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Learning outcomes
Interpret, compare and explain the key principles of medical law, medical ethics and the control of infection;
Identify and describe potential medico-legal and ethical situations arising from sonographic practice and the communication of sonographic findings to patients, radiologists or sonologists and referring medical practitioners;
Apply information gathering techniques, summarize information and record a clinical history;
Perform routine sonographic examinations of the breast and thyroid safely and to a standard and ethical conduct expected of a competent sonographer;
Identify and describe normal and abnormal sonographic appearances of the breast and thyroid and related artefacts;
Recognise when modifications to routine scanning approaches are required and describe the limitations of ultrasound in regards to imaging the breast and thyroid.
Assessment summary
This unit is exempt from the grading and results update provision to offer supplementary assessments. Check the grading and results update page to find out which teaching periods this exemption applies to.