Diagnostic Medical Sonography Associate in Applied Sciences Degree Plan

The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program leads to an Associate of Applied Sciences degree. The program is 21 calendar months in duration and is full time. Students complete classroom and laboratory work on the campus and clinical education in an affiliated ultrasound department. Students acquire skills in reviewing and recording pertinent clinical patient history, performing the sonographic examination, providing for the comforts and needs of the patient during the examination and recording the anatomic, pathologic and physiologic data for interpretation by the supervising physician. Thoroughness, accuracy and empathy are traits needed by persons interested in this program.

Students should also be versatile and able to follow precise and detailed directions. Upon successful completion of this program, as well as completion of any required work experience, graduates are eligible to take the certifying examinations of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in the specialty areas of ultrasound physics and instrumentation, abdomen, and obstetrics-gynecology. Positions often are available in hospital ultrasound departments, clinicsand private physicians' offices.

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