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The first Outreach course took place in Manila, the Philippines, in 1996. Outreach is committed to improving maternal healthcare services in underserved regions of the world by: Promoting and providing high-quality education in ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology; Improving the availability of ultrasound
The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), incorporated in June 1975, is an independent nonprofit organization that administers examinations and awards credentials in the areas of diagnostic medical sonography, diagnostic cardiac sonography, vascular technology, physicians’ vascular interpretation, musculoskeletal sonography and midwifery ultrasound.
Polaroid photograph of an obstetric ultrasound taken in 1985. Scottish physician Ian Donald was one of the pioneers of medical use of ultrasound. His article "Investigation of Abdominal Masses by Pulsed Ultrasound" was published in The Lancet in 1958. [29] Donald was Regius Professor of Midwifery at the University of Glasgow. [30] [self ...
Diagnostic medical sonography (DMS), a branch of diagnostic medical imaging, is the use of imaging by medical ultrasound for medical diagnosis. DMS uses non-ionizing ultrasound to produce 2D and 3D images of the body. In Canada, the credentialing for diagnostic medical sonography is the Canadian Association of Registered Ultrasound Professionals.
SonoSim, Inc. is a medical education software development company that develops and distributes an ultrasound education and training product. The company was founded in 2010 by physicians and medical educators to address the growing need for ultrasound training in healthcare.
Lancaster says she is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM). NARM certification does not require a college degree but involves training ...
In such cases of apprenticeship, the midwife-in-training might serve as apprentice until her mentor retired, though this was not always the case. [10] [12] [13] [14] State-sponsored training and regulation of midwives took many different forms and existed to varying degrees in numerous states from the 1900s onwards.
The Midwifery Clinic encouraged prenatal care for its patients, who averaged 7.7 prenatal visits from 1933 to 1952. In incidents of complications, midwives at the Clinic would also refer patients to the care of a physician. These efforts certainly contributed to the low maternal mortality rate at the MCA.