Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month #MUAM

Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM) 

For the past six years, we’ve dedicated October to Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month – an initiative that aims to raise the profile of sonographers and their role in patient care.

Sonographers are highly skilled experts in ultrasound scanning, interpretation and diagnosis. They work across a wide range of areas from pregnancy scanning and newborn babies to abdominal, cardiology and gynaecology, veins and arteries, muscles and tendons, lumps and bumps and so much more. Most sonographers scan humans, but some also scan animals. Click the infographic on the right for more information on the role of the sonographer.

Our MUAM 2023 activities featured an interactive quiz which was devised by the Ultrasound Advisory Group (#SoRUAG). Use the questions below to test your ultrasound knowledge. How many will you get right?

You can also find recently published guidance and resources below plus all the MUAM articles from previous years.

Downloadable infographic

#MUAM 2023 Quiz:

Test yourself with this quiz! Can you work out the answers? Answers can be found by clicking the dropdown below each image.

Guidance and Resources:

• PCOS Guideline | Monash University: International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome
• CPD Shorts: Ultrasound features of paediatric mesenteric adenitis | SoR 
• Preventing retention of sheaths, ‘foreign objects’ and ultrasound probe covers following intimate and invasive radiological procedures
• Recommendations for education and training of specialist paediatric sonographers
• Intimate Examinations and Chaperone Policy