Student: minimum of 2 per rotation, maximum of 4.
Duration: 2 weeks (Monday to the following Friday). Most students arrive the Sunday before the first Monday of the rotation
Radiology imaging opportunities include daily rounds (1-3 hours/day) on basic and advanced radiographs, CT and ultrasound. Ultrasound cases include echocardiographic and non-echo ultrasound (e.g., abdomen, nonecho-thoracic). These rounds are case based and include emergency imaging considerations.
Practical hands-on ultrasound imaging instruction is performed everyday (1-2 hours/day) on the 4 family dogs.
One set of rounds (2 hours) will be expressly on ECG interpretation presented by ACVECC specialist (Mo)
There is a full time ultrasound machine with 3 transducers and echocardiography positioning table available.
4 family dogs are available for daily ultrasound imaging
Family includes boarded specialists in Radiology (Bob) and Emergency Critial Care (Mo)
Students are expected to have their own transportation (rental or personally owned car); we live in rural location and "uber-like" transportation is not available.
Students are expected to review classnotes or reading references prior to each day's rounds and practical ultrasound imaging topics.
Students are expected to be able to indepently practice ultrasound topics after the instructional component (1-3 hours/day)
Rounds typically begin at 8AM (imaging rounds) and 1 PM (practical US imaging)
The "middle" Saturday the entire group will travel to Portland (1:15 hour drive) for practical ultrasound imaging and emergency case discussions. That clinic starts at 0830 and continues to 12 noon.
Students are housed, at no cost, in 2 bedrooms in a separate building ("Annex") (rooms above a garage) with private bathroom and shower facilties. An additional bedroom is available in the basement of the main house.
Students are invited to eat dinner with the family daily. Students are expected to take care of their own breakfast and lunch meals. There is a small refrigerator in the Annex. We ask that the students prepare one dinner meal per rotation for the entire family
The house in on the shoreline of a small lake in rural Maine, so (season permitting) swimming, kayaking, rowing, skating, hiking, skiing are available
We incourage all students to visit the sites of midcoast Maine and make one trip to visit Acadia National Park