Training In Sonography
Date: August 19, 2019
There are many opportunities for one to prepare for work in the domain of diagnostic medical sonography. One may seek education in colleges and universities, hospitals, vocational institutions, and even the Armed Forces. Some available sonography training programs will require applicants to have experience or studies in science and healthcare domains. Where high school graduates are concerned, those who followed classes of science and mathematics are preferred.
Still, those who have been preoccupied with liberal arts will also be given attention. The programs available at colleges and universities may last 2 or 4 years and finish an associate or bachelor’s degree. The offer is more comprehensive when it comes to two-year programs. Some subjects found in these programs’ curriculum include anatomy, physiology, the basics of physics, and instrumentation.
Since a sonographer works with people, training includes courses on patient care and medical ethics. Responsibility for the accreditation of training programs comes to the Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs. There are healthcare workers that will get sonography training due to financial and marketing reasons. They may be obstetric nurses or radiologic technologists, for example.
Usually, they will have to go through a one-year program and get a certificate after completing it. Sonographers, too, may try to specialize further. They may seek competency in a specific type of sonography, like neurosonography so further training may be needed. The American Registry grants certificates for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS). Two examinations must be passed: one regarding the knowledge referring to general physical principles and instrumentation and one testing one’s experience on a particular type of sonography.
