Stephen Victor Cobbina
Medical sonographer/ Instructor
Accra
Summary
Talented Manager, instructor, and highly skilled medical sonography professional with expert team leadership, planning and organizational skills built during successful career. Smoothly equip employees to independently handle daily functions and meet customer needs. Diligent trainer and mentor with exceptional management abilities and results-driven approach.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical sonographer
Smart sonography
Accra
06.2011 - Current
- Educated patients on procedure details, provided instructions, and answered questions to minimize anxiety and improve cooperation.
- Operated ultrasound equipment to perform several procedures and capture images and write appropriate report for the referring physician for further management
- Upheld legal standards, HIPAA requirements and facility guidelines by obtaining written consent and securing patient information.
- Used skills to help clinicians and surgeons complete routine and invasive procedures.
Udemy Course creator, Ultrasound instructor
Udemy
02.2021 - Current
- Created online digital Doppler ultrasound course for sonographers
- Wrote quality content for clients, enabling site visitors to quickly obtain information.
Ultrasound instructor
Klintaps College Of Health And Allied Sciences
, Tema
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Assistant lecturer in small parts sonography
- Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges.
- Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
- Led daily operations by providing laboratory instruction, student advisement and industry best practices.
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
- Ability to manage the day to day activities of the laboratory
- Ability to conduct different types of tests, including malaria, typhoid, full blood count, blood film comment, VDRL, chemistry and microbiology tests
- Ghana police hospital (2005 service personnel)
ASSISTANT LABORATORY PERSONNEL
- Worked in the phlebotomy department-ability to take blood specimen from patients
- Ability to clean laboratory wares
- Ability to culture all types of specimen
- Ability to prepare and inoculate specimen
- Ability to properly Label patient’s specimen categorize them.
Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Family health Diagnostic Centre
03.2013 - 08.2014
- Performed general ultrasound procedures on clients.
- Prepared comprehensive ultrasound reports and diagnosis to physicians
- Collaborated with several health facilities in best ways to receive and take care of patients.
Medical sonographer
Ashongman community hospital
Accra, Accra
07.2012 - 10.2013
- Educated patients on procedure details, provided instructions, and answered questions to minimize anxiety and improve cooperation.
- Handled private and confidential information in compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
- Reviewed physicians' orders to determine medical imaging needs and operated Sonographic equipment to capture images, and write ultrasound reports.
- Applied and positioned equipment to take images following set parameters.
- Performed general ultrasound procedures and Electrocardiogram.
MEDICAL SONOGRAPHER
VASCULAR ULTRASOUND
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Ability to demonstrate the vessels relevant to specific clinical criteria in terms of position and course, lumen and compressibility
- Ability to assess by use of color and /or power Doppler the hemodynamics of vessels, including their presence or absence, interruption to flow direction, velocity and resistance measurements
- The angle caliper should be set correctly at 60 degrees or less
- The ability to demonstrate and estimate the location and extent of pathological vascular disease
- The ability to demonstrate other pathological processes adjacent to or involved with vascular structures and assess the effects on these structures
- The ability to assess the relevance of pathology to the clinical picture MUSKULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND
- Ability to gather appropriate information from the patient to inform practice
- Preparing the machine by setting the appropriate programs
- Selecting the linear probe correctly
- Preparing the room with all equipments cleansed, sterilized and ready for each patient
- Ability to identify the rotator cuff anatomy, physiology and pathology of the shoulder
- Ability to identify the anatomy, physiology and the pathology of the elbow, wrist, hand, hips, knee, ankle and foot
- Ability to disseminate appropriate information to the patient before, during and after examination
- Cleaning the room and equipment after every examination
- Family health Diagnostic centre
MEDICAL SONOGRAPHER
Smart, laboratory
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Ability to do abdominal, obstetric, gynecological , and small parts ultrasound without supervision.
Lab technician
Aneeja medical and surgical Clinic
06.2005 - 07.2008
- Maintained safe, tidy and organized laboratory environment for accurate test results.
- Maintained documentation on tests performed in lab.
- Performed testing and quality control using approved laboratory procedures and instrumentation.
- Monitored testing procedures to meet criteria and maintain quality control.
- Trained new laboratory personnel to apply proper laboratory techniques and best practices.
- Prepared reagents, media and solutions to use for laboratory testing and analysis.
- Prepared samples for shipping and disposed of bodily fluids in proper containers.
- Collaborated with other departments to establish cohesive laboratory operations.
- Prepared blood smears and determined levels of normalcy.
- Adhered to laboratory safety procedures to maintain compliance with quality control standards.
- Operated and performed preventative maintenance on laboratory equipment and instruments.
- Analyzed results using analytical software and created reports.
- Participated in lab meetings and project presentations.
- Cooperated with other technicians to develop and test new protocols.
- Interpreted laboratory results to provide technical advice to scientists.
- Inspected laboratory equipment to maintain good working condition for optimal results.
Service manager
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Ability to run all laboratory tests and write reports without supervision
- Organization of staff rotation and ensuring that staff is up to date on new policies and work protocols
- Aneeja medical and surgical hospital
Lab technician
Ghana police hospital
, Accra
06.2005 - 09.2005
- Maintained safe, tidy and organized laboratory environment for accurate test results.
- Inspected laboratory equipment to maintain good working condition for optimal results.
