Diagnostic Medical Sonography Curriculum Guide
(A.S. Degree)
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The curriculum guide outlines the course requirements for the degree program.
It also includes the application and program admission criteria).
Program Description:
If you're fascinated by the inner workings
of the human body, then consider becoming a sonographer. When
a doctor needs to check out a patient's organs such as the
liver, it is the sonographer who provides the images by transmitting
high frequency sound waves into the patient's body via ultrasound.
You may also get to share in an experience most people remember
for a lifetime - providing the first glimpse of an expectant
mother's unborn child. Graduates will be qualified for roles
such as a:
Typical Tasks May Include:
positioning the patient's body so that the correct areas can be seen on an ultrasound screen
performing sonograms and recording normal anatomy and pathologic data for interpretation
analyzing and presenting diagnostic data for interpretation and diagnosis by the physician
Characteristics Students Need to be Successful:
Common Sense
Critical thinking Skills
Multi-taking abilities
Self Starter
Flexible
Able to accept criticism/critique
Potential Careers:
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Ultrasound Technologist
Potential Employers:
A variety of exciting career opportunities are available for sonographers. They may work in physicians' offices, diagnostic imaging centers, ambulatory care facilities, research facilities, and hospitals in trauma/emergency and intensive/critical care settings.
Students 
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Curriculum Guide