DMSU 101 Introduction to Sonography
This course introduces the diagnostic foundations of diagnostic medical sonography, including medical terminology; scan plane orientations; anatomical relationships; departmental administrative operations; hospital organization; HIPAA regulations; blood and fluid precautions; and basic patient care principles.
Hours Weekly
2 hours lecture
Course Objectives
- Describe the history of ultrasound.
- Demonstrate an understanding of HIPAA regulations, medical ethics, and pertinent legal principles.
- Discuss, interpret, and evaluate personal and medical ethics issues with emphasis on issue recognition, and self-awareness as applicable to ethical interpretations and efficacy in the application of ethical perceptions and concepts.
- Describe hospital organization and departmental administrative operations.
- Compare and contrast the different modalities of radiology.
- Illustrate scan planes, anatomical relationships, and basic technical skills of ultrasound.
- Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate patient care principals, including those with language barriers and cultural differences.
- Identify clinical safety precautions including blood and fluid precautions.
- Demonstrate professionalism.
- Define medical prefixes, suffixes, and terminology pertaining to medical language, especially those used in the field of sonography.
Course Objectives
- Describe the history of ultrasound.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes and Exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer keys
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Demonstrate an understanding of HIPAA regulations, medical ethics, and pertinent legal principles.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Discuss, interpret, and evaluate personal and medical ethics issues with emphasis on issue recognition, and self-awareness as applicable to ethical interpretations and efficacy in the application of ethical perceptions and concepts.
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Describe hospital organization and departmental administrative operations.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes and Exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer keys
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Compare and contrast the different modalities of radiology.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes and Exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer Keys
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Illustrate scan planes, anatomical relationships, and basic technical skills of ultrasound.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes and Exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer keys
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
Identify anatomical structures in the different sectional planes and compare the changes due to the pathology to normal anatomy.
- Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate patient care principals, including those with language barriers and cultural differences.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes and exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer Keys
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Identify clinical safety precautions including blood and fluid precautions.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes and Exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer Keys
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Demonstrate professionalism.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes and Exams
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer Keys
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
- Define medical prefixes, suffixes, and terminology pertaining to medical language, especially those used in the field of sonography.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Quizzes, exams, group activity
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Answer key, participation rubric
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level general sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level adult cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.
Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)
To prepare competent entry-level vascular technologists in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains.