# General Practitioner's Pass

## Metadata
- Content type: Course
- Canonical URL: https://123sonography.com/course/general-practitioners-pass
- Published: October 10, 2024
- Last updated: April 15, 2025
- Category: Other US courses
- Course Type: Other

## Overview
We have developed this course program to best equip general practitioners and sonographers working in a general medical practice with all the tools they need to integrate and efficiently leverage the diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound. Integrating the program's content with standard patient care based on physical examination and laboratory analysis will help you take a comprehensive approach to providing optimal care and treatment for your patients. After completing this course, you will be able to use ultrasound to rule out many differential diagnoses in just one minute and ultimately decide if your patients need to be referred to a specialist or the clinic. Note: This course includes AI-generated translations in Spanish and Arabic. Accuracy is not guaranteed (read more in Terms & Conditions)

## Media
![General Practitioner with patient.](https://123sonography.com/sites/default/files/2024-10/gp-pass-image.jpg)

## Snapshot
- Duration: 4.3 hours
- Chapters: 3
- Lectures: 11
- Quizzes: 3

## Intended Audience
- Sonographers
- General practitioners
- Medical Students
- Internists

## Faculty
- [Prof. Thomas Binder, MD, FESC](/speaker/30) - Cardiologist, Head of Digital Learning; Medical University of Vienna
- [Prof. Dirk Becker, MD, PhD](/speaker/49)
- [Martin Altersberger, MD](/speaker/126) - ÖGUM level II EM Ultrasound; Deputy head Echolab Steyr
- [Katayoun Tonninger-Bahadori, MD](/speaker/139) - General and Visceral Surgeon, Thyroid Specialist, Vienna
- [Nikolaus Frimmel, MD, MSc](/speaker/117) - Resident in anaesthesiology; Medical University of Vienna
- [Katherine Eller, AMS](/speaker/51) - Sonographer

## Learning Objectives
- Easy and straight-forward applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS).
- Enhance your ultrasound skills to quickly rule out multiple diagnoses and decide if a specialist referral is needed.
- Diagnose abdominal pain and urinary issues using ultrasound for kidneys, urinary tract, biliary system, and eFAST.
- Understand cardiac ultrasound basics and detect lung issues like pleural effusions for more accurate treatments.
- Master compression ultrasound for fast DVT detection.
- Learn to use thyroid ultrasound to go beyond the thyroid hormone laboratory.

## Topics
- Gastroenterology
- Endocrinology / Thyroid
- Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Preclinical Ultrasound
- Primary Care
- Other (please specify)

## Pricing Options
- Supported currencies: AED, CLP, COP, EGP, EUR, INR, MXN, PEN, QAR, USD

### One-Month Access
- Payment type: Monthly subscription
- Price: €32
- Currency: EUR
- Access duration: 1 month
- Add to cart: /add-to-cart/295/1158
Take the most flexible route with a monthly subscription.

You get:

- Cancellation possible anytime
- Lectures, micro- and nano-learning

### One-Year Access
- Payment type: One-time payment
- Price: €336
- Currency: EUR
- Access duration: 12 months
- Add to cart: /add-to-cart/295/1161
Billed yearly.

You get:

- 16% savings on yearly plan
- Lectures, micro- and nano-learning

## Curriculum

### Abdomen
This chapter teaches you how to extend your physical exam in cases of abdominal pain and urinary issues using ultrasound for kidneys, urinary tract, biliary system as well as eFAST.
- Chapter content: 4 lectures and 1 quizzes
- Lecture: [GP Pass - Kidney](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3847) (Duration: 00:20) - This lecture aims to improve your understanding and use of handheld ultrasound to answer clinical questions by focussing on sonographic planes, terminology and probe manipulation skills. The professional will be able to identify the sonographic appearances of normal and abnormal...
- Lecture: [GP Pass - Urinary tract](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3848) (Duration: 00:27) - This lecture aims to improve your understanding and use of handheld ultrasound to answer clinical questions by focusing on sonographic planes, terminology and probe manipulation skills. The professional will be the variants and abnormalities of the urinary tract from...
- Lecture: [GP Pass - Biliary tract](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3849) (Duration: 00:19) - This lecture was designed for healthcare professionals who aim to incorporate handheld ultrasound assessment of the biliary tract in their practice. The professional will learn how to recognise the variants and abnormalities of the biliary tract from presentations, hands-on demo...
- Lecture: [GP Pass - eFAST](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3850) (Duration: 00:35) - Here, we teach you the eFAST protocol, which is used in the ultrasound assessment of trauma patients. Niko and Martin explain when it should be used and which views you should acquire. Learn which pathologies you can detect and watch teaching cases which highlight the potential...
- Quiz: Quiz - Abdomen

### Heart and Lung
In this chapter, you will learn how to examine the heart for common pathologies and how to recognize frequent pulmonary pathologies such as pleural effusions. You will also learn how to recognize deep vein thrombosis (DVT) as an additional tool in suspected pulmonary embolism to ensure proper and prompt treatment.
- Chapter content: 3 lectures and 1 quizzes
- Lecture: [GP Pass - Heart](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3862) (Duration: 00:36) - This lecture is designed to provide you with a focus on sonographic planes, terminology and probe manipulation skills, along with techniques involved in handheld ultrasound Echocardiography to evaluate the heart chambers in 2D. Learn how to differentiate normal heart function...
- Lecture: [GP Pass - Lung](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3863) (Duration: 00:24) - In a first glance, Prof. Thomas Binder will talk about pleural effusions. You will learn how to scan your patients to accurately identify and diagnose pleural effusion and furthermore you will learn how to differentiate in between a transudate and exudate.
- Lecture: [GP Pass - DVT](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3864) (Duration: 00:29) - This lecture aims to improve your understanding and use of handheld ultrasound to answer clinical questions by focusing on sonographic planes, terminology, and probe manipulation skills. Importantly, an overview of anatomical landmarks of the peripheral venous system is included...
- Quiz: Quiz - Heart and Lung

### Thyroid
In this chapter on the basics of thyroid ultrasound, we will show you how to examine the thyroid gland and describe your findings. You will learn to recognize primarily benign lesions such as goiter and nodules, and you will be able to detect some signs of malignancy!
- Chapter content: 4 lectures and 1 quizzes
- Lecture: [GP Pass - How to image - Part 1](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3854) (Duration: 00:25) - In "How to image" we come to “the core of things”: How to perform a standard exam of the thyroid. The first part covers the following topics: Patient positioning, cut planes, image orientation, and ultrasound anatomy.
- Lecture: [GP Pass - How to image - Part 2](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3855) (Duration: 00:19) - In the second part of the imaging lectures we explain what features of the thyroid you should describe, we talk about contour, texture, and shape of the thyroid. Finally, we show you how to quantify the size of the thyroid.
- Lecture: [GP Pass - Goiter - Part 1](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3856) (Duration: 00:09) - Common things first! This is why we start the chapter on diffuse disease with "Goiter". You will find out why the incidence is not the same around the globe, how to classify goiters based on a physical exam and which types of goiter we define. Many ultrasound examples will help...
- Lecture: [GP Pass - Nodules Basics](/course/general-practitioners-pass#sg_course_lecture_3857) (Duration: 00:06) - First, we need to understand what nodules are, why they form and which patients are at risk. In this lecture, we will provide you with the definition of "nodules", "pseudonodules" and nodules "in formation". You will also learn which factors promote nodule formation and how they...
- Quiz: Quiz - Thyroid