Diagnostic Medical Sonography - DMS 210

Course Description

This clinical course provides students with the opportunity to learn scanning skills in a clinical setting. The student will be supervised by qualified sonographers. This is the first of three clinical courses that provides students with progressive experience and observation in a clinical rotation. This is a 15-week rotation to include a minimum of 390 clinical hours.

Prerequisites

(A requirement that must be completed before taking this course.)

Course Competencies

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• Explore operations of a diagnostic facility.
• Utilize appropriate patient transfer mechanics.
• Demonstrate professional interaction/communication skills with the patient, clinical supervisor, department personnel and radiologist.
• Educate other health care providers and the public in appropriate applications of ultrasound, including medical terminology, pertinent clinical signs, symptoms and laboratory tests.
• Interact with the interpreting physician or other designated physicians with an oral or written summary of findings.
• Obtain complete and accurate patient histories.
• Demonstrate clinical safety and decision making.
• Select machine settings and transducer(s) for specific exams.
• Perform basic sonography imaging under direct/indirect supervision of the aorta (SMA, celiac, renal arteries, iliac arteries, splenic vein), liver, gall bladder and biliary system, pancreas, renal and urinary system.
• Distinguish normal vs abnormal anatomy.
• Distinguish pathology of pertinent exams studied in the lab.
• Demonstrate accurate image acquisition and analysis.
• Examine invasive procedure protocol and sterile technique.
• Demonstrate appropriate responses to critically ill patients and medical emergencies.
• Create high quality diagnostic images.

Course Schedule

Currently no sections of this class are being offered.