Medicine
Undergraduate Programs
Student Learning Outcomes
Diagnostic Sonography, B.S.
The Diagnostic Sonography program has established the following goals:
- Graduates will demonstrate clinical competency
- Graduates will demonstrate effective communication skills
- Graduates will think critically and apply problem solving skills in the health care environment
- Graduates will demonstrate professional values
- Graduates will have the knowledge of professional development and growth
- To prepare competent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for the Abdominal Sonography-Extended or Adult Cardiac Sonography concentrations
At appropriate points during the Diagnostic Sonography Program, the student will be able to:
- effectively perform diagnostic ultrasound procedures. (Psychomotor)
- demonstrate appropriate knowledge of ultrasound procedures. (Cognitive)
- effective oral communication skills with patients and clinical staff. (Affective)
- demonstrate effective written communication skills. (Cognitive)
- evaluate images and make appropriate adjustments to the protocol or optimization technique. (Psychomotor)
- evaluate images for differential diagnoses. (Cognitive)
- demonstrate appropriate professional values in the clinical setting. (Affective)
- demonstrate an understanding of ethical obligations as described in the ARDMS Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice documents. (Cognitive)
- demonstrate knowledge of professional development resources. (Cognitive)
- successfully complete the program in 18-month
- express confidence in the overall quality of their skills learned while in the program. (Affective)
Program Student Learning Outcomes Medical Sonography
Program Student Learning Outcomes Echocardiography
Updated: April 2025