- Tracked collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection.
- Collaborated with other departments to establish cohesive laboratory operations.
- Assisted scientists by collecting and organizing laboratory data.
- Collected blood specimen for testing
Assistant lab technician
OBS/GYNE
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Ability to prepare patient for ultrasound examination by explaining the pre, during and post scanning procedures to patients
- Ability to properly set the ultrasound machine and make it ready for examination
- Ability to properly scan different organs by identifying normal and abnormal variants and documenting findings
- Ability to explain the findings to patients-especially breaking bad news to patients
- ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND
- Ability to prepare the patient- Abdominal scan is by appointment and patient must fast for at least 8hrs prior to the examination
- Ability to quickly and properly identify various abdominal organ anatomy, physiology and pathology like the liver, spleen and pancreas
- Ability to document all findings and properly explain the result to the patient.
Education
Masters - Public Health Management
James Lind Institute
Switzerland 11.2022
Professional Masters - Medical Ultrasound
TECH Tecnological University
Spain2023
BSc. - Sonography
Klintaps College of Health And Allied Sciences(Affiliated To UCC
Tema-Ghana07.2021
Bachelor of Science - Ultrasound
Sangai International University
India09.2018
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Man -
James Lind Institute
Switzerland 03.2022
Advanced postgraduate diploma - Tropical Medicine Surveillance And Immunization
James Lind Institute
India2017
Postgraduate certificate - clinical MSK
TECH Technological University
Spain2022
Diploma - Laboratory Technology
Accra Technical University
Accra2005
Diploma - Holistic Health
Centre of Excellence
United Kingdom Diploma - Abdominal Ultrasound
123 Sonography/University of Vienna
ViennaCertificate - Management
International Business Management Institute
Berlin- Germany01.2022
Certificate in Eye And Thyroid Ultrasound CME - Eye And Thyroid Ultrasound
Medrad Consult
AccraCertificate in ECG Skill Mastery - Electrocardiograph Technology
Sajjan Academy
India2022
Certificate - Basic Abdominal Ultrasound
The Institute For Advanced Medical Education(IAME)
Certificate - Obstetric And Gynecology Ultrasound
B K Medical
Accra - Ghana2008
Certificate in Freelance Writing - Freelance Writing
Expert Rating Global
OnlineCertificate in Sonography of The Eye - Eye Ultrasound
Philips Healthcare
Online CMECME - Ultrasound Physics
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
USA09.2022
Senior High Certificate - General Science
Tarkwa Secondary School
Tarkwa- Ghana2001
Junior High Certificate - Junior Certificate
St. Mathew’s Junior High School
Tarkwa1998
Diploma - science laboratory technician
Skills
- Business management
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Microsoft powerpoint
- Microsoft word
- Public speaking
- Motivational speaking
- Writing
- Theatrical Productions
- Business Planning
Reading, writing, traveling, teaching
In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, teaching and traveling
Timeline
Ultrasound instructor
Klintaps College Of Health And Allied Sciences
08.2022 - 01.2023
Udemy Course creator, Ultrasound instructor
Udemy
02.2021 - Current
Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Family health Diagnostic Centre
03.2013 - 08.2014
Medical sonographer
Ashongman community hospital
07.2012 - 10.2013
MEDICAL SONOGRAPHER
VASCULAR ULTRASOUND
01.2012 - 01.2013
Medical sonographer
Smart sonography
06.2011 - Current
MEDICAL SONOGRAPHER
Smart, laboratory
01.2008 - 01.2011
Service manager
01.2006 - 01.2008
Lab technician
Aneeja medical and surgical Clinic
06.2005 - 07.2008
Lab technician
Ghana police hospital
06.2005 - 09.2005
Assistant lab technician
OBS/GYNE
01.2004 - 01.2005
Masters - Public Health Management
James Lind Institute
Professional Masters - Medical Ultrasound
TECH Tecnological University
BSc. - Sonography
Klintaps College of Health And Allied Sciences(Affiliated To UCC
Bachelor of Science - Ultrasound
Sangai International University
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Man -
James Lind Institute
Advanced postgraduate diploma - Tropical Medicine Surveillance And Immunization
James Lind Institute
Postgraduate certificate - clinical MSK
TECH Technological University
Diploma - Laboratory Technology
Accra Technical University
Diploma - Holistic Health
Centre of Excellence
Diploma - Abdominal Ultrasound
123 Sonography/University of Vienna
Certificate - Management
International Business Management Institute
Certificate in Eye And Thyroid Ultrasound CME - Eye And Thyroid Ultrasound
Medrad Consult
Certificate in ECG Skill Mastery - Electrocardiograph Technology
Sajjan Academy
Certificate - Basic Abdominal Ultrasound
The Institute For Advanced Medical Education(IAME)
Certificate - Obstetric And Gynecology Ultrasound
B K Medical
Certificate in Freelance Writing - Freelance Writing
Expert Rating Global
Certificate in Sonography of The Eye - Eye Ultrasound
Philips Healthcare
CME - Ultrasound Physics
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Senior High Certificate - General Science
Tarkwa Secondary School
Junior High Certificate - Junior Certificate
St. Mathew’s Junior High School
Diploma - science laboratory technician
LABORATORY TECHNICIAN
ASSISTANT LABORATORY PERSONNEL
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