Ultrasound Technician

Diagnostic technology in vascular ultrasound and echocardiography (ECG) are rapidly expanding allied health fields where the need for technicians continues. The program consists of five (5) modules with a total of 87 units and 1890 hours, with two possible areas of concentration: Vascular Ultrasound and Echocardiography. It is a choice of a student to select a concentration or to study both of them. Graduates have opportunities for employment in: hospitals, clinics, physicians’ private offices, imaging centers, mobile services, and also in marketing, sales and product development for the equipment manufacturers.

An ultrasound technician is a skilled professional who uses equipment producing high-frequency sound waves to create diagnostic images and data that help health care professionals to diagnose patients with disease. Ultrasound imaging is used on many parts of the body, including the abdomen, blood vessels, and the developing fetus of a pregnant woman. After an extensive and comprehensive educational process, the technician is also qualified to perform an echocardiography exam. The primary role of this test is to obtain images of the heart, including hemodynamic information. This requires great performance skills and also understanding of cardiac anatomy, physiology, and pathology.

 

GRADE AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS REQUIREMENTS

Students enrolled in the Ultrasound Technician Certificate program are expected to maintain their grades corresponding to the policy of satisfactory progress and the following chart. The chart specifies the criteria for achieving satisfactory academic progress for full-time students (no transfers) in the Certificate program based on the allowable maximum number of semester credit hours attempted (part-time students are evaluated proportionally to the taken part of a program; students who changed their program will be evaluated on all courses taken):

Program Maximum Units Attempted* Evaluation
Point		 Minimum
Credit Units
Earned		 Minimum  Cumulative GPA
Ultrasound
Technician
Certificate		 48 End of 1st Academic Year 19 2.0
54 25% of MTCC 22 2.0
96 End of 2nd Academic Year 39 2.0
108 50% of MTCC 44 2.0
130 End of 4th Academic Year 77 2.0
130 100% of MTCC (4.5 years) 87 2.0

*    Units attempted means courses’ units for which the students have incurred a financial obligation or for which any university scholarship funds have been disbursed.

ULTRASOUND TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATE PROGRAM COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Program length: 107 weeks for daytime or evening classes of a full-time student.

Course Number  Course Names and Modules Lecture Hours Lab Hours Externship Hours Total Contact Hours Units
MODULE 1: Foundation Courses 
SCI 10 Physical Science 45 0 0 45 3
SCI 31 Human Biology 45 0 0 45 3
CS 10 Introduction to Computer Science 45 0 0 45 3
MODULE 2: Core Courses 
UT 10 Physical Principles of Ultrasound 45 0 0 45 3
UT 20 Medical Terminology 45 0 0 45 3
UT 30 Anatomy and Physiology 45 0 0 45 3
UT 110 Ultrasound Principles and Protocols 45 30 0 75 4
UT 210 Advanced Ultrasound Physics and Technology 45 0 0 45 3
MODULE 3: General Diagnostic Sonography Courses 
UT 120 OB/GYN Ultrasound I 45 30 0 75 4
UT 130 OB/GYN Ultrasound II 45 0 0 45 3
UT 140 OB/GYN Scanning (Lab) 0 90 0 90 3
UT 150 Abdomen and Small Parts I 45 30 0 75 4
UT 160 Abdomen and Small Parts II 45 0 0 45 3
UT 170 Abdomen and Small Parts Scanning (Lab) 0 90 0 90 3
UT 230  Advanced OB/GYN Ultrasound 45 30 0 75 4
UT 240  Advanced OB/GYN Scanning (Lab) 0 90 0 90 3
UT 250  Advanced Abdomen and Small Parts 45 30 0 75 4
UT 260 Advanced Abdomen and Small Parts Scanning (Lab) 0 90 0 90 3
MODULE 4: Concentration Courses 
A. Vascular Ultrasound
UT 114 Vascular Anatomy and Hemodynamics 45 0 0 45 3
UT 124 Peripheral Vascular Doppler 45 30 0 75 4
UT 134 Abdominal Vascular Doppler 45 30 0 75 4
UT 144  Vascular Scanning (Lab) 0 90 0 90 3
UT 254  Transcranial Doppler 45 30 0 75 4
UT 264  Vascular and  Transcranial Scanning (Lab) 0 120 0 120 4
B. Echocardiography 
UT 115  ECG and Arrhythmias Interpretation 30 30 0 60 3
UT 125  Introduction to Echocardiography 45 30 0 75 4
UT 135 Echo Imaging  45 30 0 75 4
UT 145 Echo Scanning (Lab) 0 90 0 90 3
UT 255  Advanced Echo Imaging 45 30 0 75 4
UT 265  Advanced Echo Imaging (Lab) 0 120 0 120 4
        MODULE 5: Externships 
UT 280A Practicum/Externship I 0 0 135 135 3
UT 280B Practicum/Externship II 0 0 135 135 3
Total:    810 810 270 1890 87

The maximum time permitted for the certificate completion (MTCC) is four and a half (4.5) years for the academic part of the program for the full-time students (taking 12 units per semenster at the minimum), or eight (8) years for the academic part of the program for part-time students.

A maximum of 41 credit units can be transferred from other institutions for the educational Modules 1-4. Work experience in the field can be counted as credit units for the externships (Module 5). The maximum time for the certificate completion is influenced by the transferred credit units, calculated during registration, and is determined by the formula:

MTCC (in years, excluding externship) = 4.5 – (the number of transferred credit units)/24

 
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