DMSU 288 Introduction to Abdominal and Cardiac Sonography Lab
In this course, students will learn the proper scan techniques, measurement, and spectral Doppler applications involved in cardiac and abdominal vasculature sonography. This includes the assessment techniques for transthoracic echocardiograms, physics, anatomy and physiology review, and an introduction to how to accurately perform the basic principles of motion mode, two-dimensional, and spectral Doppler examinations of the adult heart and abdominal vasculature. This laboratory course applies technical ultrasonic skills to the topics and concepts covered in the Introduction to Abdominal and Cardiac Sonography course.
Hours Weekly
3 hours lab
Course Objectives
- Employ patient preparation for the abdominal and echocardiography examinations.
- Identify protocol imaging for abdominal vasculature and for the basic views of the heart with routine 2D views and protocols.
- Perform proper technique for conducting cardiac and abdominal vasculature spectral Doppler and measurements.
- Review the indications for echocardiography and abdominal vasculature sonography.
Course Objectives
- Employ patient preparation for the abdominal and echocardiography examinations.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Scanning assignments and exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Scanning assignment and exam rubrics
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
Prepare the patient for the sonographic examinations based upon the appropriate specialty.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Identify protocol imaging for abdominal vasculature and for the basic views of the heart with routine 2D views and protocols.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Scanning assignments and exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Scanning assignment and exam rubrics
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
Identify anatomical structures in the different sectional planes and compare the changes due to the pathology to normal anatomy.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Perform proper technique for conducting cardiac and abdominal vasculature spectral Doppler and measurements.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Scanning assignments and exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Scanning assignment and exam rubrics
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
Demonstrate proper instrumentation of ultrasound equipment and proper scanning techniques and protocols of human body organs.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Review the indications for echocardiography and abdominal vasculature sonography.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Group practice of scans
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Participation rubric
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.