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Name: Ob/Gyn Ultrasound
Start: 2022-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-11-04T20:00:00.000Z
Location: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

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Northwest AHEC

Course Number: 68952

Ob/Gyn Ultrasound

Nov 1, 2022 08:00 AM EDT - Nov 4, 2022 04:00 PM EDT

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston Salem,27157 NC

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Lisa Thomas

Lisa.C.Thomas@advocatehealth.org

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Event Description: The Ob/Gyn Ultrasound course combines obstetrics and gynecology with the primary emphasis devoted to the study of obstetrics. The first day is primarily gynecology, including lectures in orientation and terminology of the gynecological tract and hands-on transvaginal scanning labs. The remaining days are devoted to obstetrics, to include approximately 18 hours of dedicated lectures by experienced physicians and sonographers. Each afternoon is spent in scanning labs with obstetrical patients under the guidance of a registered sonographer. Hands on scanning accounts for approximately 12 hours.

*Course times are 8:00am-5pm each day except for Friday when the course ends at 4pm.

NOTE: For questions regarding the course curriculum and, please contact the Center for Experiential and Applied Learning directly via email: cealultrasound@wakehealth.edu.

Registration for this course closes Friday, 10/28/22, at noon

Objectives

Translate core topics in basic obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound as well as physical principles of ultrasound from conceptual to practical application on a daily basis.

Understand the orientation of the pelvic and fetal anatomy as it is displayed on the monitor using both endovaginal and abdominal transducers.

Recognize normal female pelvic anatomy including the bladder, cervix, uterus and ovaries.

Identify basic fetal embryology and know how it applies to ultrasound imaging in the first trimester.

Demonstrate skillful scanning techniques for performing an amniotic fluid index and biophysical profile.

Understand the importance of determining chorionicity of multiple gestations in the first trimester.

Identify normal fetal anatomy and the most common fetal anomalies.

Distinguish markers of aneuploidy and to understand how they are used for the purpose of risk assessment.

Available Credits

Audience

Physicians and non-physician allied health professionals may attend to gain knowledge in performing and interpreting ultrasound examinations. Prerequisites for non-physicians: Completed training and one year of experience in an allied health profession including sonography, nursing, radiologic technology, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine technology, vascular technology, or respiration therapy - or - a B.S. with a major in a biological science and 1 year of experience in allied health.

Speakers

Lynn A Boardman, MD

Jeffrey M Denney, MD, MS

kristy ford

Sharon Hughes, BSRT, RDMS

Leslie D Kammire, MD

Melissa Kozakiewicz, MD

Frederick W Kremkau, PhD

Joshua F Nitsche, MD, PhD

Jennifer Philips, MD, RDMS

Kristen H Quinn, MD

Burk N Schaible, DO