DMS 117 - Gynecology

• Medical ethics, law, infection control, communication, and patient care as it relates to sonography Ergonomic techniques
• Sonography of the female pelvis
• Anatomy, relational anatomy, laboratory values, and pathology of the female pelvis
• Biological effects of sonography

• Windows based computer with internet access. 

A = 90 - 100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
D = 60 - 69
F =   0 - 59

1. Describe types and methods of infection control, standard precautions, modes of transmission of infection and disease, standard precautions, isolation procedure, preventative methods and transducer sanitation and disinfection.
2. Describe ergonomic techniques and awareness of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and best practices for prevention.
3. Describe medical and sonographic terminology.
4. Describe processes for obtaining patient history and relevant information related to sonographic examinations.
5. Identify sectional anatomy, relational anatomy, anatomic variants, and sonographic appearances of normal anatomical structures.
6. Describe pathology, physiology, pathophysiology, sonographic technique, measurements, sonographic appearances, and Doppler patterns in gynecologic disease processes.
7. Describe the application of image production and optimization.
8. Describe biological effects.
9. Describe scanning protocol and modification(s) based on the sonographic findings and the differential diagnoses.
10. Describe the process of correlating diagnostic and imaging procedures, including prior exams, and varying modalities.
11. Describe laboratory value relevance and correlate laboratory values and clinical indications for sonographic exam.
12. Describe the role of the sonographer in performing interventional/invasive/advanced procedures.

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• Withdrawals

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