POCUS for Midwifery Practice 2026

This one-day workshop is designed to assist Midwives to become confident with the use of POCUS for assessment of patients in the Third Trimester. The course will focus on providing the knowledge and hands on training required for the ultrasound assessment of fetal heart rate, placental location, liquor volume and presentation.

The course is delivered using blended model of training that provides online pre-learning to cover core knowledge together with a hands-on workshop to teach procedural skills and simulation with the aim of building confidence with scanning technique, image optimisation and recognition of pathology.

The workshop covers

The course assists midwives to become confident to

• Setup a range of common ultrasound machines

• Technique for using the ultrasound probe

• Fundamentals for image optimisation

• Assess the fetal heart rate, identify placental location, estimate liquor volume and evaluate fetal presentation in Third Trimester