Diagnostic Medical Sonography AOS

FHS100 Fundamentals of Health Sciences
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of working and functioning as a medical professional. Students are introduced to the 10 major systems of the human body such as the reproductive, lymphatic, cardiovascular, skeletal, muscular, nervous system and, integumentary system. This course features review of basic anatomy, function, development, normal variants, and congenital defects.

MAT101 Mathematics
This course introduces the student to effective study habits, review of basics math skills, learning strategies, and early introduction to medical concepts. Students will review the metric system, decimals, working with fractions, rations, and conversions. Students will become familiar with basic algebra and logarithms as well as learning how to solve equations.

ENG102 English
This course serves to introduce students to the general principals of written communication, grammar, and oral communication skills. Students will learn methods of writing short memos effectively, documentation of case histories, the use of outlines, rough drafts, final drafts, and other principles of professional writing. An oral presentation will help prepare students to enhance effective communication.

BEH103 Behavioral Sciences
This course presentation encompasses exploring and understanding cultural diversity, types of cultural communication, and general psychology principles. This course prepares students to learn how to critically think and relate with a wide variety of people coming from various cultures in and out of the medical community. This module will use a variety of teaching tools to include current events, role playing, and an active research project focusing on presentation of various cultures and their belief system.

VAS101 Vascular Sonography
The Vascular Lectures portion of this course trains the student in anatomy of the Cerbrovascular System, the lower and upper extremities of the arteries and veins. The examination of the abdominal aorta and dialysis grafts serves to help student sonographers understand the theory of sonography of the vascular structures of the body. These principles include understanding of hemodynamics, blood flow, stenoses, and Doppler, and evaluation of significant disease process. Students will be taught the arterial and venous blood flow paths within the human body and theories of blood flow will be analyzed. These theories include to: Bernoulli’s principle and Bernoulli’s equation, Poiseuille’s Law, and the concepts of disturbed and turbulent blood flow and Doppler evaluations

VAS101L Vascular Laboratory
The Vascular Lab serves to educate student sonographers in the practical and clinical aspect of sonography examinations on the vascular structures of the body. These exams include arteries and veins. Its goal is to enable the student sonographers evaluating vascular anatomical structures identify pathologies. Students become proficient with protocols related to the vascular system and learn to perform Color Doppler, Duplex Doppler, Continuous Wave Doppler, and standard 2-D ultrasound and Ankel brachial index studies. Students will be trained upon completion of the course to take the Cardiac Credentialing International Exam and the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography exam.

CLP101V Clinical Laboratory Prep

PHY101 Physics and Instrumentation
This course prepares the student to know how to use any ultrasound machine. The knobology and ultrasound components of a machine are examined. The principles of sound and ultrasound are examined, the technical aspects of ultrasound, sound waves, theories, and practical application of this theory to help image and enhance images are explained. The goal of this course is to provide students with the ability to operate an ultrasound machine and to pass the Physics and Instrumentation specialty exams, such as the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) and the Cardiac Credentialing International (CCI) exam within the professional field of ultrasound

PHY101L Physics Laboratory Prep
This module strives to train the sonographers in the technical aspects of ultrasound, sound waves, theories, and practical application of this theory to enhance image optimization. Students will practice sonography protocols with specific exercises towards applying the principles learned in the Physics 100 lecture and Physics 101 laboratory portion of the course.

CLP101P Clinical Laboratory

ADB201 Abdominal Ultrasound Lecture
The following will be studied: liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, pancreas, kidneys, thyroid, testes, breast, prostate and musculo-skeletal. Two days will be dedicated to lecture and two days will be dedicated to lab. The lab will consist of learning all protocols, training in the use of diagnostic ultrasound equipment and scanning techniques.

ADB201L Abdominal Ultrasound Laboratory
The goal of the abdominal ultrasound laboratory is to train the entry-level student sonographers to know the basic scanning protocols for abdominal ultrasound, to identify basic anatomical structures of the abdomen, to recognize the abnormalities and to prepare a written preliminary report. Students will also study superficial structures such as testes, thyroid, and breast. This course emphasizes the use of various sonographic “windows” for visualization of anatomy that may sometimes be difficult to see. The student is also prepared to take the various registry exams, upon successful completion of the course. The registry exams are Cardiac Credentialing International (CCI) and the American Registry of Diagnostic Sonography. ARDMS.

CLP201A Clinical Laboratory Prep – Abdomen

OBG201 Obstetrics & Gynecology Lecture
The following will be studied: early pregnancy, obstetric protocol, obstetric pathology, terminology, and biometry. In addition, the student will be taught normal and abnormal pelvic ultrasound, pelvic anatomy, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and adnexal regions

OBG201L Obstetrics & Gynecology-Laboratory
The OB/GYN laboratory serves to complement the materials taught in the OBG200 lecture module. Students are taught protocols to examine the female pelvis. Volunteers, who are in various stages of pregnancy, are brought to the labs for examination. Students learn the measurements of the fetus which include (but not limited to) the crown rump length, biparietal diameter, the head circumference, circumference of the stomach, the measurements of femur, etc. Students are prepared upon the completion of the course to take the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography exam. Based the educational background, the student can take the exam after one year of job experience or immediately with a four year college degree.

CLP200OB Clinical Laboratory Prep – OB/GYN

EXT201D-Externship (Externship hours will begin after didactic and laboratory hours are completed)