Training activity information

Details

Perform acceptance testing and quality assurance on a range of specialist ultrasound scanners and transducers to include:

  • Echocardiography
  • Brachytherapy/urology
  • Bladder scanners
  • Point of care ultrasound (POCUS)
  • Breast screening with elastography
  • Trans-oesophageal echocardiogram (TOE)

Type

Developmental training activity (DTA)

Evidence requirements

Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee​.

Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.

An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.

Considerations

  • Range of commercial phantoms and applications
  • Phantom selection
  • Advantages and limitations of phantoms
  • Primary monitor QA
  • Appropriate scanner presets
  • Impact on clinical application
  • Common clinical measurements and normal ranges
  • Alignment and registration issues in needle/therapy guidance
  • Computer analysis
  • Guidelines for quality assurance for specific national screening protocols
  • Remedial actions and removal from service

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 1 Outcome

Use ultrasound scanners, applying basic and advanced modality controls.

# 3 Outcome

Assess the performance and safety of ultrasound scanners used in common clinical applications, including advanced imaging techniques.

# 4 Outcome

Appy image processing techniques to extract information from ultrasound images.