career in sonography without radiology background ?

My daughter is finishing her senior year in high school. She is seriously looking at getting her bachleors in diagnostic medical sonography. She has looked into 2 year technical schools and they have 2 to 3 year wait lists so she decided to go for a four year degree. Several universities in our state offer sonography, 2 years at the university and 18 to 20 months at hospital base.
She is very eager to start school and is planning on getting her CNA license while still in high school and start on her required patient care hours, a requirement for the sonography program.
The question is will she be at a disadvantage without having training in radiography? Looking at ultrasound job listings some require you to be able to perform general radiography work also. Thanks for any input

No input from anyone??

country gal in fredonia, Wisconsin said: The question is will she be at a disadvantage without having training in radiography? Looking at ultrasound job listings some require you to be able to perform general radiography work also. Thanks for any input

Radiography and sonography are two seperate areas of study; therefore, if there is a job out there that will ask her to take both x-rays and ultrasounds on patients, she will need to go to school and learn each one. Later on she will have to pass an exam (called a "registry") for each modality to become a registered x-ray tech (ARRT) and/or a registered ultrasound tech (ARDMS). I know of techs who have x-ray backgrounds and go on later to become ultrasound techs, however none of them still practice doing x-ray.

Depending on the school you choose, you can go straight into an ultrasound program without being an x-ray tech first. However, a lot of employers like it if you have both, but it is not a deal breaker. More importantly, in ultrasound they look at how well you can scan a patient.

Remember, she should only go to a CAAHEP accredited school for ultrasound. If it is not CAAHEP approved, she will not be able to take her ultrasound registry after her schooling, and she will not become a registered ultrasound tech (she will have a very, VERY hard time finding a job if she is not registred). Some scam schools will say they are "accredited" just to take your money...what are they accredited in (?). It needs to be CAAHEP accredited, I can't stress that enough. Go to this web site and see which schools are CAAHEP approved in the your area (or in any state for that matter):

www.caahep.org/Find-An-Accredited-Program/

Hope this helps

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