WHERE & WHEN
Greater Ft. Worth, TX area November 2013
Las Vegas, NV November 2013
Your City?? — We need an East Coast City — Contact us with suggestions! November 2013
WHO / WHAT / WHEN
Intermediate Training: Annual Refresher / Review
This is a 2 day Limited Ultra Sound course for those scanning 1 or more years, Continuing Education Units available. Available slots, registration open until October 3, 2013. $600.00 each participant
For more information or to register, Call Karen Taylor @ 702-556-1102 or email Karen@truthlinknow.com
Our courses are put together in such a way that those who are participants in our program can eventually become registered sonographers.
The outline below covers Sound Foundations (SF) and Time to Begin (TTB).
Sound Foundations
- Physics and Instrumentation
- Risk Management (taught by an attorney)
- Nursing Accountability
- Building your own Policies and Procedures
- Lead Organizations in Sonography and What You Should Know
- Basics of Imaging
- Roles in the Clinic
Time to Begin
- Instrumentation; know your machine
- Probes/Transducers; know which one to use when
- Image Optimization; steps to obtain an IRI ™ (Interpretation Ready Image)
- Ultrasound Terminology; basic sonography vocabulary
- Anatomy and Imaging; anatomy recognition on images
- Measurements in a Limited Sonogram and Beyond; expected measurements and why
- Documentation; standards in charting
- Fetal Presentation; knowing the baby’s position and why
- Transvaginal Scanning; what is standard practice
- Abnormal Findings in the PMC/PRC; knowing the abnormals that we can expect; ectopic, multiples, anomalies
- Policies and Procedures; know how to build your own
- Life-Affirming Language; Counseling, education, other.
- Patient Flow Optimization; what is best for your clinic
- Room set-up optimization; Support person(s) inclusion
- Competency testing; risk reducing skills assessment
- 6 month on-going distance learning; monthly assignments for the graduate
Intermediate Annual Review (IAR) Training Information
Welcome to an IAR! We are encouraged by your interest to maintain and grow your Sonography skills. The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (SDMS) has a competency section in their Code of Ethics for Sonographers, both registered and unregistered. Visit their website to review this: www.sdms.org
The IAR will provide you with a skills review, hands-on training, a competency and CEU’s from the State of California.
You will be investing 12 hours into your sonography education, we expect you to scan up to 10 procedures which will include a mixture of trans-abdominal scanning and trans-vaginal scanning. The exact arrangement of the training hours is up to the trainer. The options are: 4 + 8, 6 + 6 or 8 + 4. Your trainer will keep you informed.
We know you may have questions and we encourage you to call and get the answers. Karen can be reached at 702-556-1102 or Connie can be reached at 702-556-1101. Karen will be the one to inform you of your trainer, then the trainer will call the host site. She may have the opportunity to call each of you, if time allows.
Be blessed as you serve,
Connie
Connie Ambrecht
President Sonography Now