Radiological Sciences Diagnostic Medical Sonography General Information Specific Requirements: • First year: (must be completed with a C grade or better): Autumn: Nursng 101 (8); Winter: Nursing 111 (9); Spring: Nursng 121 (5), 123 (5). • Second year: Autumn: Nursng 201 (7); Winter: Nursng 211 (7); Spring: Nursng 221 (7), 299 (2). Support courses required (must be completed with a C grade or better): • First year: Summer: Computer Science (4), Physiology (5), Micro NS111 (5), Nutrition 145 (3); Autumn: a Psychology (3); Winter: a Chfam (3); Spring: a Humanities (3). • Second year: Autumn: Engl 101 (3), Hlthsci 230 (4), Hlthsci 214 (3); Winter: Engl 102 (5), Chem NS111 (5); Spring: a Humanities (3), Speech 101 (3). Students may elect to fill General Education requirements on either campus. Please check with the program director prior to registering for the appropriate course numbers. SPECIAL PROJECT: NURSE ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM Program Coordinator: Carol Rosenlund Location: Marriott Allied Health Building, Room 420 Description The associate degree in nursing offers career mobility to licensed practical nurses in selected areas of the state. This Nurse Advancement Program is offered only at the request of hospitals and interested community members. Students are selected from the community and most of the education is given in the community. This program is offered only in areas which demonstrate an acute need for registered nurses at the Associate degree level. For information, please contact the program coordinator of the Nurse Advancement Program at Weber State CoUege. ADVANCED PLACEMENT IN NURSING PROGRAM Program Coordinator: Karen Beaver Location: Marriott Allied Health Bidding, Room 420 Description The Nursing Program offers licensed practical nurses and others with previous nursing education an opportunity to advance their nursing education in the Associate Degree Program at Weber State CoUege. For informalion please contact the program coordinator for Advanced Placement in Nursing at Weber State CoUege. OFFICE OF DISTANCE LEARNING Director: Ann M. Millner Coordinator: Ben H. Davis Nursing Continuing Education Coordinator: Tamara Aird Location: Marriott Allied Health Building, Room 401 Due to the distance between metropolitan areas and vast rural sections within Utah and the Intermountain States, the School of AUied Health Sciences established an Office of Distance Learning in 1974. This office has been assigned the role of extending quality educational opportunities for health care personnel into communities throughout Utah and the Intermountain West In carrying out its operation, the office functions in three areas: (1) designing and delivering special educational programs to meet Ihe unique needs of rural areas; (2) facilitating modifications of on-campus programs to be offered off campus in a nontraditional manner, and (3) providing continuing education conferences, courses and seminars. The Office of Distance learning works closely with the Division of Continuing Education in creating programs, classes and orjportunities to meet the needs of health care personnel. RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Program Director: Jane A. Ward Location: Building 3, Room 326 Telephone Contact: Jerri Byers 626-6120 Professor: Jane A. Ward; Associate Professors: Diane M. Kawamura, Wynn J. Harrison; Instructors: Trudy Michael; Assistant: Robert J. Walker PROGRAM: DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY Description The Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program is designed as an advanced discipline of study for two-year graduates of A.M.A. accredited programs. A student can complete the required courses and be eligible to write the national certification examination. The courses offered in Diagnostic Medical Sonography are upper division and wiU be accepted as satisfying the requirements for a primary area emphasis for those students who have been accepted into the Bachelor of Science in AUied Health Sciences Program. Education The program is six (6) quarters in length, which requires the student to attend summer quarter. A competency-based evaluation system wiU be utilized throughout Ihe program. A student must achieve a predetermined level of competency in the academic and clinical courses in order to receive grades for the course. A minimum of 24 clock hours per calendar week the second through the fifth quarters, and 32 clock hours per calendar week the sixth quarter, must be completed in the clinical courses. Admission Process To be eligible for admission to the program, the Mowing criteria must be met (1) Apphcation must be made to Weber State CoUege. The candidate must be admitted to the CoUege; (2) Have a predicted grade point average of 2.0 (Q or better; (3) Complete an apphcation to the desired program; (4) Provide the foUowing with their apphcation: (a) transcripts from hospital certificate programs, coUeges, universities, or junior coUeges; (b) copy of certification certificate; and (c) high school transcripts if no previous coUege courses have been taken; (5) Have aU pertinent material on file four weeks before the selection of students; (6) Have their major specified at the Admissions Office; and (7) Arrange for a personal interview with the program's selection committee. General Requirements: • Registered Radiologic Technologist (ARRT.) or equivalent. • General education course requriements of the college. • An overall GPA of 2.0 or C is required. Specific Requirements: • Radiography courses required: Radtec 340 (4), 430 (3), 442 (3), 444 (3), 450 (5), 483 (1-7), 499 (1-6). • Diagnostic Medical Sonography courses required: Ultsnd 300 (1), 320 (4), 321 (3), 330 (5), 331 (5), 340 (3), 350 (2), 360 (2), 370 (2), 430 (1), 434 (IX 450 (4), 452 (4), 460 (3), 470 (4), 472 (4), 474 (4), 476 (4), 478 (6). DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY COURSES-ULTSND 300. Introduction (1) Review of the profession and introduction to specific department protocol. 320. Sonographic Physics (4) Fundamentals of sonographic physics, Doppler and biological effects. 321. Sonographic Instrumentation (3) Static, dynamic and Doppler imaging systems and sonographic quality control and techniques. 330. OB/GYN Scanning (5) Female pelvis, obstetrical anatomy, physiology, anomalies, pathophysiology, scanning protocol, and differential diagnosis. 331. Abdominal Scanning (5) Intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal anatomy, physiology, pathological processes, anomalies, scanning protocol, and differential diagnosis. 340. Special Studies and Small Parts (3) Study and evaluation of special studies and small parts examined sonographically. 350. Case Studies (2) Case history presentations with sonographic examinations. 360. Doppler (2) Doppler examinations, protocol and differential diagnosis. 370. Neurosonology (2) Neurosonology anatomy, examinations, protocol, and differential diagnosis. 430. Conference and Interpretation I (1) Technique of differential diagnosis is applied to sonographic examinations with guest sonologist or cardiologist 432. Conference and Interpretation II (1) Continuation of Ultsnd 430. 434. Conference and Interpretation HI (1) Continuation of Ultsnd 432. 450. Cardiac Sonography I (4) Fundamentals of M-mode and two-dimensional and Doppler sonographic examination of the heart 452. Cardiac Sonography II (4) In-depth consideration of abnormalities, anomalies and the disease processes with sonographic diagnosis with M-mode, two-dimensional and Doppler techniques. 460. Comprehensive Review (3) Review and requirements for advanced responsibilities. 470. Clinical Education I (4) A minimum of twenty-four (24) hours per week in an active ultrasound department 472. Clinical Education II (4) Continuation of Ultsnd 470. 474. Clinical Education III (4) Continuation of Ultsnd 472. 476. Clinical Education IV (4) Clinical experience in adult echocardiography. Consent of instructor is required. 478. Clinical Education V (6) A minimum of 32 hours per week in an active ultrasound department Clinical competency evaluation in all areas. Consent of instructor is required. Student Services Interdisc. 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