School of Abdominal Ultrasound

Hands-On Abdominal Ultrasound Imaging
Hands-On Abdominal Doppler Ultrasound

 

 

 

Foundations of Hands-On Ultrasound for Beginners (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 over two days. One half of your time will be spent in classroom lectures and one half in instructor-guided, small group hands-on sessions. 

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

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.

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 4:30 pm over five days. One half of your time will be spent in classroom lectures, half in small group hands-on sessions.  Hands-on scan groups range from four to five per system.  You'll also have unlimited access after hours to the equipment for self-directed study at your own pace.

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 peers will likely include a range from allied health professionals to physicians, all with limited or no formal hands-on experience in abdominal sonography. 

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Hands-On Abdominal Doppler Ultrasound

Curriculum can be arranged as a Custom On-site Tutorial when requested

There are still myths surrounding abdominal Doppler... falsely grounded ones. Chief among these fear-based ideas is that it is excessively time consuming, and therefore, inefficient as a screening tool. 

The fact is that targeted assessment of the vital vessels of the belly does not crash the department schedule. And when you consider that an estimated twenty million Americans may have renovascular hypertension, the potential for clinical service begins to look altogether different.   This course will impart a complete program to permit you to confidently put  Doppler to use in your abdominal imaging practice. 

Presently, two specialties usually provide this service: radiology and the vascular laboratory:  Abdominal sonographers are keenly aware of soft tissue abnormalities, and vascular technologists are expert in blood flow. Your success in this field requires a thorough understanding of all the variables of both. 

In classroom lectures, we will explore the entire science of blood flow, down to the microcirculation and back, and relate it to the separate vital organ systems in the upper abdomen. Then, in small-group hands-on sessions, we'll integrate key sonographic soft tissue findings with expected changes in blood flow patterns to help maximize your diagnostic accuracy and minimize your risk of missing pathology. 

And perhaps most importantly, we'll show you the lost secrets of technique which will help you turn a one-hour, equivocal exam into a much more rapid and accurate assessment, immediately.

Class runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm over two days. One half of your time will be spent in classroom lectures, half in small group hands-on sessions. Our clinical hands-on instructors will personally guide you through specific exercises to accomplish maximum skills-development. You'll also have unlimited access after hours to the equipment for self-directed study at your own pace.

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. 

Six to ten Guests usually comprise the class. Your peers will likely include a range from allied health professionals to physicians, all with limited or no formal hands-on experience in abdominal Doppler. Hands-on scan groups range from four to six per system. 

See how this course fits in to our Recommended Abdominal Career Training Plans

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