Your path to EASy competence
One clear journey — from your first module to teaching others. Here's the whole map, then each step in detail.
Start with the entry assessment
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The method behind every exam
Every EASy exam follows I-AIM
Indication
Why am I scanning? — the clinical context
Acquisition
What images do I need — and how do I best get them?
Interpretation
Context + heart + IVC + lungs → hemodynamic phenotype
Medical decision
Hemodynamic phenotype + context → next safest action
Clinical context threads through every step — it sets the indication, shapes acquisition, guides interpretation, and drives management.
Stage 1
Build the foundations
Four modules, in order. Each builds on the last.
Understand the EASy framework
What EASy POCUS is, the bedside problem it solves, and how the protocol suite fits together — the mental model behind every exam.
Master the 6 core views
Subcostal cardiac and IVC, plus the anterior and posterolateral lung / pleural views — how to obtain each one reliably at the bedside. Pair with ultrasound physics to optimize every image.
Assess volume status
Read the IVC and volume state — the gate that opens the phenotyping pathway and keeps you from chasing isolated findings.
Phenotype: clusters & patterns
Combine heart + IVC + lungs into a phenotype across the 4 clusters. This is where ultrasound findings become a clinical decision.
Master cardiac phenotyping — the hard part
The heart is the hardest read, and the skill that makes everything else click. Drill the cardiac phenotypes on their own until the pattern is reflex — once it is, integrating IVC and lung is easy.
Stage 2
Go hands-on: in-person workshops
The modules build your knowledge; the workshop builds your hands. Our in-person courses take you from recognizing phenotypes to performing and acting on them under faculty guidance.
Image acquisition on live models
Scan real, healthy live models with faculty at your side until each of the 6 EASy views is reliable in your hands.
Rapid-fire interpretation & management
Work through high-volume rapid-fire cases: see the pattern, call the cluster, commit to the next safest action — out loud, at speed.
Simulation: the group EASy ALS approach
High-fidelity simulation to learn the coordinated, team-based EASy ALS approach to cardiac arrest and peri-arrest resuscitation.
Stage 3
At the bedside in your institution
Take EASy to your own patients. EASy MAP and EASy ALS are the foundational protocols — the rest apply the same framework to specific settings. Pick the protocol that matches your clinical question, scan your real scenarios, and upload them for expert review.
EASy MAP
Hypotension & undifferentiated shock
Open protocolEASy ALS
Cardiac arrest & peri-arrest
Open protocolEASy Sepsis
Septic shock & resuscitation
Open protocolEASy PDA
Pre-intubation (physiologically difficult airway)
Open protocolEASy FAST
Trauma assessment
Open protocolEASy OB
Obstetric hemodynamics
Open protocolEASy SAH
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Open protocolStage 4
Your competence pathway
Competency is earned, not just attended. Complete all three to earn your trainee certificate.
- Complete the online modules (framework, 6 views, volume, phenotyping).
- Attend a live, in-person course.
- Upload 30 EASy exams that an expert reviews and verifies as adequate quality or better.
Lead & teach
Once you're competent, teach the next cohort and grow into program leadership.
Teach one and save lives.
Stage 5 · Become an EASy instructor
- Complete all trainee competence requirements.
- Attend the instructor course.
- Mentor at least 3 trainees to completion.
Stage 6 · Institutional mentor
Establish and lead EASy training at your own institution: mentor and credential local trainees, run image review and competency assessment, and serve as the on-site faculty lead.
Stage 7 · Regional Training Center Director
An experienced EASy educator who leads training beyond their own institution — organizing recurring hands-on courses across a region. Suggested criteria:
- Instructor status. Completed the EASy instructor pathway and actively teaches EASy courses or workshops.
- Institutional experience. Has served as a local/institutional mentor and implemented EASy training, image review, or competency assessment at their own institution.
- Teaching portfolio. Faculty in multiple hands-on courses; can teach EASy-MAP, EASy-ALS, EASy-PDA, and core lung / IVC / cardiac phenotyping.
- Quality & governance. Uses a structured approach to acquisition, interpretation, feedback, and documentation; supports QA, portfolio review, and learner remediation.
- Operational capacity. Has machines, trained faculty, standardized materials, and scanning resources; can organize recurring courses across a city, state, country, or region.
- Faculty development. Can identify, train, and mentor future EASy instructors and maintains an appropriate instructor-to-learner ratio.
- Academic & ethical alignment. Follows the EASy curriculum, terminology, competency standards, and branding; upholds professionalism, patient safety, and supervision.
- Ongoing activity. Runs or co-runs at least one EASy course per year and submits activity reports (learner numbers, outcomes, quality feedback) to the central program.
Director-level criteria are set with the EASy faculty. Get in touch to discuss the pathway.
Ready to begin?
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