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In this section of my e-portfolio are academic reflections, projects, and presentations that I created during my four years at Misericordia University. It includes projects, papers, and presentations that go back to my freshmen year of college.

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Professional Development is when an individual or a group of people are gaining new skills by continuing education and training prior and after entering the workforce. In this section of my e-portfolio are examples of things I have done throughout my time in the DMS program at Misericordia University. It includes CMEs, attendance to symposiums, and attendance to online conferences.

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This section shows my membership and renewal for SDMS, a professional society membership.

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Interprofessional Education is when two groups from different majors or professions collaborate in order to see the role of each other in a specific field. In this section are some of the interprofessional education activities I was a part of during my time at Misericordia University.

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Volunteerism is the act of helping others during free time in which compensation is not involved. Although physical payment is not received, volunteerism repays in a much more rewarding way by seeing the affect you have on others. In this section of my e-portfolio shares how I volunteered at the special olympics at Misercordia University, and coaching youth volleyball.

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Health and wellness is more than just the physical activities a person does in order to stay in shape. It includes doing things for yourself that you find beneficial to your emotional, physical, and mental health. In this section of my e-portfolio are things that I have done during my time at Misericordia University that were done on and off campus that promoted my personal health and wellness.

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Similar to volunteering, community service is an act of kindness in which you are willing to help a community in need. It is a way to give back to a community in which you live, are a part of, or just want to help. In this section of my e-portfolio are examples of community service I was a part of in my four years at Misericordia University.

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Cultural events are events that take place that represent a specific culture. It is a way to promote entertainment and enjoyment for an audience. In this section are some cultural events I attended. I traveled international, domestically, and attended concerts, museums, and monuments.

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This section of my e-portfolio was granted to me to share anything that I thought was significant in my life. It includes things such as kayaking, participating in events, as well as organizing events.

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As students we had the option to do a research project on a vascular topic. I chose to research Fibromuscular dysplasia and present my information via a prezi presentation.

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This sonographic image is displaying color doppler and the irregularity of the vessel This image shows the narrowing of the vessel demonstrated by sonograhy Fibromuscular Dysplasia Another sonographic image showing the beading of the vessel which is an indicator of FMD This is a

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I attended a concert at the NYS fair in late August 2019. A few of my roommates and I traveled from Dallas PA to Syracuse NY for this concert and had so much fun. The concert lasted about two hours and after listening to some great music we walked around the fair and enjoyed the rest of our weekend in NY.

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I completed a Breast CME. The article talked about different socioeconomic classes and how they can or cannot access breast care.

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I completed a CME on the fetal heart. It talked about the images that are required to take when performing a fetal echo and evaluating the heart.

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I completed a CME that discussed diaphragmatic hernias. It shared a case study of a fetus with a right diaphragmatic hernia with an intrathoracic kidney.

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This CME is about multicystic dysplastic kidney and how it is most commonly diagnosed through sonography on prenatal ultrasounds.

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This CME was about diagnosing ectrodactyly during a fetal ultrasound. It shared information on what to look for and how it will appear sonographically.

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I completed this CME which was a review on basic physics concepts. There was a 25-30 minute video that touched upon topics like resolutions, relationships, etc. It was a great way to review some physics.

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I completed this CME on 1/16/2023. It was a study that was performed in order to compare the stiffness of different types of breast lesions by obtaining shear wave elastography and apparent diffusion coefficient values. A total of 70 patients with breast lesions were included in the study. The end of the study showed that SWE and ADC may prove to be a great alternative diagnostic tool that can be used with other tools as well.

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Early Detection of Gallbladder Carcinoma CME 

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Early Detection of Gallbladder Carcinoma CME 

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I completed this CME on early sonographic detection of gallbladder carcinoma and how it can improve patient outcomes. This article gave a background on gallbladder carcinomas and how people are likely to develop them in the fundus of the gallbladder, patients who are female, and if the patient had a history of gallstones. It shared that the number one way to increase a patients survival rate is by early detection likely through imaging modalities.

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I completed this CME which shared a case study on a fetus with an occipital encephalocele. I was shown images from the case which included images of the break in the occipital region of the skull, defect of the frontal bone, and a measurement of the fetal head that was consistent with microcephaly. It shared that encephaloceles are the third most common neural tube defects and that sonography can detect up to 80% of cases.

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I completed this CME which talked about the sonographic diagnosis of bilateral tubal pregnancies. This CME article also shared a case study about a woman who had a bilateral tubal pregnancy with a history of bilateral tubal ligation. It provided images of her uterus and ovaries and the findings that were concluded from those images. Ectopic pregnancies are very rare however a bilateral tubal pregnancy is even more bizarre.

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Attendance to a live conference: Northampton Symposium 

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Attendance to a live conference: Northampton Symposium 

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During the spring semester of our junior year, DMS students and some faculty attended an online conference that was held at Northampton Community College. Information about Abdomen topics were shared at this conference.

