Echocardiography

The Echocardiography program at Danville Area Community College prepares the student for employment upon graduation as a key member of the health care team that performs a variety of sonographic procedures by operating complex equipment and providing skilled patient care.

This rigorous program offers a wide variety of educational experiences in professional/technical coursework. In addition to classroom and laboratory sessions, students will perform three semesters of clinical rotations coordinated by the faculty at DACC and directly supervised by credentialed technologists at affiliated medical facilities. This critical component of the curriculum allows students to perform real world hands-on application of knowledge. Graduates complete 1681 total program hours (classroom, laboratory and clinicals) which makes them eligible to take the national certification examinations in sonography given by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) and Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI). Upon completion, students will be awarded an Associate degree in Applied Sciences.

Program sequence begins in the Summer semester.

Entrance Requirements:
Successful completion (Grade “C” or better) of the required prerequisite courses and/or have received a Bachelor’s degree within 5 years. Recommend current CPR certification. Students who have place tested into Math are still required to take either MATH108 or MATH111.

Required Courses

Prerequisite Courses

BIOL 136	Anatomy and Physiology I	4
BIOL 136L	Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory	0
BIOL 137	Anatomy& PhysiologyII	4
BIOL 137L	Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory	0
PHYS 141	Physical Science I	4
PHYS 141L	Physical Science I Laboratory	0
MATH 108	Intermediate Algebra	4

First Semester

SOMP 110	Introduction to Sonograpy	2
SONO 111	Patient Care	3
SONO 112	Introduction to Sonographic Physics & Instrumentation	1
SONO 118	Sonographic Medical Terminology	2
PSYC 100	Introduction to Psychology	3
Total Credit Hours:		11

Second Semester

SONO 113	Sonography Physics and Instrumentation	3
ECHO 101	Cardiovascular Anatomy/Physiology	3
ECHO 102	Echocardiography Procedures	8
ECHO 106	Electrocardiography (EKG)	1
ENGL 101	Rhetoric and Composition I	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

Third Semester

ECHO 103	Clinical Education I	13
ECHO 107	Echocardiographic Procedures II	2
SPCH 101	Oral Communication	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

Fourth Semester

ECHO 104	Clinical Education II	8
ECHO 105	Special Topics in Echocardiography	3
	Humanities Elective
Total Credit Hours:		14

Total Credit Hours: 64-80