Provider name:

Midlands Technical College

Program name:

General Sonography- CE

Program description:

This specialty certificate trains students to become skilled dual board-registered abdominal and OB/GYN diagnostic medical sonographers. Dual registries can provide more job opportunities to graduates, and a higher pay rate. Students receive training in abdominal, OBGYN, high-risk OB, and vascular ultrasound. Students will learn to perform a variety of exams which include abdominal, pelvic, neurology, gynecological and obstetrical ultrasounds, and venous and arterial ultrasounds. Students attend didactic lecture courses and scan lab courses for the full 15 months of the program; they attend classes and clinical rotations together for 12 months of the program. Students attend clinical rotations across S.C. and train in facilities including inpatient and outpatient facilities, Trauma I hospital systems, outreach hospitals and offices, high-risk OB offices, maternal fetal medicine offices, and vascular offices. The diagnostic medical sonographer is a skilled member of the imaging health care team. The sonographer must possess in-depth knowledge of ultrasonographic physics, human anatomy, physiology, and pathology. The sonographer's primary job is direct patient care, which necessitates excellent interpersonal skills. As there are several specialties within the realm of ultrasound, our graduates are able to work in a variety of settings after graduation because of the diverse training provided. Procedures are performed with real-time B-mode, M-mode, and Doppler instrumentation, utilizing a transducer assembly against the anatomical part of the interest and recording the images with ancillary devices. This is a 15-month program. There is one program start date each year, which is in June, and the program is completed the following year in September. All courses in the curriculum must be passed with a grade of “C” or higher in order to proceed to the next Session.

Program URL:

https://www.midlandstech.edu/programs-and-courses/health-care/general-sonography

Description of business partnerships:

Year first offered:

2014

Student teacher ratio:

1:10

If any, what are the prerequisites for this program?

Combination of Education and Course(s)

Total Cost:

$11865.00