Program Description:
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Associate Degree program is a sequence of courses that provides educational opportunities to individuals in didactic and clinical environments that will enable them to gain skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to graduate and become successful entry-level employees in the field of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. The profession requires critical thinking skills, judgment, and the ability to provide appropriate health care services. Sonographers use high frequency sound waves to produce dynamic visual pictures of internal body structures. The images are evaluated by physicians to make a medical diagnosis. Course work includes sonographic physics, sonographic identification of normal and abnormal anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pathophysiology of the abdomen, pelvis, and small parts of the adult, pediatric, and fetal patient, clinical application courses, interventional sonography, journal and case study review, and comprehensive registry reviews. Program graduates receive a Diagnostic Medical Sonography associate degree which qualifies them to apply to take the examinations to become a Registered Sonographer.
Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) upon the recommendation of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS).
Entrance Dates:
Beginning of any semester for prerequisite courses, fall semester for occupational curriculum.
Entrance Requirements:
| Age: |
17 years old for entrance into Health Technology pre-occupational curriculum |
|
18 years old for entrance into Health Technology programs |
Pre-Occupational Curriculum (26-27 Credit Hours)
Occupational Curriculum (51 Credit Hours)
| DMSO 1010 | Foundations of Sonography | 3 |
| DMSO 1020 | Sectional Anatomy and Normal Sonographic Appearance | 3 |
| DMSO 1040 | Sonographic Physics and Instrumentation | 3 |
| DMSO 1050 | Abdominal Sonography I | 3 |
| DMSO 1060 | Clinical Sonography I | 4 |
| DMSO 1070 | Pelvic Sonography and First Trimester Obstetrics | 2 |
| DMSO 1080 | Sonographic Physics and Instrumentation Registry Review | 1 |
| DMSO 1090 | Introduction to Vascular Sonography | 1 |
| DMSO 1100 | Clinical Sonography II | 6 |
| DMSO 2010 | OB Second and Third Trimesters | 3 |
| DMSO 2020 | Specialized Sonographic Procedures | 2 |
| DMSO 2030 | Clinical Sonography III | 8 |
| DMSO 2040 | Comprehensive Registry Review for ABD-extended and/or OB/GYN and/or Breast Concentration(s) | 2 |
| DMSO 2050 | Clinical Sonography IV | 10 |