Mission Statement
Our Mission is to make a positive difference in the lives and health delivery status of our students, the people we serve, and the community. This is accomplished through a commitment of excellence by our faculty and staff, Advisory Board, and the sponsoring institutions in the delivery of quality training and education opportunities in radiological sciences. We will display compassion and dignity to all. Our paradigms will be open to all aspects of education that do not violate the Mission or Core Values of our sponsoring and affiliated institutions.
Clinical Learning Sites
The Ascension St. Vincent Cardiac Sonography Program benefits from a variety of clinical learning sites throughout Ascension St. Vincent system. Cardiac sonography students will rotate to all of the clinical learning sites below.
- Ascension St Vincent Heart Center Inpatient, Indianapolis 10580 North Meridian Street
- Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital (Inpatient and Outpatient), 2001 W. 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260
- Ascension St. Vincent Fishers Hospital, 13861 Olio Road, Fishers, IN 46037
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Ascension St. Vincent Anderson Hospital, 2015 Jackson Street Anderson, IN 46016
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Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo Hospital, 1907 W. Sycamore Street, Kokomo, IN 46901
- Ascension Medical Group Hamilton Heart Care, 17525 River Road, Noblesville, IN 46062
- Ascension St. Vincent Evansville Hospital, 3700 Washington Ave, Evansville, IN 47714 (Optional Clinical Site)
Program Assessment
The program is committed to offering students the highest quality of education and training possible. To that end, the program has established a comprehensive Assessment Plan to assure program quality and promote performance improvement. The Assessment Plan contains student learning outcomes and is based on the annual performance goals and outcomes listed below.
Program Goals and Outcomes
Goal 1: Students will be clinically competent.
1.1. Students will produce sonographic images of diagnostic quality.
1.2. Students will produce sonographic images demonstrating the ALARA principle.
1.3. Students will produce sonographic images demonstrating appropriate anatomical
identification.
1.4. Students will be able to analyze sonographic images for quality.
Goal 2: Students will demonstrate the ability to critically think.
2.1. Students will be able to analyze sonographic images for quality.
Goal 3: Students will communicate effectively.
3.1. Students will demonstrate written communication skills.
3.2. Students will demonstrate verbal communication skills.
Goal 4: Students will model professionalism.
4.1. Students will display a professional attitude in daily practice.
4.2. Students will demonstrate professional behaviors in daily practice.
4.3. Graduates will demonstrate professional behaviors in daily practice.
Goal 5: Student will provide quality patient care.
5.1. Students will provide quality patient care in daily practice.
5.2. Students will recognize and demonstrate understanding of behavioral and communication characteristics of patients across the age continuum
Goal 6: The program will prepare students to challenge the ARDMS/CCI specialty credentialing exam.
6.1. An adequate % of program graduates will successfully pass the adult cardiac sonography credentialing exam through ARDMS/CCI specialty examinations on the first attempt upon graduation.
6.2. Program graduates will demonstrate overall mastery on the ARDMS/CCI specialty exam.
Goal 7: The program will maintain a positive learning environment.
7.1. Students will express satisfaction with clinical education sites.
7.2. Students will express satisfaction with academic courses.
7.3. Graduating students will express overall satisfaction with the program prior to graduation.
7.4. Alumni will express overall satisfaction with the program quality
Goal 8: The program will demonstrate a positive effect on the community.
8.1. Students will graduate from the program.
8.2. Program graduates actively seeking employment will be gainfully employed.
8.3. Employers of program graduates will express overall satisfaction with graduate quality.
Goal 9: The program will prepare competent entry-level cardiac sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains in adult cardiac sonography.
Program Outcome Results
Click here to access the Cardiac Sonography Program's outcome results from 2022-2023.
