Vascular Sonography

Course aim

The aim of this course is to allow the student to acquire the advanced knowledge and skills required to practice vascular sonography with autonomy, expert judgement, adaptability and responsibility.

Course content

Haemodynamics; physics of Doppler principles and image optimisation; anatomy and physiology; vascular disease processes; head (including intracranial) and neck sonography; lower and upper limb arterial sonography; lower and upper limb venous sonography; abdominal and post-operative vascular sonography; recent advances in vascular sonography.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Applies to IGSO and IMSO students in the General stream
RADY 5024	Professional Issues for Sonographers
RADY 5030	Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
Group 2 Applies to IGSO and IMSO students in the Vascular stream
RADY 5024	Professional Issues for Sonographers
RADY 5030	Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
RADY 5036	Cardiovascular Anatomy and Embryology
RADY 5037	Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology

Students need to meet the requirements of one of the prerequisite groups of courses. IGSO and IMSO students must also be in a General Sonography or Vascular Sonography training position, with placement details to be evidenced and confirmed prior to census date. Students in the General Sonography stream must have completed 400 hours of scanning prior to commencing this course; as evidenced and confirmed by submission of logbook milestone 1 prior to census date. Students in the Vascular Sonography stream must have completed 400 scans prior to commencing this course; as evidenced and confirmed by submission of logbook milestone 1 prior to census date.

Corequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Applies to IGSO and IMSO students in the General stream
RADY 5013	Abdominal Sonography

All students must be engaged in ultrasound examinations for a minimum of 200 hours per study period.

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
External (Online)	- x 13 weeks
Workshop (On campus - optional)	7 hours x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assessment plan, Examination, Presentation, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.