Program Information
Location of Program:
Forrest County Campus
Program Start:
Fall Semester
Program Instructor Contact Information:
Micki Jo Robertson
BS,RT(R), RDMS (AB, BR, OB/GYN)
Program Director
601.403.1831
mjrobertson@prcc.edu
Kendall Conerly, BS, RDMS (AB), RVT
DMS Clinical Coordinator
601.403.1834
kconerly@prcc.edu
Brief Description of Program:
The PRCC DMS program is offered only on the Hattiesburg campus.
The DMS program is clinically affiliated with the following facilities:
- Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS
- Gulfport Memorial Hospital, Biloxi, MS
- Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS
- Highland Community Hospital, Picayune, MS
- Marion General Hospital, Columbia, MS
- Merit Health Wesley, Hattiesburg, MS
- Ochsner – Hancock, Bay St. Louis, MS
- Singing River Hospital, Gulfport, MS
- Singing River Hospital, Pascagoula, MS
- Southwest MS Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS
- Southern Surgery and Urology, Hattiesburg, MS
- South Central Regional Medical Center, Laurel MS
- Southwest MS Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS
- South Central OBGYN, Laurel, MS
- South Central OBGYN – Medical Park, Ellisville, MS
- St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, LA
- St. Tammany Women’s Pavilion, Covington, LA
- St. Tammany Outpatient, Covington, LA
- The Women’s Pavilion of South MS, Hattiesburg, MS
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Possible careers in this program:
• Sonographer
• Staff Sonographer
• Research Sonographer
• Advanced Practice Sonographer
• Sonography Manager
• Sonography Educator
• Travel Sonographer
• Consultant/Technical Advisor
• Sales/Application Specialist
• Sonography Entrepreneur
Certifications and degrees:
Students enrolled in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Technology program will have the opportunity to earn an Associate of Applied Science Degree (60 hours).
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What a student can expect from a career in this field:
A diagnostic medical sonographer, also known as a sonographer, uses imaging equipment and soundwaves to form images of many parts of the body, known as ultrasounds. Sonographers are trained to acquire and analyze these sonographic images. These images are used to help doctors diagnose and treat many medical conditions.
Since ultrasound is a non-invasive way to visualize internal organs, it is often the first imaging test performed when disease is detected. Diagnostic medical sonographers, therefore, have an important role in conducting and interpreting initial imaging tests that may help narrow down a patient’s diagnosis and quickly get them the care they need.
Mission of Program:
The Diagnostic Medical Sonography program at Pearl River Community College is committed to preparing competent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for the Abdominal Sonography - Extended and Obstetrics and Gynecology sonography concentrations.
Goals of Program:
1. Perform, at minimum, entry-level diagnostic medical sonography with skills according to the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography’s (SDMS) scope of practice for the diagnostic medical sonographer, the American Registry for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography’s (ARDMS) content specifications for their various examinations, the minimum Standards and Guidelines for the Commission on Accreditation of Educational Programs in Diagnostic Medical Sonography, and the mandatory competencies outlined by the JRC-DMS.
2. Meet professional specifications established for national registration by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography in the specialty areas of study.
3. Build upon sound principles of general education by learning how to communicate well, think analytically, be intellectually adaptive, integrate knowledge and experience from different disciplines, apply ethical standards and values to the practice of diagnostic medical sonography and appreciate social and cultural diversity.
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