Program Description
The Regis diagnostic medical sonography program offers three sonography concentrations, abdominal, ob/gyn, and vascular, in one bachelor’s degree. Students receive didactic and clinical training in all three concentrations meaning applicants cannot select one concentration. Clinical, laboratory, and didactic education offer students the education and skills for the demanding role of a competent sonographer.
Students will complete over 350 hours of laboratory training at Regis, 1850 hours of clinical training, rotate through radiology, vascular, maternal fetal medicine, pediatric departments, and routinely be evaluated for competency. Clinical education will encompass direct patient contact while working with sophisticated equipment and highly skilled individuals in the field of sonography including diagnostic medical sonographers, vascular technologists, radiologists, vascular surgeons, and obstetricians. Upon completion of the diagnostic medical sonography curriculum, graduates are eligible to take the national registry exams.
The three concentrations in the program are defined below. Ultrasound physics, principles and instrumentation are included in the curriculum. In addition, the program has dedicated courses in the specialty topics breast, fetal echocardiography, musculoskeletal and pediatric sonography.
- Abdominal sonography examines normal and pathological conditions of the abdominal organs, superficial organs, the male reproductive organs, and associated blood vessels.
- Obstetrical and gynecology sonography examines normal and pathological conditions of the female reproductive organs and the pregnant uterus including embryonic and fetal periods.
- Vascular sonography is non-invasive imaging of normal and abnormal blood flow patterns and perfusion within the circulatory system. Vascular and Doppler sonography detects atherosclerosis, stenosis, narrowing, blood clots, venous in sufficiency, evaluation of stents and grafts and organ blood flow perfusion.
Program Information
- The program is a prescribed four-year program.
- Training is in three concentrations abdominal, OB/GYN and vascular sonography, you cannot select one concentration.
- Students are eligible to sit for national registry exams.
- The program is full-time days, typically Monday through Friday.
- There are no part-time, evening or weekend options.
- There is no online option.
- Didactic and laboratory education takes place on campus.
- Clinical education takes place in a hospital.
- Clinical is five semesters and goes through the summer between the third and fourth year.
- Clinical is three days a week in the fall and spring semesters and four days a week in the summer semester, typically 8 a.m to 4:30 p.m.
- Program ends spring of fourth year.
Curriculum
- First year: Math and science prerequisites and core education requirements. First-year students must adhere to the prescribed Year One curriculum fall and spring semesters shown below.
- Second year: Sonography didactic and laboratory education begins and continued core education.
- Third and fourth year: Clinical education begins and continued sonography didactic, laboratory and core education.
Download a PDF version of the nine-semester course plan.
