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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
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.
The aim of the Society was to improve maternity care in New Zealand and to advocate for better training in obstetrics by establishing a Chair of Obstetrics at the University of Otago and later a Postgraduate Chair in Obstetrics in Auckland. [1] The Obstetrical Society became the New Zealand Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society (NZOGS) in 1935 ...
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.
The addition of the male-midwife (or man-midwife) is historically a significant change to the profession of obstetrics. [86] In the 18th century medical men began to train in area of childbirth and believed with their advanced knowledge in anatomy that childbirth could be improved. [ 87 ]
Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN / ˈ p ɒ l h ən /) is a non-profit established in 2003, focused on distance education for health professionals working in the Pacific. . Since 2004, it has provided free online courses for continuing professional development in a wide range of health and science related discip
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.
Obstetric ultrasonography, or prenatal ultrasound, is the use of medical ultrasonography in pregnancy, in which sound waves are used to create real-time visual images of the developing embryo or fetus in the uterus (womb).