Program Goals and Objectives

Program Goals & Objectives

To prepare competent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for the following concentrations.

  • Abdomen - Extended Sonography
  • Breast Sonography
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology Sonography
  • Vascular Sonography

 

Upon graduation from the Ascension St. Vincent’s Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program, the student will be able to perform the following objectives

Cognitive Domain

  1. Obtain appropriate clinical history, apply the information, use critical thinking to the sonographic examination and effectively communicate using correct medical and sonographic terminology in the interprofessional healthcare setting.
  2. Possess a general medical knowledge base and use sound judgment to perform effectively in a healthcare setting.

Psychomotor Domain

  1. Demonstrates the ability to perform quality diagnostic examinations and accurately communicate (oral or written) sonographic findings in a timely manner
  2. Appropriately optimize images, modifies the protocol of an examination based on circumstances, patient cooperation, conditional limitations or sonographic findings. 

Affective Domain

  1. Able to respond to the needs of the patient.
  2. Functions effectively as a member of the health care organization, conducts themselves in an ethical and professional manner, and accepts constructive feedback and responds appropriately.