Student and Trainee Community
Welcome to the BMUS Student and Trainee Community
On these pages you will find links and useful information to help you during your training period and beyond. Through a mixture of regular items and occasional features, we aim to offer extra opportunities to help you develop in your field of clinical ultrasound and give you the chance to share ideas.
Training during COVID times
A team from Hull University Hospitals offer a short analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on their training community. Read their experiences here and please let us know if your experiences are similar.
The Snappy Questions competition has now ended. Thank you to all the trainees who joined in. The winner was announced in Ultrapost (29.10.2021). We look forward to offering new competitions in 2022.
Innovations in Ultrasound Physics
Learning Resources
BMUS Top Tips
BMUS Top Tips offers many handy hints on all sorts of topics. New Top Tips are offered regularly.
The latest informative Top Tips collection is from Kyle Foster, an MSK Sonographer at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust and a member of our BMUS advisory group ‘The Sounding Board’.
BMUS Webinars
Regular webinars on a wide range of topics including techniqes, specific conditions, and ultrasound physics revision for FRCR examinations are provided free of charge to BMUS members and are just £15 each to non-members. See the current Webinar schedule here.
Past BMUS webinars are available to members. Join BMUS at the discounted rate for students and trainees here.
Canon Medical Systems
Canon hosts a range of free webinars on their Medical Imaging Academy website. Just click here to register.
Professional Activity
Do you sometimes think that research, audit and scientific writing are activities only for senior clinicians? Not so! If you have the interest and spare time it is a straight forward process to start with a short, simple case report of an unusual condition. Check out the BMUS Ten Top Tips for how to write a Case Report and consider submitting it to our scientific journal Ultrasound.
Alternatively, produce a shorter informal mini case report, keeping patient information anonymised and to a minimum, on more frequently encountered conditions and send to this website instead. The best ones will be featured monthly.
Educational articles include audit and service evaluation. Consider conducting a small audit within your department and submit your findings to this webpage. What question do you think needs answering in your department? Here's a simple flow diagram of the audit cycle to help get you started and ultimately share best practice with your peers.
USEFUL LINKS
Professional guidance
Are you or your department unsure as to what is currently recommended for specific best practice? Check out our comprehensive Guidelines for Professional Ultrasound Practice for advice. Remember also to check your local departmental protocols and ensure they are up to date.
COMMUNITY NEWS
March 2021
Now in its fourth year, the Ultrasound Training Academy based at Central Middlesex Hospital, London, gives an update on progress.
March 2021
It's absolutely not easy being a trainee or student in ultrasound but, once qualified, the world is pretty much your oyster. Two professionals from Norwich, at very different stages in their careers, give a brief take on their experiences so far. Most, if not all, of us will identify with at least some of their comments! Many thanks to Sam and Guy.
If you feel moved to write something, please get in touch with Hazel at ProfessionalOfficer@bmus.org
Empowering students
Amanda Marland, Clinical co-ordinator for Direct Entry MSc in Medical Ultrasound at the University of Cumbria offers top tips for empowering students.