This program offers a Certificate of Achievement issued through SLCC's Continuing Education Division.

All DMS classes require pre-admission to the DMS program. Registration can only be done by the Program Coordinator. No exceptions will be allowed.

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DMS 1010 Patient Care 2 cr
Prepares students to provide basic care to patients.  Includes patient interactions, history taking, transfer techniques, vital signs and oxygen, infection control, aseptic/non-aseptic techniques, ethics, medial law, etc.

DMS 1020 Abdominal Sonography 4 cr
Clinical aspects of abdominal Sonography.  Emphasizes pertinent laboratory tests, other imaging modalities and physical signs and symptoms of disease with focus on performing and interpreting abdominal exams.

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DMS 1030 Physics/Instrumentation 3 cr
Fundamental knowledge of physical principles and instrumentation of diagnostic ultrasound.  Explains how diagnostic ultrasound works and helps students properly handle artifacts, scan safely and evaluate instruments.

DMS 1040 Ultrasound Lab 2 cr
Compliments didactic course instruction. Students will observe scanning equipment, techniques, and have a hands-on opportunity to perform basic skills necessary of a sonographer.

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DMS 1110 OB/GYN 4 cr
Prerequisite: DMS 1030
Comprehensive discussion of obstetrical and gynecologic diagnostic ultrasound. Provides information of anatomy, pathophysiology, sonographic theory, and sonographic technique.

DMS 1120 Pathophysiology 4 cr 
Prerequisite: DMS 1020
Basics of pathophysiology. Includes most common diseases for each body system, including study of the cell, underlying processes of disease and a systematic survey of disease within body systems.

DMS 1130 Clinical I   4 cr
Prerequisite: DMS 1040
Students attend clinic on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

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MA 1100 Medical Terminology  2 cr
Course uses videos, supplemented lecture & covers over 350 medical word roots, suffixes, prefixes. Emphasis placed on pronunciation, spelling, proper usage of medical term. Medical abbreviations are also introduced.

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DMS 1210 Sectional Anatomy
Prerequisite: DMS 1110
Axial, sagittal and coronal planes of human anatomy.  Anatomical regions studied are cranial and facial bones, brain, spine, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, upper extremity lower/extremity joints.

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