Sonography Program Mission, Goal and Outcomes

Mission

The mission of the Wake Tech Medical Sonography program is to provide students with a comprehensive education in medical sonography. The program is committed to providing the health care community with competent and professional entry-level sonographers.

Goal

To prepare competent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains for the abdominal-extended sonography concentration.

To prepare competent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and affective (behavior) learning domains for the obstetrics and gynecology sonography concentration.

The students will:

• Demonstrate knowledge of skills basic to the medical sonography profession (cognitive) for abdominal-extended and obstetrics and gynecology sonography concentrations.
• Demonstrate competence in skills basic to diagnostic medical sonography (psychomotor) for abdominal-extended and obstetrics and gynecology sonography concentrations.
• Students will demonstrate professionalism (affective) for abdominal-extended and obstetrics and gynecology sonography concentrations.

Program effectiveness measures

• Demonstrate knowledge of skills basic to the profession
  • Utilize critical-thinking skills during the performance of sonographic exams to provide optimal results
  • Correlate ultrasound images with patient history and clinical findings
  • Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills
   
• Demonstrate competence in skills basic to diagnostic medical sonography
  • Efficiently perform basic abdominal, obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound examination at an acceptable level of competence
  • Provide proper patient care
  • Document complete and accurate findings of sonographic studies
   
• Demonstrate professionalism
  • Exhibit professional behavior in the clinical setting
  • Demonstrate effective communication to patients and members of the health care team
  • Exhibit professional behavior in the class and lab setting