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.
Disclosures
Disclosure policy statement
AMBOSS adheres to the policies and guidelines, including the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE, set forth to providers by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and all other professional organizations, as applicable, stating those activities where continuing education credits are awarded must be balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. All persons in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education program provided by AMBOSS are required to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company within the past 24 months to AMBOSS. All financial relationships reported are identified as relevant and mitigated by AMBOSS in accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE, in advance of delivery of the activity to learners. The content of this activity was vetted by AMBOSS to assure objectivity and that the activity is free of commercial bias. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated by AMBOSS.
Disclosure of relevant financial relationships
The following planners and managers for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
Nawid Salimi: nothing to disclose
Viola Welter: nothing to disclose
Lisa Rostosky: nothing to disclose
Marcel Bischoff: nothing to disclose
Milda Sukyte: nothing to disclose
Pavel Pavlov: nothing to disclose
Kenan Hasan: nothing to disclose
Ramin Rokhzan: nothing to disclose
Andrew Wilson: nothing to disclose
The following faculty, authors, and content developers for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
Sean Robert Huff: nothing to disclose
Ryan Colaço: nothing to disclose
Hannes Rössler: nothing to disclose
Meike Schmidt: nothing to disclose
Jonas Kern: nothing to disclose
Lea Winter: nothing to disclose
Daniel Merkel: nothing to disclose
Charlotte Grund: nothing to disclose
Florian Recker: nothing to disclose
Accreditation statements
AMBOSS is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- Credit Designation Statement: AMBOSS designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the 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
- Expiration date: September 15, 2028
Instructions for receiving credit
In order to receive a Certificate of Credit (physicians) or a Certificate of Participation (non-physicians) for participation in this activity, learners must complete the evaluation and submit a request for 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.
The deadline to claim credit is 30 days after the activity expiration date.
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. International physicians interested in converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to EACCME credit should contact the UEMS. 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.