ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH PROVIDERS STUDENT ULTRASOUND COURSE
This course has been designed for the student who is learning when to use ultrasound in their clinical practice, how to interpret an ultrasound report, and how to make management decisions based on ultrasound results. Scope of practice for women’s health providers is discussed related to Point of Care, limited ultrasound. We cover first trimester gestational age assessment and identification of a failed pregnancy. In the second trimester, the student learns the anatomy to use for gestational age assessment, how to measure amniotic fluid volume, the implications of transvaginal cervical length screening and how to evaluate fetal weight. In the third trimester, the focus is on the Biophysical Profile (BPP); how to do the scan, indications for the BPP, and how to manage the pregnancy based on the BPP score.
Who is the Student Course For?
This online course is made specifically for student women’s health providers including but not limited to student midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
It's made for the student women’s health provider who:
- Wants to understand how to use ultrasound in clinical practice
- Wants to understand what is involved in ultrasound exams
- Wants to be able to interpret the ultrasound images
- Wants to perform ultrasound exams in their own practice after graduation
- Wants to understand how ultrasound relates to the woman’s or baby’s health status
- Wants to know when to order ultrasound studies in clinical practice
- Wants to use ultrasound results to guide decision making in clinical practice
What Does the Student Curriculum Look Like?
Designed with your growth in mind, this course encompasses a wide array of essential topics, including:
- Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Scope of Practice
- Cross Sectional Anatomy
- Gynecologic POCUS
- First Trimester POCUS
- Second & Third Trimester POCUS
- Biophysical Profile
At this time, CEU credits are NOT available for the student course.
Women's Health Providers Student Course Curriculum
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR
Carolyn L. Gegor, CNM, MS, FACNM, has had an extensive career in obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound. Carolyn is currently an ultrasound instructor at Ultrasound for Women’s Health Providers.
Carolyn Gegor began her career in ultrasound as an RN in 1972. She learned ultrasound from a physician on-the-job, as no courses were available that early in the development of ultrasound as a diagnostic test. Ms. Gegor then established several courses for new providers to be able to learn the new skills. Carolyn was one of the founders of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) and executed the first nation-wide exams in 1975.
She established the first affiliate of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine in Washington, DC and Maryland. For several years, she worked full time in ultrasound, the went back to her love of labor & birth, while continuing to teach ultrasound skills in obstetrics and gynecology.
Once she became a CNM, Carolyn was very active teaching nurses and midwives to do the Biophysical Profile, and full scope scanning. During that time, she was the Clinical Director of Fetal Assessment at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital. She lectured on ultrasound topics at the ACNM annual meeting for many years during her 25 years of clinical practice and as midwifery academic faculty.
Currently, Carolyn is a member of the ACNM Ultrasound Education Subcommittee. She also represents ACNM as a member of the Midwife Exam Group for the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. “In 2021, Carolyn earned the Midwife Sonography Certificate from the ARDMS.
After retiring from clinical practice, Ms. Gegor created Ultrasound for Midwives, now Ultrasound for Women’s Health Providers, to be able to offer highly sought-after hands-on scanning and the necessary background knowledge for doing OB/Gyn Point of Care ultrasound. Now, there is an online course that shares basic information on clinical OB/Gyn ultrasound as well as Physics of ultrasound and varied business topics including practice development, billing and coding, documentation, and liability. She travels to individual practice sites to conduct hands-on scanning education for groups of 4 or more providers.
