Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Introduction
Diagnostic Medical Sonography is a program taught at Delaware Technical Community College, USA. Intake: FALL; SPRING; SUMMER. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.
Diagnostic Medical Sonography is an associate degree program that prepares entry-level sonographers to use high frequency sound waves to image organs, vessels, masses, and fluid accumulations in the body. It is designed for two concentrations: Abdominal Sonography – Extended and Obstetrics and Gynecology Sonography.
The program includes general education and program-specific coursework, with courses offered on campus and at clinical affiliates. Students follow a course sequence that includes essentials in patient care/sonography, introductions to clinical internship, sonography courses across gynecological, abdominal/small parts, obstetrical, acoustical physics, vascular ultrasound essentials, and pediatric sonography, plus multiple clinical internships. To complete program requirements, students must pass the listed courses and earn at least 72 credits.
Modules
- First Year Seminar
- Anatomy and Physiology I
- Statistical Reasoning
- Composition I
- Conceptual Physics
- Medical Terminology
- General Psychology
- Anatomy and Physiology II
- Composition II
- Essentials in Patient Care/Sonography
- Intro to Clinical Internship
- Gynecological Sonography
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirements for admission in Diagnostic Medical Sonography at Delaware Technical Community College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:
- program specific academic requirment set by Delaware Technical Community College.
- English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Delaware Technical Community College as pre-requiste for admission in Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
Note: Please check the university website in the link below.
Academically ready students can apply to the program following the guidelines of the Allied Health competitive admission process. Interested applicants should review the information provided here and contact their program advisor for application requirements.
- There is an age limit used in the selective admission procedures for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program.
Courses Units
Please check detail of study units at https://www.dtcc.edu/academics/programs-study/diagnostic-medical-sonography/
More Information
- Sonographer
- Lead technologist/supervisor/manager
- Educator/researcher
- Equipment application specialist
Scholarships
80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.