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Speaker on Diaphragmatic Hernias at Montage Mountain MFM	

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Speaker on Diaphragmatic Hernias at Montage Mountain MFM	

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I was a student at the Montage Mountain MFM that was affiliated with Lehigh Valley Health Network. Every Wednesday during the lunch hour, a speaker would present via web-x about a topic of interest and share a case study. This particular event was on diaphragmatic hernias and a sonographer shared their own case study on a patient who's fetus had a diaphragmatic hernia.

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This is a screenshot of my SDMS membership that is good through 1/31/2023

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During the fall of 2020, sophomore DMS students participated in an IPE activity with PA students. During this activity we simulated what it was like to be visually, physically, and audibly impaired.

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During early November of 2021, DMS and OT students worked together to teach each other about our own careers. During this time the OT students were evaluating the DMS students ergonomics while we were scanning.

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On March 26, 2022 DMS and OT students partnered in simulating patient care. This was done through role play where one student was the patient and the DMS student was the sonographer. We each had different scenarios that made us demonstrate patient care. After the role play, OT students taught us how to use certain instruments properly in order to assist patients who may need help walking, sitting, or moving in general.

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Early April of 2022 students from all different healthcare majors joined together during an IPE event that took place at Misericordia University. We all shared what our role in a specific case would be. After sharing what all of us would do and how we would go about the specific situation we made posters that demonstrated what we thought was important when it comes to patient care and words to describe good patient care qualities.

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In this IPE Activity DMS students and Grad Nursing students worked together and joined a zoom session to collaborate and talk about first trimester pregnancies and what could go wrong during that time period. We shared the role of sonography in first trimester ultrasounds and complications that come alone with them while the Nursing students shared their role and how they are taking care of the patient and build a connection with them.

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IPE Activity with Nursing_ Pregnancy and Unexpected Outcomes  (1)

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Summer of 2021 I volunteered as a coach at the Binghamton Bulldogs sports complex. I worked with age groups 11-16 for five days. During the five days I taught them the fundamentals of volleyball and by the end of the week we were able to play an actual game of volleyball. For the older girls they were able to play competitively and we were able to play 3 full sets to 25. Each day of coaching lasted for about 7 hours total with the younger group in the morning and the older group in the afternoon.

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During my time at Misericordia I was a part of the women's volleyball team for three years. We practiced 2-4 times a week which included lifting and played 2-3 games a week. Some weekends we attended tournaments that were several hours away which involved playing usually 4 full games of volleyball.

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Once a week over the summer my boyfriend, his dog, and I went on a nature walk at a county park. The nature walk was almost 2 miles.

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In February of 2021 my dad I started a planet fitness gym membership. We would go everyday together after he got out of work and would spend anywhere from an hour to two hours there at a time.

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I took on yoga as a self care method last spring. I was very stressed during the time do to my classes and clinic so I made it a goal that every night before I would go to bed i would do some sort of yoga to decompress from my day. These are a few workout logs from my apple watch showing that I participated in different yoga activities.

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This document explains a lesson a learned while at my MFM rotation last spring. I learned about how to take care of an OB who may be feeling flush during an exam.

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Mine and my friends family have a lake house in Sandy Pond NY. My mom, my friends mom, my friend and I would go to this Spa that was 20 minutes away from the lake. One day we spent getting massages and then the other day we all got facials. We loved it so much we decided to go back a few more times that summer.

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During my time on the Misericordia Women's Volleyball team we made multiple trips to patriot's cove in Harvey's lake. We did this as a way to give back to the cove. We spent time painting, gardening, and setting up fences around bushes so animals did not ruin them. It felt great to give back to the community especially in a place that is so special in that area.

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In NYS when you buy any sort of bottle or cans you pay a 0.05 cents extra. This is done in hopes that people will recycle the bottles and cans to  receive that 5 cent deposit back. I live in Binghamton NY and my family goes through many bottles and cans. This is one of the bags I brought to the can man in Binghamton NY for recycling.

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In December 2019 into January 2020 I went on a cruise with my friend and her family. Our cruise ship left from Miami Florida and our first stop was to the Cayman Islands. In the Cayman Islands we road a catamaran and swam with sting rays. While on the catamaran our tour guide shared her story about growing up in the Cayman Islands. Our second stop was Jamaica. In Jamaica we rode horses, rode four-wheeler's, and went snorkeling. We were gone for a total of 5 days and it was such a fun and great experience.

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In February of 2020 my family and I took a trip to Washington D.C. We wanted to walk around the museums since it had been so long since we had last been there. These are some images I took from the Smithsonian museum.

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During the same trip to Washington D.C in February 2020 we went to see the monuments. We spent all day walking around Washington D.C and shopped around. At night we decided to go back since some of the monuments were lit up.

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Clicking on the box above will bring you to a video of the football game I attended with my boyfriends family. In the fall of 2021 We drove to Syracuse to watch a Syracuse and Louisville football game.

