ECHO 143 — Echo Clinical I (6 cr)
Students spend four weeks in a clinical setting. Two weeks are spent in an echocardiography laboratory assisting staff in patient preparation; imaging time is provided when appropriate. Two weeks are spent in a noninvasive electrophysiology laboratory performing ECGs, exercise tolerance testing, Holter monitoring and pacemaker checks under the direction of a staff technologist. Weekly clinical seminars are conducted with SCC staff. A clinical consciousness is developed with emphasis on professionalism, clinical rapport, medical ethics and patient care. Prerequisite: Admission to program and concurrent enrollment in ECHO 141, 142. (SCC)
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