Components: Practical
Credit Hours: 4
Course Schedule: Semester system
This course takes students to a higher level of echocardiography practice in a clinical context. During this course, students are going to have longer exposure to real cardiac patients and more chance of practicing hands-on skills of transthoracic echocardiogram. Students are expected to apply their prior knowledge of basic sciences, patients care skills and technical skills into real practice. In addition, this course is going to build in students the professional responsibility and accountability that prepare them for the internship phase and subsequently for the real life work field. Students are going to be under direct supervision and guidance of the echo lab instructors and technologists. Students are expected to participate in all steps of conducting transthoracic echocardiogram, including acquiring images and performing measurements.