I have been here in Vision Collge for almost 4 years inclusive for 1 year Postgraduate Diploma Medical Ultrasonography (Asia). I was offered a clinical tutor post in department of DMU. When I was a student there were only 4 tutors with 15 students (senior and junior) and approximately 6 patients per day. But now things have changed, students grew in numbers and so are the tutors, average 35 students and 7 clinical tutors.
Early this year we have a new administrator/clinical tutor Geraldine
Beirne hails from Australia. She has vast experience in sonography
including Musculoskeletal (MSK), Obstetrics & Gynecology and
Peadiatrics. She introduced MSK to Vision College whereby all sonography
tutors were taught this subject and requested to sit for the
examination. The college also offered hands on clinical on real patient.
This is an extra knowledge and experience for the tutors. The scanning
region for this MSK course particularly inclusive of the regions in the
elbows, shoulders, knees and ankles. Luck has it, everybody has passed
the written examination.
Since this subject is something new, we have not get enough patients to practice on. This is the stepping stone for career development. At the moment we are using the usual linear probe which do not visualize details on joints. Somehow we do not have the highly techniques probe called 'hockey stick' probe to perform the scanning on fingers joints and ankles. This probe is the appropriate probe so the detailed and minute areas can be assessed. So hopefully Vision College can afford to get us one.
By Siti Zata Ismah
Tutor
Tutor
Postgraduate DIploma of Medical Ultrasonography (Asia)
