Educational courses vary in structure and duration according to course level and topic. Most courses are based on lectures, seminars with case review sessions and practical training with US instruments. Doctors who attend the short-term courses have access to the Center’s videolibrary from the Jefferson Ultrasound Institute which contains more than 150 hours of lectures including translated to native language. The Center also has a library of US books and teaching file of interesting cases for self-education. 

First level Basic US course for medical students of third year of education This course is intended for medical students of the 3rd year of studies. It is a part of the program on radiology for medical students.

The course consists of 6 hours of lectures and 4 hours of practical training and covers the following topics:
 

• Physical principles of Ultrasound
• Imaging instruments: A, B, M-mode, pulsed, duplex and Color Doppler
• Production of Ultrasound and its interaction with human tissue
• Principles of image interpretation of assessed organs
• Capabilities and limitations of Ultrasound in assessment of examined organs and systems
  After this course the students should be able to:  
• Discribe the production of acustic waves and the pulse-echo technics and relationship between the Doppler effect and blood flow velocity measurements
• Understand the indications for ultrasound examination of different organs and basic safety consideration
• List the key elements of a basic ultrasound examination
• Identify normal anatomic structures from ultrasound images and correlate them to anatomic cross-sectional planes of the body
• Recognize the main US patterns of pathologic conditions of the organs (like diffuse vs focal, solid vs complex vs cystic lesion, US signs of simple cyst, stones, polyps, hydronephrosis, tumors)

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Second level

Elective US course for graduating students This course is designed for graduating students who consider radiology as a future profession. Course duration is 36 hours, including lectures, seminars with cases review, observations of US examinations in different hospitals and practical training with US instruments.
  Lecture topics include:
• Physical principles and instrumentation
• Acoustic patterns of human soft tissue
• Principles of Doppler Ultrasound: conventional and colour
• How to optimize Ultrasound images
• Ultrasonography of Normal and Abnormal  Hepatobiliary System
• Ultrasonography of Normal and Abnormal Pancreas
• Ultrasonography of Normal and Abnormal Urinary System
• Ultrasound Assessment of  «small parts»
• Ultrasonography in Gynecology and Obstetrics
  Practical Training:
• Hands-On training
• Observation of US examinations at the University hospitals
  After completion this course the students should be able to:  
• Appreciate the relationship between acoustic physics, hemodynamics and the sonographic representation of tissue and blood flow
• Understand and discuss the capabilities and limitations of gray-scale and Doppler ultrasound evaluation of various organ’s pathology.
• Recognize the acoustic representation of normal anatomy of the abdomen, urinary tract, male and female pelvis, fetus, thyroid and scrotum
• Identify pathologies of the abdomen, urinary tract, male and female pelvis, thyroid and scrotum from ultrasound images.
• Perform basic scanning of the abdomen,male and female pelvis (transabdominal approach), thyroid gland.
 

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Third level  Short term US courses for GP & Sonologists on:
• US in gynecology;
• US of thyroid gland disease;
• Echocardiography in pediatric practice;
• Doppler Ultrasound in hepatology;
• US anatomy of human internal organs.

Monthly seminars on various topics of clinical application of US for physicians of Kyiv's region.
Clinical Research All studies are carried out in collaboration with clinical centers of Kyiv.

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