What is Your Veterinary Ultrasound Style?

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  Do you feel confident charging when you scan?

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  • A.
    I never feel confident and sometimes do scans for free (don't tell my boss!)
  • B.
    Most of the time, but I feel like sometimes I might have missed something
  • C.
    I charge regularly but feel like an imposter sometimes.
  • D.
    My main area of struggle is with charging for heart scans
• 2.
  How much Ultrasound gel do you use?

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  • A.
    I average a bottle per scan
  • B.
    Just enough - I don't want any gel on my hands and scrubs
  • C.
    I treat it as a precious resource just a drop at a time
• 3.
  How many scans do you do a week?

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  • A.
    Rarely, I usually let others handle it.
  • B.
    A few, but I often feel like I missed something.
  • C.
    Several, but I struggle with smaller organs.
  • D.
    Many, and I'm focusing on improving my cardiac skills.
• 4.
  How confident are you with the ultrasound machine controls?

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  • A.
    I never change the settings - I don't want to break anything
  • B.
    I change the 1 or 2 settings I know how to do and I never touch anything else
  • C.
    I am confident about my machine settings and I regularly annotate, save images and cineloops as part of my case record
  • D.
    I really want to know about buttons which are useful for cardiac scanning
• 5.
  Final Question before we Sort You.       What statement do you identify with?

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  • A.
    I am right at the beginning of my ultrasound journey - I need help with everything
  • B.
    I need help with systematically looking at the large organs and getting to grips with my machine settings
  • C.
    I am confident with the large organs of the abdomen but I need help with adrenals (especially right adrenal) and pancreas
  • D.
    I want to become competent at first opinion level cardiac scanning

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
  Ultrasound avoider

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  You are at the beginning of your ultrasound journey.You feel overwhelmed by the knobs and probes.Currently you delegate ultrasound to colleagues or just take and x-ray instead.You will not charge a client for a scan if you are forced into picking up a probe.At FOVU, we have something that might help—our level 1 course Scanning the Emergency Patient is a great starting point if you're looking to build confidence with ultrasound in urgent cases. We’ll guide you step by step until you feel at home with the knobs and buttons on your own machine. More importantly, you’ll learn how to make sense of those grey-scale images so they actually help you in practice. Rather than trying to find everything at once, we’ll focus on answering one key question at a time—starting with emergency patients. With the right structure and practice, you’ll feel more confident scanning, and before long, your colleagues will be turning to you for advice!
• 2.
  The Fallible Ultrasonographer

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  You use the ultrasound machine fairly regularly.You can often find large organs but you don't know how to shake the feeling that you might have missed somethingYou are worried about how your skills compare to colleagues.You are the ideal fit for FOVU Level 2 and the perfect course to help you progress in the Basics!  FOVU will help you progress your skills; we will show you how to focus on structured practise as well as giving you a framework to work towards. Your colleagues will be in awe of your ultrasound skills in no time!
• 3.
  The Frustrated Ultrasonographer

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  You use the ultrasound machine every week.You might even be the go to ultrasound person in your practice although you suffer from imposter syndrome about this.You struggle to find the smaller organs (adrenals/pancreas) every time you scan and you feel uncertain about decision making around what's normal and what is pathologyAt FOVU, we have something that might help—The Trickier Bits course is a great option if you’re looking to refine your scanning skills and tackle more challenging structures like the adrenal glands and pancreas. At Level 3, we focus on structured practice, giving you the support and feedback you need to consistently find these trickier areas. With the right approach, scanning them will start to feel much more natural.
• 4.
  The Echocardiographer Wannabe

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  You feel relatively confident about your abdominal scanning (although you'd like to work on spotting pathology more).You would like to move beyond the emergency large left atrium scan when it comes to cardiac scanning but are still a first opinion veterinarian and some of the courses out there feel too advanced.What is most useful for a first opinion vet to know and what skills should they have when it comes to cardiac ultrasound? At FOVU, we have something that might help—Basic Echocardiography for the GP Vet is a great choice if you’re ready to build a solid approach to heart scanning. At Level 4, we focus on creating a clear framework and structured practice for echocardiography, making it easier to get reliable results. With time and the right guidance, you’ll feel much more confident, and your colleagues will start turning to you for advice!