DMSG1415

This course is designed to transition students from the classroom and lab setting into a clinical setting. Students will be able to recognize the functional skills required to be a diagnostic medical sonographer. Students will observe the day-to-day operations of different ultrasound departments and share their personal reflections.Student Learning Outcomes

• Define the role of a diagnostic medical sonographer.
• Recognize the obligations of the sonographer to patients, institution, and self.
• Identify aptitudes, abilities and functional skills to be a sonographer.
• Identify the impact of cultural diversity in a clinical setting.
• Analyze patient reactions to illness.
• Apply infection control and safety measures when at a clinical setting.
• Establish patient communication skills and teamwork in a clinical setting.
• Recognize the various ultrasound exams that are completed in an ultrasound department.
• Identify a variety of ergonomical scanning positions and different ultrasound equipment used in multiple ultrasound departments.
• Identify professional methods to overcome challenging situations in the ultrasound department.