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Thing past spring and summer my family and I found a love for kayaking. We would go every chance we got. We kayaked on finger lakes, rivers, and small private lakes. The above images are taken when we kayaked on the Chenango River for four hours. It was a wonderful way to spend time with my family and something we now do as often as we can.

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I took on the soda can tab donations for the Ronald McDonald house. I made a poster that was posted on social media, family members places of employment, and my clinical site. Above is a picture of the poster I made and one bin of the tabs that friends and family collected for me. These donations were brought to the Ronald McDonald house in Syracuse NY.

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Me and two other classmates got together and organized a clothing store for the sonography program at Misericordia. We spent weeks designing and picking out clothes to put on the website. We worked with Misericordia printing to get our designs approved and then put the store together. It was weeks of hard work however it paid off and everyone was happy with their orders.

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This is an image of three other DMS students and I who organized a collection of items that the Cheerleading team put together for stuff the bus. We collected items from DMS students to put towards the donation.

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In Spring of 2022 as a part of our pelvis class, DMS students were required to present on a topic that was related to pelvis. I chose to present on different types of contraceptives.

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IPE with Nursing: Ectopic Pregnancies Presentation

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IPE with Nursing: Ectopic Pregnancies Presentation

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DMS students worked with grad Nursing students and we were made presentations prior to meeting via zoom to share with the nursing students. I chose to make a presentation on ectopic pregnancies.

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This is a powerpoint that was a part of our intro to sonography class. We had to answer the questions within the powerpoint and provide information and images on what was being ask. It was a great way to introduce us to sonography

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As a part of an assignment for fetal and fetal neonatal anomalies we were required to make case scenarios. I chose to make a case scenario on anencephaly, how it's caused, if it is or is not curable, and some sonographic images.

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As a part of an assignment for fetal and neonatal anomalies we had to use our simulator "Meredith" to take sonographic images of a fetus. This simulation happened to be about the fetal heart which was good practice for trying to find normal anatomy of the heart so we were prepared to do so in clinic.

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I took the breast course in the 2022 spring semester. We had to make a project where we shared information about a topic we learned about in breast and I chose to present information on different types of breast cysts.

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Another student and I created a presentation on Uterine Artery embolization for our interventional sonography course.

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As a part of my BIO122 course at Misericordia several other students and I made a presentation of flu pandemics for our class. Ironically we ave the presentation via zoom because we were sent home for the COVID-19 pandemic

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Speaker on Cleft Palate and Lip at Montage Mountain MFM 

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Speaker on Cleft Palate and Lip at Montage Mountain MFM 

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While I was a student at the Montage Mountain MFM every Wednesday during the lunch hour we would go on web x and watch a presentation given by other faculty at LVHN. One Wednesday I watched a presentation on cleft palates and lips. We were showed what to look for and how it may present itself even in the first trimester. It also talked about the use of 3-D ultrasound imaging and how it is helpful in the diagnosis process and can help determine to what degree the defect is. Other faculty were able to speak and explain their experiences with cleft palates and lips.

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My current SDMS membership is active until January 31st 2023 and I will be renewing it closer to that date.

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Speaker on Omphalocele at Montage Mountain MFM 

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Speaker on Omphalocele at Montage Mountain MFM 

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I watched a presentation via web x in May at the MFM in montage mountain that was given about omphaloceles. The presentation talked about what it can look like sonographically and how it differs from gastroschesis. We also were given information about lab values that might be affected with the mother and how it can indicate an abdominal wall defect. It was also shared that there were different types of omphaloceles that contain different internal organs and what that means for the outcome of the fetus. It was nice to learn about this because on my first day at the MFM I was able to sit in on a case where the patient was 16 weeks pregnant and they were able to detect the omphalocele.

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Speaker on Dandy Walker Malformation at Montage Mountain MFM 

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Speaker on Dandy Walker Malformation at Montage Mountain MFM 

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I was able to listen to an hour long webinar at the MFM in montage mountain and the speaker gave a presentation on Dandy Walker Malformations. We started out with a powerpoint showing different images of dandy walkers that were imaged by sonographers in the LVHN and their initial thoughts when they discovered what they were looking at. It was a very eye-opening experience because as a sonographer it can be hard to with-hold information from the patient but it's best for experts like perinatologists to explain it all to the patient. We were also given information on how to emotionally be there for the patient when they are given news as such and provide them as much support as they need.

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My name is Alexis Hendrickson. I am a Senior DMS student at Misericordia University. I am from Binghamton, NY and attended Windsor Central School District. I live with my mom and dad and I have an older sister who gave me the best gift of being an Aunt to two nephews and one niece. In the collage above are some of the people who have impacted my life in such a positive way and helped me get to where I am today.

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Spring of 2020 Misericordia University held a special olympics. During this time student volunteers ran different sport stations for special needs individuals and help teach them how to play each sport that was offered at the stations. At the end of the event we all took a picture and then had a pizza party upstairs in the Anderson Center