DMS 200 - Seminar in Sonography

• Medical ethics, law, infection control, communication and patient care as it relates to sonography Ergonomic techniques and work related MSK injuries
• Career advancement and professional opportunities 
• Medical and sonographic terminology 
• Biological effects and prudent use
• Anatomy and pathology as it relates to sonography
• Instrument options and principles of hemodynamics and sound propagation 

• Windows based computer with Internet access.

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

1. Describe medical ethics and law, HIPAA, and OSHA guidelines.
2. 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.
3. Identify opportunities for career advancement within the ultrasound field including resources for professional development.
4. Describe ergonomic techniques and awareness of work-related musculoskeletal injuries and best practices for prevention.
5. Describe medical and sonographic terminology.
6. Describe processes for obtaining patient history and relevant information related to sonographic examinations.
7. Identify sectional anatomy, relational anatomy, anatomic variants, and sonographic appearances of normal anatomical structures.
8. Describe disease processes with application to sonographic and Doppler patterns.
9. Describe physiology, pathophysiology, sonographic technique, measurements, sonographic appearances, and Doppler patterns, where applicable, in both normal and abnormal structures.
10. Describe the application of image production and optimization.
11. Describe biological effects and ALARA.
12. Describe scanning protocol and modification(s) based on the sonographic findings and the differential diagnoses.
13. Describe process for correlating diagnostic and imaging procedures, including prior exams, and varying modalities. 1
14. Describe sound waves, principles of sound production, propagation of ultrasound through tissue, reflection, refraction, and scattering.
15. Describe interaction of sound and matter.
16. Describe instrument options, transducer technology and selection, and explain the advantages and limitations of the various types.
17. Describe the principles of medical ultrasound equipment, including modes of operation, operator control options, and image processing.

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