07-30-2011 week

This week was spent perfecting my scanning techniques for both OB, abdomen, and vascular. I started scanning more carotid studies.

07-23-2011 week

Half way through the OB rotation, and I got to be part of a case study discussion among the perinatalogists about some interesting cases. Some of the fetuses had heart defects and some of the information was brand new to me.

07-16-2011 week

My OB experience continues, as I learn more about this area of ultrasound. I enjoy scanning fetuses, and seeing their movements and actions. I saw a 3D ultrasound of the baby's face. The few cases that have pathology were: uretheral obstruction, with polycystic kidney disease, and hydrocephalus. The doctor told the patient that the baby with polycystic kidneys will most likely not survive.

7-9-11 week

After my one week off I came back for a 36 hours week. I went to Pinetop and I hiked around the woods. It was great to spend some time with my family and exercise.
This week was great at St Joe's. I got to scan a lot more, since Beth was off this week. I got to see an amniocentesis procedure.

06-25-11 week

This is the last week before our one week vacation. I am sharing my time between St Joe's and JCL, and I enjoy it. I am gaining some confidence about my OB scanning, but I need a lot more practice.

06-18-2011 week

This week I am going 16 hours to St Joe's and 24 hours at JCL-North Mountain. I love learning about hight risk OB. Beth and Ana are very useful and they let me scan as much as possible.

6-11-11 week

My last week of 40 hours/week at JCL-North Mountain. Next week I will start at St Joe's Outpatient Center, for my OB rotation. I am looking forward to scanning pregnant women.
This week I worked more with the techs on getting better at all exams. I love going to the hospital on Saturdays, since I see more OB cases, and other unusual cases, like a TRUS prostate, and interesting pelvic cases.

6-4-11 week

We had one day off for Memorial Day on Monday and the rest of the week I was at JCL-North Mountain. I worked a lot on interventional cases: paracentesis, thoracentesis, and FNA's.

5-28-11 week

This was my first week of 40 hours/ week at the hospital. I got to see and do a lot of cases, mostly renal, abdomen, venous studies.

Two weeks off

We had two weeks off until 5-23-11. I took the opportunity to study for the SPI exam. My examination is scheduled on 5-31-11 at 8am. I managed to pass the exam on my first try with a score of 94%.