Georgia is home to a number of accredited ultrasound technologist schools.
A number of schools in Georgia offer programs in diagnostic medical sonography, a field the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts will grow by 18 percent from 2008 through 2018. Carrying the approval of the Commission for the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), these schools allow graduates to take the examinations necessary to gain voluntary certification in the field. The ultrasound technologist schools in Georgia are found in a variety of settings, including two and four-year institutions and hospitals.
Medical College of Georgia
Founded in 1828, the Medical College of Georgia is a public school of medicine. The school's urban campus in Augusta is home to approximately 600 students. In order to receive admission to the school's Bachelor of Science program in diagnostic medical sonography, students must first spend two years studying completing general education requirements at a community or traditional college with required courses of study including composition, mathematics, critical thinking, life and physical sciences, social sciences and anatomy. Once accepted in the program, students spend two years taking classes that focus only on sonography and gain experience in the specialty fields of obstetrics and gynecology, abdominal ultrasound, vascular sonography and echocardiography. Students complete six clinical rotations in area medical centers and clinics during the course of the program, and gain practice working with both adults and children.
Medical College of Georgia
987 Sebastian Way
EC-2424
Augusta, Georgia 30912
706-721-2759
mcg.edu
Grady Health System
Located in Atlanta, Grady Health System is a 110-bed medical facility that opened in 1892. The hospital functions as a teaching hospital for physicians and other allied health professionals; approximately 25 percent of the physicians licensed in Georgia received at least some of their training at Grady, according to the hospital's website. The hospital's School of Radiation and Imaging Technologies offers a 12-month certificate in the program. The school accepts only ten students into the program each year, and admission is highly-competitive. To be considered, students must submit SAT or ACT scores, previous college-level coursework in anatomy, physics, biology, information technology, communications, psychology, statistics and algebra. In addition, students must have graduated from a radiologic technology program, have an associate degree or higher program in an allied health profession, or a bachelor's degree in any field with proof of previous work experience in a healthcare-related field. Students admitted to the program complete clinical and laboratory training on-site and study obstetrical, gynecological and abdominal sonography.
Grady Health System
P.O. Box 26095
80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive Southeast
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-616-5032
gradyhealthsystem.org
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public, two-year institution with a number of branches, including its Rome campus, which is home to approximately 2,300 students. The school offers its diagnostic medical sonography program at the Rome facility and grants both a 27-month Associate of Applied Science and a 24-month diploma in the field. Before taking classes in sonography, students in the associate program must take pre-requisite courses in rhetoric, humanities, algebra, psychology, physics public speaking, anatomy and computing. Five clinical rotations are included in the degree requirements. Students in the program study vascular, abdominal, and obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound specialties.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College at Rome
1 Maurice Culberson Drive
Rome, Georgia 30161
706-295-6970
gntc.edu
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