MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

ICE210  2010 Fall - 9999

Clinical Practicum

1.

Observe and perform departmental safety, emergency, and ethical protocols specified by a hospital or clinic. (I)

2.

Demonstrate professional patient care before, during, and after the vascular examination. (II)

3.

Perform sonographic duties including film handling, processing, filing, report retrieval, billing, patient processing, scheduling and patient history. (III)

4.

Observe and assist the sonographer in performing vascular examinations. (IV)

5.

Perform vascular examinations under close supervision of the supervising sonographer. (V)

6.

Demonstrate maintenance of equipment, correction of malfunctions and trouble-shooting problems to preserve professional imaging parameters. (VI)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

ICE210  2010 Fall - 9999

Clinical Practicum

I. Professional Protocols

A. Departmental hierarchy

B. Emergency procedures

C. Safety procedures

D. Clinical protocols

E. Communication

1. Patients

2. Staff

3. Physicians

F. Professionalism and ethical behavior

II. Patient Care-- Before, During, and After Examination

A. Privacy

B. Identification

C. Communication

D. Paperwork

E. Sonographic duties

F. Other

III. Sonographic Duties

A. Film handling and processing

B. Billing

C. Filing

D. Report retrieval

E. Patient processing

F. Patient history

G. Patient scheduling

IV. Sonographic Skills

A. Equipment set-up

B. Selection of equipment and transducers

C. Scanning protocols

D. Recording images

E. Room and equipment clean-up

F. Technically competent examinations

G. Discussion of findings with physician

V. Technical Procedures for Vascular Examinations

A. State-of-the-art images

B. Information

1. Correcting

2. Updating

C. Recognition of correct images

1. Anatomical

2. Technical

VI. Equipment

A. Maintenance

B. Correcting malfunctions

C. Troubleshooting problems