School of Abdominal Ultrasound

Hands-On Abdominal Ultrasound Imaging and Doppler
Hands-On Breaast Ultrasound Imaging

 

 

 

Fundamentals of Diagnostic Ultrasound for the Beginner (Sat-Sun)

Most of our Guests have had some informal exposure to ultrasound before they come to class; many have not. We created this course to close this gap from uncertainty to confidence, for any area you’ll come to work in.

Exactly what its name implies, this course is best short-term preparation possible. Even if you are already experienced, the classroom instruction alone will demystify virtually all of the academic concepts of ultra-sound physics and instrument controls. We will focus on the common, universal applications of ultrasound technology, using different organ systems as test models. Accordingly, we do not target your experience to a single organ system. We’ll also make use of several different manufactured systems to help you gain confidence in the common operation of any machine you will come to work with. 

The difference between mediocrity and expert is in any career field usually only about 2%. Complete this course and you’ll come away with knowledge and skills that will boost you far above the rest in your field.

Class runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on the first day and 8:30 - noon on day two. One half of your time will be spent in classroom lectures and one half in instructor-guided, small group hands-on sessions. 

Our Hands-On Scan Lab is open 24 hours during the scheduled course for your own independent practice by yourself or with your class peers. Post conference technical support and personal answers to your questions are free, forever.

Our clinical hands-on instructors personally guide each Guest through specific exercises to accomplish maximum skills development. Our hands-on approach is focused on optimizing your performance for any specialized exam. In-depth techniques for specialized applications are covered in our dedicated hands-on courses, conducted separately.

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Hands-On Abdominal Ultrasound Imaging and Doppler (Mon-Thurs)

The broad range of indications for sonography of the
abdomen requires an equally broad mindset of the
sonographer. Technical skills must be matched with clinical
knowledge and vice-versa. This course will help you
develop both at once.
This is much more than a course dedicated to building a
hands-on protocol; the experience will guide your thinking
toward a clinically integrated approach to imaging and
pathology. Accordingly, hospitalists, emergency, and primary care physicians will find this fast-track experience of immense value in strategizing ultrasound as part of your practice.

It is impossible of course to build years of experience and judgment in less than the same years, but it is possible to shorten the learning curve tremendously. Whether you will be performing the exam yourself or you want to deepen the value the test can provide for your patients, this course is for you.

Our focus together will be on the systematic approach to each organ system.We’ll begin with a "road map" approach to each organ using the arterial and venous vasculature as a guide. Then, each day, we’ll add additional organ systems until we have completed the entire protocol for the upper abdomen, including small parts and the breast. What’s more, we’ll incorporate both spectral and color Doppler techniques to evaluate vascular function. When we’re through, you should find yourself ready to inaugurate your own independent clinical experience with, or under the supervision of practicing clinical professionals. Even if you’ve had years of on-the-job training, you’ll walk away with a much deeper, three-dimensional understanding of the eye of the transducer and its relationship to clinical pathology.

Class runs from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm over four days. Days one through four focus exclusively on upper abdominal imaging; day five is dedicated solely to breast ultrasound. Students may elect to attend only the first four days but are strongly encouraged to continue through the Breast Imaging segment as well. Registration is permitted only for the entire course regardless of the duration of attendance.

CME hours will be awarded only for actual documented attendance. Classroom lectures emphasize the thought processes necessary to understand the integration of complex pathologic processes as they occur. Accordingly, our focus is on normal structural relationships in hands-on sessions and abnormalities as presented in lecture and case study presentations. Our clinical hands-on instructors personally will guide you through specific exercises to accomplish maximum skills-development.

Eight to fifteen Guests usually comprise the class. Your peerswill likely include a range from allied health professionals to physicians, all with limited or no formal hands-on experience in abdominal sonography.

Hands-On Breast Ultrasound Imaging (Fri)

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to gain a bedrock foundation in the application of high-resolution, real-time ultrasound of the breast. Together we will carefully examine the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the breast to help you develop a clinical approach to both scanning technique and quality control. If you are a mammography technician expanding your skills into ultrasound, this course is a must.

Accomplished ultrasound technologists who have performed breast ultrasound for longer than a year, but lack formal training in hands-on technique or interpretation will benefit greatly as well. Likewise, physicians who wish to utilize the technology for local biopsy or aspiration. Regardless of your experience or plans, you’ll exit with skills to put to use immediately.

Class runs from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Half of your time in this one-day seminar will be spent in classroom lectures and half in hands-on sessions. We’ll use classroom lectures to build the structural and anatomical model of the breast and then incorporate the physics of ultrasound imaging to identify normal and categorically diseased states. Hands-on sessions will allow you to carefully practice technique on live models in a comfortable, professional setting.

Class size is limited to ten students.

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