General Sonography and Maternal Fetal Health
Why practice sonography?
General sonography provides broad ultrasound skills across organs and soft tissues. Clinicians use it to answer a wide range of diagnostic questions, improve care pathways, and reduce the need for more invasive or costly imaging.
Make an impact across the body
Broad ultrasound skills help answer a wide range of clinical questions, from abdominal and pelvic imaging to soft‑tissue and organ assessment.
Strengthen your professional credentials
Certification signals that you meet trusted standards in ultrasound practice, making it easy for employers to recognize your expertise and versatility.
Support faster, more efficient care
High‑quality general ultrasound can reduce unnecessary downstream imaging, speed up diagnoses, and help care teams make more informed decisions at the point of care.
Make an impact across the body
Broad ultrasound skills help answer a wide range of clinical questions, from abdominal and pelvic imaging to soft‑tissue and organ assessment.
Strengthen your professional credentials
Certification signals that you meet trusted standards in ultrasound practice, making it easy for employers to recognize your expertise and versatility.
Support faster, more efficient care
High‑quality general ultrasound can reduce unnecessary downstream imaging, speed up diagnoses, and help care teams make more informed decisions at the point of care.
Why specialize in maternal fetal health?
Maternal fetal health focuses on using ultrasound to monitor pregnancy and fetal development. Clinicians use it to help detect risks earlier and support safer, more informed decisions for parents and care teams during pregnancy.
Deliver confident, informed care
Certification in maternal fetal health helps you perform and interpret ultrasound with confidence, supporting earlier risk detection and tailored care for pregnant patients.
Choose professional certification to fit your practice
From POCUS to EFM monitoring, get certified with a focus on your unique expertise.
Improve healthcare outcomes during pregnancy
Provide gold standard support to some of the most vulnerable patients – expectant mothers and developing babies.
Deliver confident, informed care
Certification in maternal fetal health helps you perform and interpret ultrasound with confidence, supporting earlier risk detection and tailored care for pregnant patients.
Choose professional certification to fit your practice
From POCUS to EFM monitoring, get certified with a focus on your unique expertise.
Improve healthcare outcomes during pregnancy
Provide gold standard support to some of the most vulnerable patients – expectant mothers and developing babies.
For Sonographers, Physicians, & Advanced Care Providers (Nurses, NAs, PAs)
No Prerequisites
Fetal Monitoring Credential
$200
The FMC exam tests your expertise in electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM). EFM is the primary tool for assessing fetal well-being during labor.
Required Exam for RDMS
Sonography Principles & Instrumentation (SPI)
$275
The SPI exam proves your mastery of the foundational principles of sonography. It assesses your knowledge of the tools, techniques, and processes of sonography.
SPI Required
Fetal Echocardiography (FE)
$300
The FE exam tests the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for monitoring embryonic fetal development.
SPI Required
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN)
$300
The OB/GYN exam tests your knowledge of the female reproductive system and the healthy development of a fetus.
For Point-of-Care Ultrasound Clinicians
No Prerequisites
POCUS Fundamentals Certificate
$125
The POCUS Fundamentals certificate assesses your knowledge on the basic physics and instrumentation of ultrasound in POCUS evaluation.
POCUS Fundamentals Required
POCUS Maternal Fetal Health Certification
$350
The POCUS Maternal Fetal Health Certification supports clinicians involved in fetal care and fetal well-being in a variety of clinical practice settings. Includes POCUS Obstetrics First and Second/Third Trimester.
POCUS Fundamentals Required
POCUS Obstetrics Essentials
$150
OB -> POCUS Obstetrics Essentials
POCUS Fundamentals Required
POCUS Obstetrics First Trimester
$150
This certification assesses your proficiency in providing POCUS services in obstetrics environments, particularly during the first trimester.
POCUS Fundamentals Required
POCUS Obstetrics Second/Third Trimester
$150
This certification assesses your proficiency in providing POCUS services in obstetrics environments, particularly during the second and third trimesters.
