Clinical Education Plan

1. Clinical assignments will be conducted at DCH Health System and other approved clinical affiliates of the program.
2. Clinical education will be concurrent with academic classes.
3. Clinical assignments will vary from semester to semester. A schedule listing assigned hours and areas will be posted before the end of the previous quarter.
4. The Clinical Coordinator will schedule shift assignments.
5. Total clinical and classroom hours will not exceed forty hours per week. Assignments on any given day or shift will not exceed eight hours.
6. Students will have all DCH holidays off and other such time off as determined by the program.
7. Students will be assigned various clinical hours in order to supply students with clinical experiences to prepare them to competently perform duties of the entry-level sonographer.
8. Each student's performance of clinical procedures outlined in his or her assignment is supervised by Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer and evaluated periodically by the clinical instructors.
9. Clinical rotation schedules are subject to change when and if the clinical coordinator and/or program director.

Clinical Travel Obligation

All prospective students must be aware of the clinical obligation of travel to and from clinical sites. Sonography students are required to travel to assigned clinical education sites. All students are required to fulfill their scheduled clinical rotations.

Objectives for Non-Traditional Hours

Students may be scheduled to perform clinical rotations on all shifts. The intent is to provide additional clinical education opportunities in performing sonography during real-world work situations. It is not an attempt to supplement staffing needs or shortages. Students may be assigned evening shifts and/or weekend rotations. Days will be scheduled off before and after weekend rotation to ensure sonography students are not assigned to more than 40 hours per week educational training.