ARRS Deep Dive into Shoulder Imaging 2024 
Midwife Sonography Certificate Review Online Course is designed for nurse midwives who are preparing to take the ARDMS midwifery focused examination. It is also beneficial for OB-GYN physicians who need a review of OB-GYN ultrasound techniques and/or to ensure the ultrasound practice protocols implemented are consistent with published guidelines for physicians and midwife practitioners.
OBJECTIVES
- Increase knowledge and competence for successful ultrasound registry examination completion
- Outline routine scan protocols & measurements for performing transabdominal and endovaginal GYN scanning
- State the normal and abnormal imaging characteristics of the ovaries and uterus and differentiate commonly seen pathology seen in premenarchal, postmenarchal, and post-menopausal patients
- Outline first trimester normal reproductive physiology and identify normal anatomy
- List first trimester complications and associated ultrasound findings
- Perform 2nd and 3rd trimester measurement techniques
- Identify normal and abnormal fetal anatomy in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters in each of the fetal body systems
- State coexisting disorders affecting pregnancy
- State the elementary principles of ultrasound including definition of ultrasound, basic properties, and units of measure
- Describe the fundamental principles of sound and the propagation of sound in soft tissue.
- Recognize the different types of transducers
- Describe focusing, sound beam formation, and the types of resolution including axial and lateral
- Recognize components and terminology of ultrasound equipment and instrumentation
- Differentiate imaging artifacts by their cause and characteristic appearance
- Outline safety, quality control, quality assurance and bio-effects concerns regarding operation and maintenance of ultrasound equipment
- Identify areas of weakness that require additional self-study for successful exam completion
- Implement scan protocols and diagnostic criteria into clinical practice based on published inter-professional ultrasound guidelines and certification exam outlines. (ACNM, AIUM, ARDMS).
AUDIENCE
Any nurse midwife who is preparing to take the ARDMS Midwife Sonography Certificate exam. Physicians who need a comprehensive review to increase knowledge and competence and to integrate consistent protocols that meet inter-professional guidelines into clinical practice. Physician participants may include OB-GYN, Primary Care, and Family Practice.
TOPICS
- GYN Anatomy and Physiology, Congenital Abnormalities
- Transabdominal and Transvaginal Exam
- Gynecological Pathology: Uterine
- Gynecological Pathology: Ovarian
- GYN Pathology: Adnexal
- Mock Exam 1: GYN
- First Trimester OB: Reproductive Physiology, Measurements, Pathology
- Mock Exam 2: First Trimester
- 2nd & 3rd Trimesters: Fetal Age Assessment/Measurements, Ultrasound of Fetal Brain
- Ultrasound Evaluation of the Fetal Face and Neck, Placenta and Umbilical Cord
- Ultrasound Evaluation of: Amniotic Fluid, Multiple Gestations, Maternal Complications, Fetal Complications, and 3D Ultrasound
- Mock Exam 3
- Essentials of Diagnostic Ultrasound
- Pulse Echo Instrumentation, Storage and Display, and Propagation of Ultrasound through Tissue
- Transducers
- Image Controls
- Imaging Artifacts
- Quality Assurance and Safety
- Mock Exam 4 – Sonography Principles and Instrumentation
Date of Original Release: 10/10/2019
This edition valid for credit through: 10/10/2022
