Sonography academic and career training opportunities are available.
Sonography is a diagnostic medical procedure that uses high frequency sound waves to create visual images inside the human body. Unlike most imaging procedures, sonography is free of radiation and is used to examine the abdomen, breast, heart, prostate and female reproductive systems. Graduates of a diagnostic medical sonography program are eligible for the certification examination through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Careers are available in hospitals, clinics and medical imaging centers.
Western Career College
Western Career College in Citrus Heights, Calif., offers an 18-month diagnostic medical sonography program. Students are required to take didactic courses and participate in a clinical instruction. The courses focus on the main areas of sonography, including abdominal sonography, obstetrical sonography, vascular ultrasound and gynecological ultrasound. Clinical instruction takes place at a local hospital or imaging center and allows students to observe and learn from a professional diagnostic medical sonographer.
Western Career College
7301 Greenback Lane Suite A
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
(888) 203-9947
westerncollege.edu
Collins Career Center
The diagnostic medical sonography program at Collins Career Center is a two-year program located at the Chesapeake, Ohio, campus. The program focuses on abdominal, gynecology and vascular sonography. This certificate program offers academic and clinical training and requires students to complete prerequisite coursework in anatomy and physiology, algebra, physics, medical technology, computer fundamentals, sectional anatomy and communications skills. The program also requires that prospective students lift 50 pounds, have motor skills and stand for long periods of time.
Collins Career Center
11627 St. Rte 243
Chesapeake, OH 45619
(740) 867-6641
collins-cc.edu
Great Lakes Institute of Technology
Great Lakes Institute of Technology in Erie, Pa., offers an 18-month diagnostic medical sonographer program that requires students to complete both academic and clinical training. Prerequisites include physics, medical terminology and algebra. Courses cover topics in instrumentation, anatomy and physiology, patient interaction, reproductive ultrasound and case studies. Students are also required to complete three weeks of an externship at a local hospital or medical imaging center.
Great Lakes Institute of Technology
5100 Peach St.
Erie, PA 16509
(814) 864-6666
glit.edu
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