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HEALTH IMAGING AND INFORMATICS
CAVT Concentration 8CT3
Cardiac Catheterization Fundamentals
CAVT 1100
Cardiac Catheterization I
CAVT 1020
Cardiac Catheterization Clinical I
CAVT 1021
Cardiac Catheterization 2
CAVT 2020
Cardiac Catheterization Clinical 2
CAVT 2030
Cardiac C­atheterization Clinical 3 CAVT 2050 Medical Physics CAVT 1002
Cardiac Catheterization Registry Review I CAVT 2070 35
3
4
3
4
6
11
2
2
Total Hours
72
**Suggested First Semester classes: FYES 1000, ENGL 1101, MATH 1111, and PSYC 1101
Echocardiography Technology
Associate of Applied Science Degree
EC23
Program Description
The echocardiography technology program provides educational opportunities to individuals in didactic and clinical environments that will enable them to obtain skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to graduate and become a successful entry-level echocardiographer. Echocardiography
technology is a health imaging profession centered on the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of
patients with cardiac diseases using sonographic imaging. An echocardiographer performs cardiac
imaging at the request or under direct supervision/ assistance of a physician. They are proficient in
the use of analytical equipment and provide a foundation of data from which a correct anatomic and
physiologic diagnosis may be made. The profession requires critical thinking skills, judgment, and
the ability to provide appropriate health care services.
Graduates of the program will be eligible to sit for the national board exams in their chosen specialty.
This program is only offered full-time, during the day. (Program Length: 5 Semesters plus required
core prerequisites)
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
25400 US Highway 19 N., Suite 158
Clearwater, FL 33763
Phone: 727-210-2350
Fax: 727-210-2354
JRC-CVT
1449 Hill Street
Whitinsville, MA 01588-1032
(978) 456-5594
[email protected]
Employment Opportunities
A variety of entry level positions are available in a wide range of health care settings such as hospitals, outpatient imaging centers, physician offices, and mobile imaging companies.
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Prerequisites
Length of time to complete prerequisites varies depending on applicants’ transfer credit and/or testing results. The time to complete prerequisites is not included in the total program length listed. It is
the student’s responsibility to notify the admissions office once pre-requisites have been completed.
File completion does not guarantee an interview or acceptance. In order to begin the clinical requirements, students accepted into the program must complete annual tuberculosis skin test, annual flu
vaccine, supply proof of immunization, undergo a background check, and submit to a drug screen
test. Prerequisites must be completed by published deadline. (BIOL 2113 and BIOL 2113L, BIOL
2114 and BIOL 2114L, MATH 1111, ENGL 1101, PHYS 1110, PHYS 1110L, MATH 1127) The following courses can be taken either before or while in the Echocardiography Program: PSYC 1101,
HUMN 1101 or ARTS 1101 or ENGL 2130 or MUSC 1101.
Applicant Information
Students are required to complete Heath Sciences essay prior to the published deadline. Please see
the competitive health application at http://www.gwinnetttech.edu/enrollment/forms-documents/ for
additional information.
CURRICULUM
COURSE TITLE
NUMBER
CREDITS
Essential General Education Core Courses
19
Area I – Language Arts/Communication
Composition and Rhetoric
ENGL 1101
3
Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences
Introductory Psychology
PSYC 1101
3
Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics
College Algebra Introduction to Statistics
Conceptual Physics & Lab
MATH 1111
MATH 1127
PHYS 1110/L
3
3
3/1
Area IV – Humanities/Fine Arts (Choose ONE of the following)
Art Appreciation
ARTS 1101
World Literature ENGL 2110
American Literature ENGL 2130
Introduction to Humanities
HUMN 1101
Music Appreciation
MUSC 1101
World Religions
RELG 1101
3
3
3
3
3
3
Essential Technical Courses
First Year Experience
FYES 1000
Anatomy and Physiology I*
BIOL 2113/L
Anatomy and Physiology II*
BIOL 2114/L
Electrophysiology and Cardiac Anatomy
CAVT 1030
Drug Calculations and Administration
CAVT 1090
Advanced Hemodynamics and Cardiac Physiology CAVT 1080 18
2
3/1
3/1
3
2
3
ECHO Concentration 8ET3
Echocardiography Fundamentals
ECHO 1100
38
3
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Echocardiography I
Echocardiography Clinical I
Sonographic Physics and Instrumentation
Sonographic Physics and Instrumentation Review
Echocardiography II
Echocardiography Clinical II Echocardiography Clinical III
Comprehensive Registry Review I ECHO 1310
ECHO 1370
DMSO 1040
DMSO 1080
ECHO1320
ECHO 2360 ECHO 2370 ECHO 2400 Total Hours
3
7
3
1
3
7
10
1
75
**Suggested First Semester classes: FYES 1000, ENGL 1101, MATH 1111, and PSYC 1101
Healthcare Science
Pre-Diagnostic Medical Sonography
Certificate Program
HS21/PDM1
Program Description
The healthcare science pre-diagnostic medical sonography certificate provides students with general education courses that serve as a foundation for further study in the degree level diagnostic medical sonography program. This is a degree level certificate. (Program Length: 3 Semesters
Minimum)
Employment Opportunities
A variety of entry level positions are available in a wide range of health care settings such as hospitals, rehabilitation and assisted living facilities, and home health care agencies.
CURRICULUM
COURSE TITLE
NUMBER
CREDITS
Essential General Education Core Courses
15
Area I – Language/Arts/Communication
Composition and Rhetoric ENGL 1101
3
Area II – Social/Behavioral Sciences
Introductory Psychology
PSYC 1101
3
Area III – Natural Sciences/Mathematics
College Algebra
Introduction to Statistics
MATH 1111
MATH 1127
3
3
Area IV – Humanities/Fine Arts (Choose ONE of the following)
Art Appreciation
ARTS 1101
World Literature ENGL 2110
American Literature ENGL 2130
Introduction to Humanities
HUMN 1101
3
3
3
3
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