Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month #MUAM

Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM)

For the past seven 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.

You can also find published guidance and resources below.

Downloadable infographic

Careers in Ultrasound

Thinking about your next step as a sonographer? Members of our Ultrasound Advisory Group share information about their role, the training that helped them get where they are and advice for those considering similar a career paths.

Amy Barnes - Consultant Radiographer (Head & Neck Imaging)
Amy Barnes is a Consultant Radiographer (head and neck imaging) at University Hospitals of Leicester. She is also the Associate Lecturer for University of Derby.
Her leadership tasks include:
- Being the clinical lead for head and neck ultrasound
- Developing policy and guidance
- Attending and presenting at CG/M&M / AGM/ ECAG meetings
- Attending senior clinical management meetings
- Develop and lead National H&N sonographer group
To learn what skills and training helped prepare her for the role, download Amy's career journey.
Kim Ngu - Consultant Sonographer
Kim Ngu is a Consultant Sonographer at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
- Maintaining and updating knowledge of new technologies and techniques in ultrasound imaging.
- Ensuring that the work environment is safe and meets all health and safety requirements.
- Promoting professional development and training opportunities for sonographers, both within your organization and in the wider industry.
- Being responsible for supervising and mentoring junior sonographers in the department
To learn what skills and training helped prepare her for the role, download Kim's career journey.
Steve Savage - Consultant Sonographer & Clinical Service Lead
Steve Savage is Consultant Sonographer and Clinical Service Lead, Yeovil NHS Trust.
He provides clinical leadership for diagnostic ultrasound throughout the trust and clinical leadership to the radiology consultant cardre and the radiology departmentas the clinical director of Radiology.
To learn what skills and training helped prepare him for the role, download Steve's career journey.
CJ Browne - Group Director of Healthcare Professions
CJ Browne is the Group Director of Healthcare Professions at Sandwell & West Birmingham Trust.

As part of the role, CJ
- Leads the implementation and delivery of the clinical service strategy across the Group.
- Integrates corporate clinical quality plans with clinical service plans.
- Ensures the clinical quality agenda is delivered by providing leadership and professional management of Service Leads and Senior Leaders within the Group.
- Ensures clinical quality reaches agreed standards
- Ensures clinical quality resource is used effectively, contributing to continuous improvement & increased productivity.
- Provides expert advice to the Group on all clinical quality matters.
- Delivers agreed corporate schemes.
- Takes the Group lead for patient experience and user involvement.
- With the Group Director, CJ ensures clinical governance is fully embedded within the Group
To learn what skills and training helped prepare her for the role, download CJ's career journey.
Helen Brown - Lead Governance & Deputy Lead Sonographer
Helen Brown is Lead Governance & Deputy Lead Sonographer at Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust.
Her leadership tasks include:
- Ensuring protocols and policies are up to date, disseminated and adhered to
- Overseeing and mentoring trainee sonographers, supporting academic and clinical work
- Introducing and supervising preceptorship and induction periods for newly qualified and new to the department sonographers
To learn what skills and training helped prepare her for the role, download Helen's career journey.

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#MUAM 2023 Quiz:

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?

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Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month #MUAM