Kaiser Requirements for Enrolling in the Hands-On Ultrasound Workshop:
Purchase the Introduction to OB GYN Ultrasound Course
Purchase Introduction to OB GYN Ultrasound for the Medical Practitioner Textbook
These two items will prepare you to get the most out of the hands-on workshop. The lectures include foundational information in ultrasound physics, anatomy, scanning techniques and protocols, pathology, and terminology. The textbook will serve as an additional reference resource and will prepare midwives to take the ARDMS Midwifery Sonography Certification Exam. Access to these lectures will be for one year.
The hands-on scanning session will occur at the following location:
Viewridge Clinic
5251 Viewridge Court
San Diego, CA 92123
The class runs from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm and has a 45-minute lunch. All scanning sessions include a non-gravid or IUD patient and first through third-trimester patients. Transvaginal scanning on actual patients is included. We begin with a transvaginal IUD patient to review the scanning technique, anatomy, and IUD location. We cover the first-trimester exam, including CRL measurements, M-mode, uterine position, ovaries, and adnexa. The second-trimester exam review depends on class demand. Third-trimester growth, biophysical, AFI, cervical length, and placenta location are included. There are only 5 available spots per class.
Course Objectives
- Recognize basic ultrasound artifacts
- Discover common pathology and limitations of ultrasound
- Perform a basic non-gravid ultrasound exam
- Identify the uterus, ovaries, endometrium and cervix
- Identify an IUD
- Identify an intrauterine pregnancy and measure the crown rump length
- Identify the gestational sac and yolk sac
- Acquire an M-mode tracing of the fetal heart
- Perform a biophysical profile
- Measure the biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length for growth assessment
- Measure the amniotic fluid
- Identify the cervix and placental location
- Communicate in a culturally-sensitive manner to patients who refuse transvaginal ultrasounds and discuss available alternatives
