Hello everyone, after 25 years of using mobile ultrasound services and watching the diagnoses emerge, I am going to learn to do it myself! I am going to an introductory weekend course at OSU in May, and then what?
Also, I’ll be working with the practice owner here to select a machine.. any recommendations?
Thanks for any advice-
Pam
Hello everyone, after 25 years of using mobile ultrasound services and watching the diagnoses emerge, I am going to learn to do it myself! I am going to an introductory weekend course at OSU in May, and then what?
Also, I’ll be working with the practice owner here to select a machine.. any recommendations?
Thanks for any advice-
Pam
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It is best to buy a machine
It is best to buy a machine that is adapted to the type of scanning you intend to do the next 5 years without more than you need. Image quality and plug and play are the best features for entry level machines and expect to pay from 35-45k for such a machine. Logic E, Biosound mylab series, sonosite and others are solid machines. The IVUSS sponsors all have solid machines to investigate. http://www.ivuss.org.
Education: The best venue out there in my opinion top to bottom with the most variety of courses is the academy of veterinary imaging at http://www.soundeklin.com/education. You can double up courses back to back such as a thur-sunday. There are others out there as well such as OSU but i think its important to get most of the curve done with one group and then add what you have learned from other venues at conferences and so forth as you see many speakers and pick and choose the techniques that work best for you. Once you have a good formal training start then an on site instruction to refine things will help and of course the on line resource with sonopath re the specialty folders, clinical search, pathology search and case posting will all make the curve more streamlined.
SonoPath current events are listed here (http://www.sonopath.com/events_presentations_2012.asp) and of course the instructional CD/DVD package (http://www.sonopath.com/index.asp) was made specifically to support what you are looking to do.
I hope this helps,
It is best to buy a machine
It is best to buy a machine that is adapted to the type of scanning you intend to do the next 5 years without more than you need. Image quality and plug and play are the best features for entry level machines and expect to pay from 35-45k for such a machine. Logic E, Biosound mylab series, sonosite and others are solid machines. The IVUSS sponsors all have solid machines to investigate. http://www.ivuss.org.
Education: The best venue out there in my opinion top to bottom with the most variety of courses is the academy of veterinary imaging at http://www.soundeklin.com/education. You can double up courses back to back such as a thur-sunday. There are others out there as well such as OSU but i think its important to get most of the curve done with one group and then add what you have learned from other venues at conferences and so forth as you see many speakers and pick and choose the techniques that work best for you. Once you have a good formal training start then an on site instruction to refine things will help and of course the on line resource with sonopath re the specialty folders, clinical search, pathology search and case posting will all make the curve more streamlined.
SonoPath current events are listed here (http://www.sonopath.com/events_presentations_2012.asp) and of course the instructional CD/DVD package (http://www.sonopath.com/index.asp) was made specifically to support what you are looking to do.
I hope this helps,
I agree with Eric for the
I agree with Eric for the initial dive into training, you need a solid series of educational offerings. The learning curve is generally vertical, with a vast amount of eye/hand/brain awareness being at the core of it. Learning the pathology of course is key, and learning how to move your probe it is just as important. After your initial training, getting to be a “rock star” with ultrasound often requires validation: “was that the thing I thought it was?” is often asked. That is where on-site helps. Scanning pathology instead of normals goes a long way to cementing in your abilities.
You may want to also check out the resources page on SonoPath.com for bhbimaging, an educational service with on-site multi-level courses with attached RACE credit.
Good luck with your endeavors and Happy Scanning!
Tomie
I agree with Eric for the
I agree with Eric for the initial dive into training, you need a solid series of educational offerings. The learning curve is generally vertical, with a vast amount of eye/hand/brain awareness being at the core of it. Learning the pathology of course is key, and learning how to move your probe it is just as important. After your initial training, getting to be a “rock star” with ultrasound often requires validation: “was that the thing I thought it was?” is often asked. That is where on-site helps. Scanning pathology instead of normals goes a long way to cementing in your abilities.
You may want to also check out the resources page on SonoPath.com for bhbimaging, an educational service with on-site multi-level courses with attached RACE credit.
Good luck with your endeavors and Happy Scanning!
Tomie