Ultrasound Medicine has been through a rapid development during the past half century and has become an indispensable discipline for prophylactic medicine and clinical practice. Nowadays, the needs for ultrasound medicine diverse which leads to many challenges to the existing ultrasound physician scanning - diagnostic mode, including labor-intensiveness for the ultrasound physician, lacking of hierarchical management, contradiction of quality and quantity, irrational allocation of medical resources, and so on. This paper discussed several issues including the current situation of ultrasound education, domestic and western ultrasound work mode, necessity for ultrasound physician- sonographer integrated work mode, as well as the feasibility of standardized sonographer training. Combined with the experience of the West China Hospital, explore a Chinese way to carry out sonographer education and training program and try out ultrasound physician-sonographer integration mode.
Citation： LUQiang, LUOYan, LIUJi-bin, PENGYu-lan, QIULi, ZHONGXiao-fei. Discussion on Ultrasound Physician and Sonographer Integrated Work Mode. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2016, 16(6): 741-744. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20160114 Copy