At a minimum, the JRC-DMS requires the following outcomes be publicly published for CAAHEP accredited sonography programs:
- Attrition
- Job Placement
- Credential Success Rates for Sonography Physics and Instrumentation (SPI), Abdomen (AB), Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN), Vascular Technology (VT) and Adult Echocardiography (AE)
USI DMS Program Number 110204
Each cohort begins with 10-12 students.
GRADUATING CLASS |
ATTRITION |
JOB PLACEMENT |
SPECIALTY CREDENTIALING EXAMS |
|
2014 |
0% |
100% |
SPI (10/10) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (10/10) |
100% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (10/10) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (5/5) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (4/5) |
80% |
2015 |
10% |
100% |
SPI (9/9) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (9/9) |
100% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (8/8) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (4/4) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (5/5) |
100% |
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|
|
|
|
2016 |
20% |
100% |
SPI (8/8) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (8/8) |
100% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (4/4) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (3/3) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (1/1) |
100% |
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|
|
|
|
2017 |
20% |
100% |
SPI (8/8) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (2/3) |
67% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (6/7) |
86% |
|
|
|
VT (4/4) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (3/4) |
75% |
|
|
|
|
|
2018 |
0% |
100% |
SPI (10/10) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (9/9) |
100% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (5/5) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (5/5) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (5/5) |
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
2019 |
0% |
90% |
SPI (9/10) |
90% |
|
|
|
AB (6/7) |
86% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (7/7) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (4/4) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (5/5) |
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
2020 |
30% |
100% |
SPI (7/7) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (5/5) |
100% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (4/4) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (4/4) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (2/2) |
100% |
|
|
|
|
|
2021 |
0% |
100% |
SPI (10/10) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (7/8) |
88% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (7/7) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (4/5) |
80% |
|
|
|
AE (3/4) |
75% |
2022 |
9% |
100% |
SPI (10/10) |
100% |
|
|
|
AB (3/4) |
75% |
|
|
|
OB/GYN (5/5) |
100% |
|
|
|
VT (4/4) |
100% |
|
|
|
AE (6/6) |
100% |
Programmatic Outcomes
- The program graduate will function independently as a sonographer in hospitals, clinics, and physicians’ offices by:
(Psychomotor)- Understanding the properties of ultrasound production and its interactions with patients,
- Operating medical imaging equipment and accessory devices properly and efficiently,
- Positioning patients of all ages and medical imaging equipment to produce high quality sonograms of all parts of the human body,
- Demonstrating knowledge and skills relating to medical image processing,
- Evaluating medical images for technical quality,
- Providing patients with necessary care and comfort and anticipating patient needs,
- Demonstrating knowledge of human structure, function, and pathology,
- Providing appropriate assistance to radiologists and other physicians in the performance of medical imaging systems,
- Demonstrating knowledge and skills relating to quality assurance and evaluating the performance of medical imaging systems.
- The program graduate will make reasonable and prudent decisions concerning the practice of sonography and be accountable for:
(Cognitive)- Providing a medically and physically safe environment for all patients,
- Reacting appropriately to medical emergencies and other circumstances where help is needed to insure proper patient care or to overcome difficulties in the performance of duties,
- Providing appropriate patient education,
- Operating diagnostic medical sonography equipment within safe limits, recognizing equipment malfunctions,
- Maintaining a high level of quality in medical images produced,
- The program graduate will demonstrate attitudes and personal characteristics conducive to success in sonography, including:
(Affective)- Conduct consistent with professional and ethical standards,
- Activity in compliance with the profession’s scope of practice,
- Ability to interact cooperatively with other health professionals,
- Provision of care to all patients with respect for their individual rights and without discrimination,
- Ability to communicate effectively through verbal, nonverbal, and written methods with patients and other health professionals.
Updated 3/2/20