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valerie
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Im about to graduate with a bachelors in health science and I know my end goal is to work in ob-gyn sonography. I'm just not sure what route I want to take to become an RDMS. I want to take a faster method if my bachelors can count towards it, but I also want to take the route that will have better career advancement opportunities.
I don't have shadowing hours or volunteers hours, and I still need to take the TEAS test. It's overwhelming to know how to start everything.
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Michelle M.
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Hello, Valerie !
I am so sorry to re-direct you, and consulting your High School Guidance Counselor before college and your Academic Counselor in college would have spared you much confusion. A Bachelors in Health Science is not the degree you will need to become a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer.
The TEAS exam would have been something you would have taken before going into a Health Science program, but check with professors if you can take it before or after graduation. The TEAS exam is typically taken at the beginning of a health science degree program, not at the end. It is a prerequisite for admission into many health science programs, including nursing, radiography, and medical sonography, and is used to assess a student's academic preparedness before entry into the program.
You would have had to get an Associates Degree or a Bachelors Degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. At the end of either the Associates or Bachelors you would have been able to go for your Certification for this career in your State of Tennessee. In High School, you would have had to have taken biology, anatomy and physiology, physics, mathematics (including algebra or statistics), and medical terminology. or you could have taken these all at the college you would go to for your Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Program. I am not sure your Bachelors in Health Science would count towards it because Sonography is a very specific subject and career and health science covers a wide range of possible areas of health.
I advise not looking towards a quick or rushed path for this career. I recommend having a Bachelors Degree and not the Associates in Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonography. There is a lot to learn for this serious career so I recommend doing the four year Bachelors, especially if your intention was to be able to do OB-GYN ultra sound. I know this may seem daunting as you are almost finished with your Bachelors Degree, but in your state of Tennessee, this is what is required and would prepare you for the professional Certification for what you want to do.
During your Bachelors you would have had a clinical component where you'd have worked in medical facilities under supervision, gaining practical scanning and patient care skills for sonography. This does not happen within a Health Science program. A Health Science program also does not prepare you for the Sonography Principles & Instrumentation Certification Exam. Within five years of you being Certified, you could then take the OB-GYN specialty Certification. So it's basically a step by step plan and specific.
I would advise visiting your Academic Counselor as soon as possible to verify these requirements in Tennessee and obtain feedback from the Academic Counselor about what would be best to do, keeping in mind that I advise having the two year Associates may not be as marketable as the Bachelors when it comes to obtaining work, especially eventually in OB-GYN.
I know this may sound disappointing, however, becoming informed every step of the way will help you. Make strong connections with resources on campus and start thinking about what you want and can do at this time. I hope this helps for a start and I wish you all the best !
I am so sorry to re-direct you, and consulting your High School Guidance Counselor before college and your Academic Counselor in college would have spared you much confusion. A Bachelors in Health Science is not the degree you will need to become a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer.
The TEAS exam would have been something you would have taken before going into a Health Science program, but check with professors if you can take it before or after graduation. The TEAS exam is typically taken at the beginning of a health science degree program, not at the end. It is a prerequisite for admission into many health science programs, including nursing, radiography, and medical sonography, and is used to assess a student's academic preparedness before entry into the program.
You would have had to get an Associates Degree or a Bachelors Degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. At the end of either the Associates or Bachelors you would have been able to go for your Certification for this career in your State of Tennessee. In High School, you would have had to have taken biology, anatomy and physiology, physics, mathematics (including algebra or statistics), and medical terminology. or you could have taken these all at the college you would go to for your Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Program. I am not sure your Bachelors in Health Science would count towards it because Sonography is a very specific subject and career and health science covers a wide range of possible areas of health.
I advise not looking towards a quick or rushed path for this career. I recommend having a Bachelors Degree and not the Associates in Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonography. There is a lot to learn for this serious career so I recommend doing the four year Bachelors, especially if your intention was to be able to do OB-GYN ultra sound. I know this may seem daunting as you are almost finished with your Bachelors Degree, but in your state of Tennessee, this is what is required and would prepare you for the professional Certification for what you want to do.
During your Bachelors you would have had a clinical component where you'd have worked in medical facilities under supervision, gaining practical scanning and patient care skills for sonography. This does not happen within a Health Science program. A Health Science program also does not prepare you for the Sonography Principles & Instrumentation Certification Exam. Within five years of you being Certified, you could then take the OB-GYN specialty Certification. So it's basically a step by step plan and specific.
I would advise visiting your Academic Counselor as soon as possible to verify these requirements in Tennessee and obtain feedback from the Academic Counselor about what would be best to do, keeping in mind that I advise having the two year Associates may not be as marketable as the Bachelors when it comes to obtaining work, especially eventually in OB-GYN.
I know this may sound disappointing, however, becoming informed every step of the way will help you. Make strong connections with resources on campus and start thinking about what you want and can do at this time. I hope this helps for a start and I wish you all the best !
thank you for the advice I appreciate it!
valerie
You're very welcome, Valerie !
Michelle M.