10 courses with the subject DMS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
DMS 107General Sonography Lab I - 90hrs
This course is designed to offer student sonographers opportunities to practice techniques used for general scanning of all organs. There is a focus on the specifics of the following abdominal organs: the aorta, inferior vena cava, pancreas, liver, biliary system, spleen, kidneys and the urinary bladder. Students will use 2-D ultrasound systems, along with spectral and color Doppler imaging. Students will scan each other to obtain images specific to proficiency levels. Lab scanning will correlate to normal & disease states discussed in lectures. Laboratory hours will be arranged in stations to maximize efficient use of laboratory hours as well as student proficiency in developing scanning skills. Students will rotate through instructor supported stations weekly. All attempts are made for laboratory topics to correlate with lecture material. Students will also rotate through the MedaPhor ScanTrainer TV/TA Ultrasound Simulators to support their skill-based training. Assigned Modules and cases will mirror classroom & laboratory topics with student progress being monitored & tracked. Time permitted, pelvic and thyroid imaging will be introduced in this module to help support student’s first clinical rotations.
This course is designed to offer the student of sonography an opportunity to practice techniques learned in abdominal and pelvic lectures in a supervised classroom laboratory setting. Using machines equipped with 2-D, spectral and color Doppler imaging capabilities, students will scan each other obtaining images specific to proficiency levels.
The purpose of this 192-hour course is to expose the sonography student to the many aspects of Ultrasound Technology from a clinical perspective. Students in the first clinical rotation of two days per week will be assigned to shadow staff sonographers and assist in performing Abdominal and/or Obstetrical and Gynecological studies. As the students’ skills improve, additional responsibilities will be awarded. Students will be expected to take the initiative for hands-on scanning opportunities (always with the permission of the Clinical Instructor and patient) including hand-over-hand scanning and progressing to independent scanning. Each sonography student will be overseen by an appropriately credentialed Clinical Instructor with competency levels evaluated at specific intervals. The student and Clinical Instructor will be responsible to keep track of the students’ attendance and progress through online and paper logs which will be reviewed by the school’s Clinical Coordinator.
This course is offered after the first clinical assignment and during second with duel purposed, supervised, scanning. Students will scan the breast, OB, scrotum, thyroid, and pelvis to develop these skill sets. In this Module, students learn anatomy, physiology, and pathology related to the thyroid, breast, scrotum, obstetrics, and pelvis in lectures. These supervised scan sessions guide and direct students toward scan d proficiency in these new areas and toward independent scanning in all areas.
This second clinical rotation, of two days each week for 192 - hours, will be built on the skills acquired from the previous externship rotation. It will be located at a different Abdominal and/or Obstetrical/Gynecological Sonography site with a different assigned Clinical Instructor. Students will be responsible for assisting the sonography staff with tasks within the department. Students will strive for more independent scanning during this rotation (always with the permission of the Clinical Instructor and patient). Competency levels will be attained and documented by an appropriately credentialed Clinical Instructor while attendance and progress will be tracked through online and paper logs.
The third clinical externship will allow students the opportunity to be exposed to Ultrasound Technology from a clinical perspective for 3 days each week for 216 hours. As in the previous rotations, students will strive for more independent scanning (always with the permission of the Clinical Instructor and patient).
During this fourth clinical externship of 288-hours, Diagnostic Medical Sonography students may begin their exposure to Cardiac sonography in a rotation through an Echocardiology Department. Students during this rotation may also be assigned to an externship site offering Abdominal and / or Obstetrical/Gynecological Sonography. This three day per week rotation will afford an additional clinical day for students who have already completed more than half of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program. As in the previous rotations, students will strive for independent scanning (always with the permission of the Clinical Instructor and patient). Competency levels will be attained and documented by an appropriately credentialed Clinical Instructor while attendance and progress will be tracked through online and paper logs.
This course will provide the Echocardiographic student the opportunity to practice techniques learned in cardiac lectures in a supervised classroom laboratory setting. Students will employ transducers designed specifically for the 2-D, M-mode, spectral and color Doppler evaluation of cardiac structures to obtain images of each other. Competency will be determined based upon specific proficiency levels. Laboratory work will include answering questions based on normal anatomical findings imaged and correlation to disease states discussed in lectures both in class and using the MedaPhor practice modules.
This is the last clinical externship for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography students. At this point in the course, students should be knowledgeable and experienced in performing a variety of independent sonographic evaluations (always with the permission of the Clinical Instructor and patient). Application of skills acquired during didactic and previous clinical experiences will be monitored at externship sites offering Cardiac and/or General Sonography studies. This rotation will be three days per week for 16 weeks. Competency levels will be attained and documented by an appropriately credentialed Clinical Instructor while attendance and progress will be tracked through online and paper logs. 28
