Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography - Dade Medical Institute

Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography from Dade Medical Institute is a Campus Certificate Cardiology degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Program Objectives The objective of the Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography Program is to teach the student how to properly and adequately perform an echocardiogram, demonstrating competency and skill in identification and sonographic evaluation of the heart and its different functions as well as proper imaging technique and protocol. Students that graduate from the program are immediately eligible to sit for their C.C.I. exam and the physics portion of the ARDCS, a credential awarded by the ARDMS, American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Program Description The program is comprised of 96 quarter credits and program includes Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology, Fundamentals of Structure and Function of the Human Body, Introduction to Medical Terminology and Clinical Pathology, Introduction to Medical Laws, Medical Errors, Ethics, and Patient Care, Cardiovascular Principles and Physics, Instrumentation Physics and Technique, Physics and Cardiovascular Evaluation Methods, EKG, Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart and Related Systems, Pathology in Clinical Cardiology, Pathophysiology of Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease and Therapeutic Measures, Adult Echocardiography Protocols and Procedures, Congenital Heart Disease and Externship. View more details on Dade Medical College - Miami, FL . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Cardiology courses.