DMSU 251 Clinical Practicum I

This course integrates didactic and clinical coursework at the beginner level to develop students' ultrasonic skills in patient care environments such as campus laboratories, private offices, hospital rotations, and/or outpatient radiology centers. Sonography experience depends on the specialty track in which the student is enrolled.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Admission to DMS program, DMSU 101, and DMSU 112

Corequisite

DMSU 211

Hours Weekly

8 hours off-campus clinical per week

Course Objectives

1. Employ laboratory tools and equipment in a beginner clinical setting to differentiate normal from abnormal findings.
2. Relate the skills acquired during lectures to evaluate sonographic pathology in a beginner clinical setting.
3. Formulate and support verbally diagnostic conclusions as they relate to a beginner clinical setting.
4. Apply accepted procedures and protocols for all learned sonographic studies to a beginner clinical setting.
5. Identify and apply global competency in clinical settings to deliver the best care to the community.

Course Objectives

1. Employ laboratory tools and equipment in a beginner clinical setting to differentiate normal from abnormal findings.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Graded competencies performed in the clinical setting

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Competency rubrics

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   Demonstrate how sonographic instruments work.

   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.

   Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   Identify and demonstrate the role of the student as a sonographer.

2. Relate the skills acquired during lectures to evaluate sonographic pathology in a beginner clinical setting.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Graded competencies performed in the clinical setting

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Competency rubrics

   Program Goal(s)

   Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   Prepare the patient for the sonographic examinations based upon the appropriate specialty.

   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.

3. Formulate and support verbally diagnostic conclusions as they relate to a beginner clinical setting.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Graded competencies performed in the clinical setting

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Competency rubrics

   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.

4. Apply accepted procedures and protocols for all learned sonographic studies to a beginner clinical setting.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Graded competencies in the clinical setting

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Competency rubrics

   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.

5. Identify and apply global competency in clinical settings to deliver the best care to the community.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)

   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.

   Degree: Diagnostic Medical Sonography - A.A.S. Degree (Career)

   Identify and demonstrate the role of the student as a sonographer.