Cardiac Ultrasound Certificate (A-CU-C)
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Cardiac Ultrasound Certificate
Medical Director: Anita Kelsey, MD, MBA
Program Director: Richard A. Palma, BS, ACS, RCS, RDCS, RCCS, FACVP, FSMDS, FASE
The Cardiac Ultrasound Program is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and sponsored by the Duke Heart Center, Duke University Health System (DUHS), and Duke University School of Medicine. This is a one-year certificate program designed to prepare the student to be employed as a cardiac sonographer. The program consists of didactic lectures and clinical experiences designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for students to understand and perform the technical standards and skills needed to practice as a cardiac sonographer. The program starts each year in the beginning of September. Classes consist of fifty instructional weeks and twelve days of personal leave. The first five weeks consist of core curriculum lectures supplemented with clinical introductory labs and workshops. After the first five weeks, there are 45 weeks of clinical rotations. Students will be at clinical sites four days per week and at Duke University Hospital (DUH) for didactic one day per week. Students rotate through different clinical labs. Students are monitored under the close supervision of clinical support staff and faculty and are evaluated on a routine basis as their skills develop.
Pediatric Cardiac Ultrasound Certificate
The Pediatric Cardiac Ultrasound Program is a program sponsored by the Duke Heart Center, Duke University Health System (DUHS), and Duke University School of Medicine. This is a 30-week program designed to prepare the student to be employed as a pediatric cardiac sonographer. Classes consist of 30 weeks of combined academic instruction and clinical hands on experience. Students will be at clinical sites five days per week and at Duke University Hospital (DUH) for both didactic and clinical experience.
Upon satisfactory completion of the curriculum and passing nationally recognized Certification Examination (either American Registry of Diagnostic Sonographer (ARDMS) or Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)), students in both programs receive a certificate from Duke University School of Medicine.