core.
Level 1
Core Emergency Ultrasound
One day of hands-on scanning in the core emergency ultrasound applications, mapped to the RCEM curriculum. Taught by senior FAMUS-accredited instructors and RCEM-approved ultrasound supervisors.
- Physics and knobology
- eFAST
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Echo in life support
- Vascular access
- Governance and sign-off
Specialist courses follow. Ask to hear first.
Tailored training
Looking for ultrasound training suited to your needs?
Explore tailored teaching for individuals, groups and organisations, with flexible location options by arrangement.
How it works
From booking to sign-off.
Book online
Choose a date and pay securely by card. Your confirmation and joining details arrive by email.
Prepare
We send a pre-course reading pack so the day goes straight to scanning.
Scan
A full day of small-group teaching and supervised hands-on practice.
Sign off
Take home your certificate, logbook template and a plan for supervised scans and assessment.
Course DirectorFaculty
Dr Firas Abou-Auda
Consultant in Emergency Medicine · Course Director
Firas is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and the Ultrasound Lead at Darent Valley Hospital in Kent. He has scanned in emergency care for 18 years, since 2008, and has run ultrasound courses for 16 years, since 2010. He is a FAMUS instructor and supervises clinicians through the FAMUS accreditation pathway.
He sits on the EUSEM Ultrasound Committee and the Emergency Ultrasound Curriculum Task Force, and he examines for and writes content for the European Board Examination in Emergency Medicine. He is an ALS and ATLS instructor.
Excellent course, well organised, informative and relevant. Multiple opportunities to practice USS skills under direct supervision with helpful and targeted feedback. Has significantly improved my confidence performing practical procedures. Would highly recommend to anyone looking to improve their USS skills.
I found this course very useful, I had plenty of chances to practice under the supervision of an expert in the field of ultrasound. I definitely recommend this course to all medical practitioners.
This course was wonderful, gave me great a confidence in using USS in ED. Great job!
Great course, well organised with high quality USS machine.
Reviews from Dr Firas Abou-Auda's earlier courses. Read all reviews on Google
Dates
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Learn
From the scanning room.
Free five-minute Wavelength Pearls, each with a short test, and Wavelength Academy modules with a certificate of completion.
Pelvis
Adnexal ring: not always the ectopic
A ring in the adnexa with a positive pregnancy test is worrying, but the commonest ring is a normal corpus luteum. It sits inside the ovary; a tubal ectopic usually sits separate from it. Find the ovary first, then judge the ring, and never let the scan delay a referral.
Abdomen
Ascites: simple or complex?
Simple ascites is black, free and moves with the patient. Debris, septations or loculated pockets point towards infection, blood or malignancy. But infected ascites often looks simple, so a black pocket never replaces a diagnostic tap.
MSK
Clavicle: follow the bright line
The clavicle lies just under the skin, so its cortex is easy to follow from the sternum to the shoulder. A step, a gap or a haematoma over the bone supports a fracture. It is especially useful in children. Check the skin, the nerves and the circulation, and remember the ends of the bone.
Newsletter
Ultrasound skills, in your inbox.
One email a week: a practical scanning skill, new Learn posts and course dates before they go public.
Tune in. Gain clarity.
Consultant faculty, one instructor to every four or five delegates, and hands-on scanning from the first hour.