The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program at Galveston College is a good fit if you have strong organizational and multitasking skills and want a medical career with high patient contact. A diagnostic medical sonographer is a highly-skilled professional who uses specialized equipment to create images of structures inside the human body that are used by physicians to make a medical diagnosis.

A diagnostic medical sonographer’s responsibilities may include

• Taking a patient history
• Preparing and maintaining the diagnostic equipment
• Generating images through the use of sonographic equipment
• Determining if the ultrasound procedure has captured all the necessary images and if the quality is adequate for diagnosis
• Analyzing technical information
• Communicating with and providing a report to the interpreting physician who makes a diagnosis based on the images

The Galveston College Diagnostic Medical Sonography program is designed to provide a quality and comprehensive education, through didactic, laboratory and clinical experiences that prepare students for entry-level positions and to become multicredentialed sonographers.

Students attend classroom sessions and get practical experience in the ultrasound scanning lab and through clinical rotations in area hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Clinical rotations are work-based learning experiences, where students practice what they have learned in a real-life setting under the supervision of a professional.

Prerequisites

BIOL	2401	Anatomy & Physiology I	4
MATH	1314	College Algebra	3
PHYS	1401	College Physics	4
ENGL	1301	English Comp I	3
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DMSO	1210	Intro to Sonography	2
DMSO	1302	Basic Ultrasound Physics	3
DMSO	1441	Abdominopelvic Sonography	4
DMSO	1351	Sonographic Sectional Anatomy	3
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DMSO	1166	Practicum I	1
DMSO	2405	Sonography OB/GYN	3
DMSO	1342	Intermediate Ultrasound Physics	3
DMSO	1355	Sonographic Pathophysiology	3
ENGL 1301	1301	Composition I	10

DMSO	2352	Sonography Pathology	3
DMSO	1267	Practicum II	2
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DMSO	2342	Sonography High Risk Obstetrics	2
DMSO	1367	Practicum III	3
DMSO	2351	Doppler Physics	3
DSVT	1300	Principles of Vascular Technology	3
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DMSO	2366	Practicum IV	3
DMSO	2345	Advanced Sonography Practice	3
DMSO	2230	Advanced Ultrasound Review *	2
PSYC	2301	General Psychology	3
Language, Philosophy and Culture Elective OR Creative Arts Elective			11

Total Semester Credit Hours in Program: 65                       

• Identifies Capstone course