The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program leads to an Associate of Applied Science degree. Students complete classroom and laboratory work on the campus and clinical education in an affiliated ultrasound department. Students acquire skills in reviewing and recording pertinent clinical patient history, performing the sonographic examination, providing for the comforts and needs of the patient during the examination and recording the anatomic, pathologic and physiologic data for interpretation by the supervising physician. Thoroughness, accuracy and empathy are traits needed by persons interested in this program. They should also be versatile and able to follow precise and detailed directions. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates are eligible to take the certifying examinations of the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in the specialty areas of ultrasound physics and instrumentation, abdomen and obstetrics-gynecology. Positions are available in hospital ultrasound departments, clinics and private physicians' offices.