Target Audience

Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other eligible health care professionals interested in providing effective and responsible care for the patient requiring esophageal motility and reflux testing. The course is designed to accommodate the needs of both novice and expert users.

Goal

To build a foundation which will enable the user to perform accurate esophageal motility (manometry and impedance / manometry) and reflux (acid (pH) and impedance/pH) procedures while gaining an understanding of the clinical implications and utility for these procedures.

Course Highlights

• Esophageal anatomy and physiology
• Overview of esophageal motility abnormalities utilizing actual tracings
• Patient selection criteria
• Clinical protocol overview
• Two days of hands-on procedures performed on volunteers
• Report generation and editing skills
• Review of ambulatory reflux monitoring (both acid (pH) and impedance/pH)
• Maximize exposure to the different issues one may encounter when performing esophageal diagnostic tests
• Two free sessions of cyber coaching
• Acid (pH) and impedance/pH overview
• Acid (pH) and impedance/pH tracings, editing, probe placement overviews

Courses are held at the Sandhill Training Center, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Reflux training is scheduled for its own special day at each course. Call for an agenda.*
 
*Note: Course material focuses on reflux, pH(acid) and Impedance/pH monitoring and accommodations can be made for this day only attendance. Contact Sandhill Scientific for further details.

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