Comprehensive Blended Learning Approach
Master the complexities of OB-GYN ultrasound through our proven blended curriculum. We combine intensive in-person scanning sessions with one year of on-demand access to our comprehensive Introduction to OB-GYN Ultrasound Online Course
Students receive immediate access to foundational coursework covering ultrasound physics, anatomy, scanning techniques, pathology, and terminology. This allows you to arrive at the workshop prepared for maximum hands-on time.
Intensive Live Patient Scanning
Located at 2 Yorkshire Street, Asheville, NC 28803, our scanning sessions provide a realistic clinical environment. To ensure the most beneficial learning experience, all sessions are performed on live patients.
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Diverse Clinical Scenarios: Scan non-gravid/IUD patients as well as first, second, and third-trimester patients.
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Transvaginal Expertise: We emphasize proper technique, beginning with the non-gravid pelvic, including IUD location. Then, moving through comprehensive first-trimester exams.
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Third Trimester: Master third-trimester biophysical profiles (BPP), AFI, cervical length, biometry, and placental localization.
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Customized Instruction: We tailor our second-trimester review to meet the specific clinical demands and experience levels of each 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
CME Credits
This course consists of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ This course fulfills the ARDMS continuing medical education requirement to apply for the ARDMS Midwife Sonography Certificate.
The presentational method for this activity will be video presentation of Lecture, Case Study Review, Hands-on Demonstration, Simulated or Live Patient, and Lab Exercises. This activity is geared to meet the educational requirements of OB/GYN and Primary Care Physicians as well as Nurse Practitioners, Nurse-Midwives, and Physician Assistants. This activity will encompass the following desirable physician attributes: Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, and Practice-Based Learning & Improvement.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC and Sonosession, LLC. The PeerPoint Medical Education Institute, LLC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
