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Optional Lecture! Genetic Screening by Ultrasound Friday November 12, 2010 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM E.S.T. 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Special pricing for course participants: $49.00. Call Gulfcoast Ultrasound at (727) 363-4500 to register for this event. For details, click here. Click here to attend this event via Live Webinar (for those not attending the course)

Course Itinerary

OB/GYN Course Objectives:

At the completion of the program the participant should be able to:

OB/GYN Course Topics:

• Imaging fundamentals
  
• GYN anatomy and physiology
  
• GYN scan protocol
  
• GYN video case studies
  
• Uterine and ovarian pathology
  
• 1st trimester evaluation
  
• Fetal anatomy/biometry/biophysical profile
  
• Placenta/multiple gestation
  
• Fetal abnormalities
  
• OB Interactive case studies review
  
• Indications for endovaginal exam
  
• Endovaginal scan techniques/image orientation
  
• Early gestation/ectopic pregnancy
  
• Fetal cardiac anatomy and physiology
• Fetal heart screening overview: indications/applications and exam limitations
• 4-chamber "Basic" cardiac ultrasound exam - 10 point checklist
• The "Extended Basic" cardiac ultrasound exam: identifying outflow tracts / Great vessels (arch and ductus) etc.
• Hands-on training sessions
  

Who Can Attend?

Sonographers and other medical professionals involved in performing OB-GYN ultrasound examinations; Physicians at an entry level of interpreting/performing OB-GYN exams. Physician participants may include (but are not limited to) those involved with: OB-GYN, endocrinologists involved in performing GYN examinations, family practice, and emergency medicine. Nurse practitioners and midwives may also attend.

Faculty:

Ahmed M. Al-Malt, MD
Director, Fetal Diagnostic Center of Orlando
Orlando, FL
Consultant; accepting honorariums from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Corky Hecht, BA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT, RT(N)
Program Coordinator, Senior Clinical Instructor
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute
Employee, Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Carol Neil, RDMS, RVT, RT
Ultrasound Consultant
Prescott, AZ
Consultant; accepting honorariums from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Jill Beithon, RT, RDMS, RDCS, RVT
Ultrasound Services Manager
Merit Care Health Systems
Fargo, ND
Consultant; accepting honorariums from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Jane J.K. Burns, AS, RT, RDMS
USenior Perinatal Sonographer
Minneapolis, MN
Consultant; accepting honorariums from Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits

The Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 24.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 21.25 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit.

Approved by the ASRT for 23.0 Category A continuing education credit. Note: ASRT credits are accepted by the ARRT as Category A credits.

Course also meets CME requirements for ARDMS.

Special Lecture: Genetic Screening by Ultrasound in the 1st and 2nd Trimesters

This lecture will utilize text, diagrams, 2-D images and real-time clips to present an overview of current labs and sonographic protocols for the screening of genetic abnormalities.  A list of the most common ultrasound findings/markers associated with the most common genetic syndromes will be presented.

Objectives:

At the completion of the program the participant should be able to:

1. Describe timelines for screening in the 1st and 2nd Trimesters
2. List components of normal and abnormal NT’s in the 1st Trimester
3. Describe most common ultrasound “markers” with T-13, 18, 21 and Turners
4. List pertinent labs utilized for genetic screening and their detection rates
   
5. Describe protocol used for the systematic evaluation/screen for aneuploidy

Who Can Attend?

Physicians, sonographers, and other medical professionals performing OB ultrasound examinations.

Faculty

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