Learning Outcomes Relationships

PLO 1: Apply principles of ultrasound physics to patient examinations to obtain diagnostic information.

CLO 1: Describe significant developments and contributors of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography profession.
CLO 2: Identify various sonography organizations and their functions
CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.
CLO 6: Demonstrate basic patient care techniques and safety measures commonly used by sonographers.
CLO 7: Apply clinical scenarios to code of ethics, practice standards and legal standards.

CLO 3: Describe the sonographer’s scope of practice including legal and ethical responsibilities.
CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.
CLO 5: Describe methods/techniques to prevent repetitive stress injuries from scanning.
CLO 6: Demonstrate basic patient care techniques and safety measures commonly used by sonographers.
CLO 7: Apply clinical scenarios to code of ethics, practice standards and legal standards.

CLO 3: Describe the sonographer’s scope of practice including legal and ethical responsibilities.
CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.
CLO 5: Describe methods/techniques to prevent repetitive stress injuries from scanning.
CLO 6: Demonstrate basic patient care techniques and safety measures commonly used by sonographers.
CLO 7: Apply clinical scenarios to code of ethics, practice standards and legal standards.

PLO 4: Be prepared to take and pass the ARDMS registry examinations in sonographic principles & instrumentation, abdomen and obstetrics & gynecology.

CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.
CLO 5: Describe methods/techniques to prevent repetitive stress injuries from scanning.
CLO 6: Demonstrate basic patient care techniques and safety measures commonly used by sonographers.
CLO 7: Apply clinical scenarios to code of ethics, practice standards and legal standards.

PLO 5: Correlate clinical history, patient symptoms, and laboratory test results with sonographic findings.

CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.

PLO 6: Demonstrate competence and proficiency in performing abdominal – extended (extremity, non-vascular, infant hips, neck, neonatal/infant head, neonatal/infant spine, penis, prostate, scrotum and superficial soft-tissue structures), obstetrics, and gynecologic ultrasound examinations.

CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.

PLO 8: Practice and apply the ALARA principle in performance of diagnostic ultrasound examinations.

CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.

PLO 9: Practice lifelong learning by staying current in sonography through continuing education, achieving certifications in additional specialties and achieving advanced degrees.

CLO 2: Identify various sonography organizations and their functions
CLO 3: Describe the sonographer’s scope of practice including legal and ethical responsibilities.

CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.
CLO 6: Demonstrate basic patient care techniques and safety measures commonly used by sonographers.
CLO 7: Apply clinical scenarios to code of ethics, practice standards and legal standards.

CLO 3: Describe the sonographer’s scope of practice including legal and ethical responsibilities.
CLO 4: Describe the basic concepts of ultrasound physics including terminology, modes, basic instrumentation, scanning techniques and image orientation.
CLO 5: Describe methods/techniques to prevent repetitive stress injuries from scanning.
CLO 6: Demonstrate basic patient care techniques and safety measures commonly used by sonographers.
CLO 7: Apply clinical scenarios to code of ethics, practice standards and legal standards.

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