MSK Shoulder - Ultrasound

Shoulder ultrasound

The Aprende Canada MSK Ultrasound - Shoulder course will provide a complete learning experience for scanning the shoulder with ultrasound.

The course includes a comprehensive video which will walk the learner through five key items and is followed by a short exam to verify understanding. The learner will have access to the course content for two weeks from enrollment to complete the course.

Course at a Glance

Learning Hours: The course takes approximately 1.0 hour to complete. Aprende Canada courses are designed for self-paced learning. Rough estimates of the time required to complete the course may be provided, but we encourage each learner to invest their own time, based on their own learning needs, for each subject matter.

Available Until: Open

Type of Learning: Online

Prerequisites: None

Credit: Certificate of Completion

Completion Requirement: The exam for this course is composed of 15 questions. In order to successfully pass the exam, you are required to attain a mark of 75%. Three attempts are allowed.

Who Should Take This Course

This course is intended for new or experienced sonographers, physicians or medical students who want to learn more about scanning the shoulder using ultrasound.

Learning Objectives

After completing the course, the learner will be able to:

  • Understand shoulder anatomy
  • List shoulder structures that can be scanned with ultrasound
  • Know basic scanning techniques used to image a shoulder
  • Describe the normal 2D sonographic features of shoulder structures
  • Use the ultrasound protocol example given to scan a shoulder

Course Outline

The course includes:

  • Course Syllabus
  • Video: MSK Ultrasound – Shoulder (32 mins)
  • Final Exam

Development Team

  • Leonardo Faundez, MA-Ed, BSc, RTNM, RDMS, RVT, CRGS, CRVS, owner and founder of Aprende Canada
  • Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Sciences

Discounted member price: 46.50
90.00
You could save: 48.3%