The Obstetric Ultrasound Foundation Course - Theory is dedicated to O&G trainees, specialist midwife sonographers, and anyone working towards their RCOG qualification.
Topics
- Introduction: What you are going to learn and why?
- How ultrasound works and safety
- What the RCOG modules require
- Setting up the machine for scanning: TV and TA ultrasound; knobs, functions and probes
- Databases, documentation and communication
- Diagnosing miscarriage
- Scanning the normal early intra-uterine pregnancy up to 12 weeks, measuring embryonic structures and CRL
- Biometry, amniotic fluid and the placenta
- Presentation of Case Studies
- Multiple pregnancies: what to look out for
- The Anomaly Scan: FASP criteria
- Fetal growth and assessment in the third trimester
