Specialist Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound (Practical) (SC-CLINUSP) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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About this course
Contact
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Coordinator
Lindsay Bridgford
Coordinator
Ximena Cid Serra
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
- Describe the production of clinical ultrasound images, including ultrasound physics, transducer and machine componentry, image optimisation, artefacts, and probe manipulation.
- Safely apply focused ultrasound clinically to improve patient clinical diagnosis and management, including the indications, contraindications, pitfalls and limitations of clinical ultrasound (both generally and in a specific (chosen) health care specialty).
- Interpret clinical ultrasound images of a wide range of commonly encountered pathologies in a chosen health care specialty.
- Obtain and interpret clinical ultrasound images of commonly encountered pathologies in a chosen health care specialty.
- Perform ultrasound guided procedures and/or basic needle guidance in a chosen health care specialty when selecting an elective subject designed to teach procedural skills.
- Critique and apply theoretical understanding and knowledge of clinical ultrasound in online case studies and/or simulation scenarios related to a nominated field of practice.
- Evaluate the requirements for training, competence and credentialing in focused diagnostic and/or procedural ultrasound in a chosen specialty health care area.
Generic skills
- Improved analytical and interpretive skills.
- Improved procedural skills for students who select a practical subject.
- Enhanced time utilisation.
- Improved written skills and problem-solving skills.
Graduate attributes
- Ability to perform and interpret focused clinical ultrasound in a chosen specialty health-care area.
- Evaluate of the requirements for training, competence and credentialing in focused clinical ultrasound in a chosen specialty health-care area.
- Be motivated, self-directed and well-organised, with the ability to set goals and manage time and priorities
- Self-aware and reflective, with skills in self-assessment, and place great importance on their personal and professional integrity.
Last updated: 10 November 2023