Description
This is an online course designed to introduce the student to the basic responsibilities of a diagnostic medical sonographer. The course will include medical terminology and abbreviations, ergonomics, bioeffects, patient care, departmental procedures, etiquette in the medical facility, and knobology used in diagnostic ultrasound. Introduction to Sonography will build upon the ethics and law curriculum from your previous education and apply it to the ultrasound setting. Team development, conflict resolution, interprofessional communication and education. Patient confidentiality and patient rights will be explained along with the professional codes of conduct for a diagnostic medical sonographer.