| Consortium for the
Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) |
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A Directory of CASE Accredited Courses is
published and updated annually. It contains standardised information on all UK
ultrasound education programmes that hold current CASE accreditation.
 Download directory - PDF |
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May 2009 - New CASE Handbook issued.
We are pleased to announce that the new
CASE Accreditation Handbook is now available.
Please click here to download a PDF of this document. |
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| The Consortium for the
Accreditation of Sonographic Education (CASE) was formed in 1993. It currently
consists of six organisations: |
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| CASE was formed through
the common desire to ensure that the education and training of sonographers in
the United Kingdom was delivered at the highest level. All members share common
concerns that standards of service provision and education are developed in
parallel with increasing demand and improving technology. All members will
strive to create an environment in which education and training is maximised.
This will make validation and accreditation to be as robust and straightforward
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| CASE's philosophy is to promote best ultrasound practise
through the accreditation of those training programmes that develop safe and
competent ultrasound practitioners. This should be delivered at postgraduate
level. The majority of its activities relate to supporting those Institutions
that offer, or wish to offer courses leading to the award of a Masters,
Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Medical or clinical Ultrasound.
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| In addition to offering
accreditation of new, and re-accreditation of established, ultrasound education
programmes CASE undertakes annual monitoring of the courses it has accredited.
The information obtained is fed back to the Institutions both on an individual
basis and via the annual CASE report. |
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| A
CASE Open forum is normally held twice a year. All individuals with an interest
in sonographic education are welcome to attend. It is an opportunity for
constituent organisations and for CASE accredited Institutions to discuss
aspects of sonographic education. These meetings provide a regular means of
direct communication between the Institutions and CASE, enabling the views of
the Institutions to be considered when deciding CASE policy. |
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| Each member
organisation is unique and has its own obligations to its membership and its
own agenda. But CASE provides a forum for the interchange of ideas in which
shared views may be synthesised, and thus inform education and training
programmes. |
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