Sonography I

Catalog description

Provides a study of diagnostic foundations of clinical medicine pertinent to abdominal, superficial structures, non-vascular extremity, male pelvis, neonatal head/spine, and non-cardiac chest sonography. Includes obtaining the clinical history, interpretation of clinical laboratory test, the pathophysiologic effects of disease, related clinical signs and symptoms, sectional anatomy, and normal/abnormal sonographic patterns. Includes a laboratory component for the practice and application of normal sonographic patterns, basic scanning techniques and protocol. Lecture: 5 credits (75 contact hours), Laboratory: 2 credits (90 contact hours).