Course Description

Clinical training consists of supervised hands-on work with patients and the discussion of cases with sonographers and physicians.  Throughout the clinical rotations, A and B, you will be responsible to complete competencies all geared to assure that you are able to perform adult cardiac sonography and vascular sonography according to practice parameters established by national professional organizations and the protocol of the clinical affiliate. State-of-the-art equipment is available for you to use and learn.  Clinical affiliations have been chosen to ensure a broad professional experience. 

Course Outcomes

In this course you will learn how to:

·       Perform an adult cardiac sonogram, according to practice parameters established by national professional organizations and the protocol of the clinical affiliate.

·       Perform sonographic examinations of the vascular system according to practice parameters established by national professional organizations and the protocol of the clinical affiliate.

Required Texts

DeWitt, Susan King, Echocardiography ... From a Sonographer’s Perspective the Notebook & the Workbook 8 http://www.echonotebook.com/home.html to be purchased directly from publisher

Daigle, Robert J. Techniques in Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis 5^th ed Summer Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-0-9899329-98  

Pellerito, John S., & Polak, Joseph F: Introduction to Vascular Ultrasound, 7^th Ed.,

(2022) Publisher Elsevier, ISBN: 9780323428828

Hagen-Ansert, S.: Textbook of Diagnostic Ultrasonography, 9th Ed.  

(2023) Publisher: Elsevier, ISBN-978-0-323-82646-4