In addition to the lectures and hands-on sessions, there are 30 minute breakfasts each morning and a 30 minute break during the first day to allow time to inspect equipment and interact with the faculty. In order to maximize the hands-on training, course registration is limited to 24, so early registration is encouraged. Lectures are held in a small classroom in an informal atmosphere to encourage interaction between faculty and students. Unlike other courses, you will not be scanning each other. Sessions are in a large room adjacent to the lecture room with 6 stations, each manned by an experienced sonographer, with no more than 4 students per station.
Faculty are present during all hands-on sessions.
In the formal practice scan, each student performs a complete renal ultrasound with all views and pictures under the supervision of an experienced sonographer. Interpretations are entered on report forms and reviewed at the end of the course. He has extensive experience training nephrologists at numerous national workshops and courses each year and is the author of the Atlas of Renal Ultrasonography and numerous publications on renal sonography. He was formerly Vice President for Marketing and Education at Keith Mauney and Associates, an ultrasound training firm. Mr. Rooker has 20 years of clinical and teaching experience in diagnostic medical ultrasound.