By: new MD

new MD — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:36:28 +0000

I respectfully disagree. For people with training as an md, it definitely does not take years to learn to use this incredible tool…as a medical student, I was given access to color echo doppler simply as a learning tool in an outpatient cardiology practice and with my medical training in anatomy and physiology learned quickly to assess and measure, just as the techs on staff, heart chamber size, valvular abnormalities, normal/abnormal flow patterns, ejection fraction, etc. in a matter of just a few hour sessions….I also volunteered in a clinic with a breast cancer surgeon who, after a few hours of observing him using ultrasound in his office for assessing breast lesions and in performing ultrasound-guided biopsies, permitted me to do the lesion assessments and biopsies under his supervision and observation, without assistance, and I was able to be as accurate as he was….this tool is extremely important and exciting for the promise and change it will bring to md’s in bedside care, particularly those in primary care….streamlining the process of ruling out malignant lesions, for example, and thereby avoiding the expensive “specialist” referral pathway, at least for some disorders…obviously more advanced imaging “reading” can only be done by specialists highly trained in their respective fields.

By: marcwojo

marcwojo — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:55:55 +0000

I teach ultrasound for a living it takes years to learn. This us a useless toy.

By: bsnguy

bsnguy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:59 +0000

Or just use your cell phone…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCvj_ioTqCo

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