Who Should Attend

• Radiographers practising ultrasound
• Healthcare professionals involved in ultrasound work

Prerequisites

• Candidates must have relevant ultrasound related experience (preferably at least 1 year of working experience as an independent sonographer)
• Candidates must have the required access to a medical ultrasound facility to develop competency in the respective clinical applications. They must be actively engaged in supervised ultrasound clinical practice in the workplace for at least three days (or equivalent) per week. It is the candidate's responsibility to secure a supervised clinical arrangement in the workplace. At the end of the trimester, candidates must satisfy the clinical requirements (ie. compulsory logging the required number of ultrasound examinations in clinical portfolio and pass the clinical skills assessment)

Documents and information you would need to complete this application:

Please upload documents under Online Applications - Supporting Documents section.

• Employment support letter (Includes applicant's area of work)*
• Registration of practice, AHPC
• Transcript of highest relevant qualification*
• Professional certification
• English proficiency test, IELTS 7.0 or equivalent^
• Answers to the following questions:
  • Your reasons for pursuing the module (100 - 150 words)
  • Why did you select SIT over other academic institutions? (100 - 150 words)
  • What do you hope to achieve at the completion of the module? (100 - 150 words)

* Mandatory Documents
^ If applicant's basic professional qualification was not obtained from Singapore, Australia, Canada (except Quebec), New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States of America)

What You Will Learn

• Discuss the production and interaction of sound waves with matter
• Explain the various components and functions of the transducer, the machine controls and its effects on the final image quality
• Recognise and minimise the unwanted image artifacts
• Explain the criteria of a diagnostic quality image and discuss the various sonographic scanning techniques used in image acquisition and optimisation
• Explain the principles in tissue characterisation
• Recognise equipment or transducer faults and perform simple quality assurance checks for verification
• Understand the bio-effects and ALARA (As Low As Reasonable Achievable) principle in ultrasound

Schedule

Certificate and Assessment

A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who

• Attend at least 75% of the module
• Undertake non-credit bearing assessment during the module

A Certificate of Attainment will be issued to participants who

• Attend at least 75% of the module, and
• Candidates who pass the Assessment criteria of the respective module will earn 6 credits, which are stackable for Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma qualifications
• Candidates who pass 4 modules (totalling 24 credits) with a CGPA of 2.5 or more will be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Sonography by Singapore Institute of Technology
• Candidates who pass 8 modules (totalling 48 credits) with a CGPA of 2.5 or more will be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Sonography by Singapore Institute of Technology

Fee Structure

The full fee for this course is S$4,251.00.

Note: All fees above include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.

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