Table 1.

Ultrasound curriculum for first year medical students during anatomy lab dissections

Session	Objectives
Shoulder (session 1)	Obtain an image of the musculoskeletal structures of the shoulder and wrist. Specifically, identify median nerve, arteries (radial and ulnar), tubercles/tuberosity (greater and lesser) and tendons (flexors at the wrist level, long head of the biceps, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis).
Neck and thyroid (session 2)	Identify carotid artery, jugular vein, thyroid gland, thyroid isthmus, trachea, strap muscles and measure the thyroid lobes.
Abdomen (session 3)	Identify relationship and orientation of liver and gallbladder. Obtain a view of the left lobe of the liver, caudate lobe, inferior vena cava, ligamentum venosum, and hepatic vein.