• Outline the interaction of sound with soft-tissue and other mediums.
• Demonstrate the relationship between system controls and image quality.
• Identify different types of imaging artifacts.
• Increase knowledge/competence to better perform and/or interpret gynecological ultrasound examinations.
• List the differences between Transabdominal and Transvaginal scanning.
• Recognize the female reproductive anatomy.
• Perform the gynecologic exam transvaginal protocol.
• Identify the sonographic appearance of normal Gynecologic anatomy.
• Recognize the sonographic anatomic variants of uterine position.
• Increase knowledge/competence to better perform and/or interpret gynecological pathology.
• Differentiate normal and abnormal sonographic findings in the female pelvis.
• Recognize the sonographic appearances of the more common pelvic pathology.
• Differentiate benign from malignant cervical pathology.
• List the causes of uterine enlargement.
• Identify the sonographic appearance of a uterine polyp.

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