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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
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.
On June 1, 2012, the name was officially changed to Ross Medical Education Center. Today, Ross provides Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration and Medical Assistant training in over 30 communities throughout Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama, Iowa, and West Virginia.
Medical ultrasound includes diagnostic techniques (mainly imaging techniques) using ultrasound, as well as therapeutic applications of ultrasound. In diagnosis, it is used to create an image of internal body structures such as tendons, muscles, joints, blood vessels, and internal organs, to measure some characteristics (e.g., distances and velocities) or to generate an informative audible sound.
All these medical advances in obstetrics were a lever for the introduction of men into an arena previously managed and run by women – midwifery. [ 80 ] : 1051–1052 The addition of the male-midwife (or man-midwife) is historically a significant change to the profession of obstetrics. [ 86 ]
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is a professional association in the United States, formed in 1955, that represents certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs). Dating back to 1929, ACNM strives to be a leading example for excellence in midwifery education and practice in the United States and has a special ...
Clinical midwifery facilitator training midwives "Babies" for student practice. Midwifery-led continuity of care is where one or more midwives have the primary responsibility for the continuity of care for childbearing women, with a multidisciplinary network of consultation and referral with other health care providers. This is different from ...
It is located on the university's main campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago and matriculated its first class in 1927. It offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree program, joint degree programs, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education. Its primary teaching hospital is the University of Chicago Medical Center.