Cardiac

Overview

The Cardiac Sonography (echocardiography) program focuses on anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the adult and pediatric heart. This specialty trains the students to image standard views, monitor flow patterns, evaluate heart valves, learn the cardiac cycle, and determine pathology of the heart.

Program Goal

To prepare competent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for the following concentration(s) it offers: Adult Cardiac Sonography.

Courses

Summer I

• Introduction to Sonography
• Fundamentals of Scanning
• Cross-sectional Anatomy
• Patient Care Skills
• Cardiac Scan Lab I
• Cardiac Anatomy

Fall

• Ultrasound Physics I
• Cardiovascular Principles
• Cardiac Scan Lab II
• Clinical Internship I

Spring

• Ultrasound Physics II
• Echocardiography I
• Cardiac Scan Lab III
• Clinical Internship II

Summer II

• Echocardiography II
• Cardiac Scan Lab IV
• Clinical Internship III