INTENSIVE TRAINING IN CLINICAL ULTRASOUND: PHYSICS, ANATOMY, SKILLS, TRANSLATION TO PRACTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MED SC-M 810 , 811 , 812 , and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, for 2 number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe ultrasound physics and how these physical principles create opportunities, limitations, and artifacts in clinical imaging. Audience: Graduate 2. Operate ultrasound machines, and acquire and archive different types of ultrasound images (grayscale, color Doppler, and spectral Doppler). Audience: Graduate 3. Explain anatomy and physiology as presented in ultrasound images. Audience: Graduate 4. Become proficient in performing and interpreting ultrasound examinations, including basic abdomen, female pelvis, lower extremity arterial/venous, aorta, FAST scan for trauma, basic echocardiography, lung, thyroid/anterior neck, and musculoskeletal (muscle, tendon). Audience: Graduate 5. Correlate normal and pathologic findings from ultrasound examinations with expected findings from the physical examination. Explain how these techniques complement each other. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify how ultrasound techniques can be used to solve particular clinical problems. Audience: Graduate 7. Summarize how the ultrasound examination can be modified to answer unresolved questions. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe ultrasound physics and how these physical principles create opportunities, limitations, and artifacts in clinical imaging. Audience: Graduate 2. Operate ultrasound machines, and acquire and archive different types of ultrasound images (grayscale, color Doppler, and spectral Doppler). Audience: Graduate 3. Explain anatomy and physiology as presented in ultrasound images. Audience: Graduate 4. Become proficient in performing and interpreting ultrasound examinations, including basic abdomen, female pelvis, lower extremity arterial/venous, aorta, FAST scan for trauma, basic echocardiography, lung, thyroid/anterior neck, and musculoskeletal (muscle, tendon). Audience: Graduate 5. Correlate normal and pathologic findings from ultrasound examinations with expected findings from the physical examination. Explain how these techniques complement each other. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify how ultrasound techniques can be used to solve particular clinical problems. Audience: Graduate 7. Summarize how the ultrasound examination can be modified to answer unresolved questions. Audience: Graduate