ECHO1630

This course is an introduction to the aspects of echocardiography in a clinical setting. Students will observe the day-to-day operations at several clinical sites. Students will learn the techniques of performing an echocardiogram, determining machine technology, optimal machine settings, patient care, hospital policies, and echocardiography reporting.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 an echocardiography 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 cardiac department.
• Identify a variety of ergonomical scanning positions and different ultrasound equipment used in multiple cardiac departments.
• Identify professional methods to overcome challenging situations in an echocardiography department.
• Interpret normal and abnormal anatomy of the adult heart.
• Analyze how an echocardiography report is written up.