Graduate Diploma
Please note this course commences in 2027. A sonographer is a highly skilled medical imaging professional who operates an ultrasound machine to perform diagnostic medical sonographic examinations.
The demand for ultrasound as a first line investigation has increased across all care settings, creating a shortage of sonographers in Australia.
In this course, you'll acquire knowledge and skills in applied anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, application and operation of ultrasound imaging systems, ultrasound image recognition and comprehension, patient assessment, and more.
On successful completion of this course you will fulfill the requirements for registration with the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry.
All applicants are required to have completed a Bachelor of Preclinical Foundations of Imaging Science (T78) at ECU.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level
This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma Award.
Please note this course commences in 2027. A sonographer is a highly skilled medical imaging professional who operates an ultrasound machine to perform diagnostic medical sonographic examinations.
The demand for ultrasound as a first line investigation has increased across all care settings, creating a shortage of sonographers in Australia.
In this course, you'll acquire knowledge and skills in applied anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, application and operation of ultrasound imaging systems, ultrasound image recognition and comprehension, patient assessment, and more.
On successful completion of this course you will fulfill the requirements for registration with the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry.
All applicants are required to have completed a Bachelor of Preclinical Foundations of Imaging Science (T78) at ECU.
Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level
This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 8 Graduate Diploma Award.
Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.
Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
Requirements from 01-JAN-2027:<p> All applicants are required to complete a Bachelor of Preclinical Foundations of Imaging Science (T78).<p>
International students and internationally schooled applicants (other than those students schooled in a recognised country) are required to provide an English language test approved by ECU with a score equivalent to the following minimum requirements:
Note:
English tests must be completed within 2 years of the proposed course commencement date and additional requirements may apply in relation to acceptable number of test sittings.
Recognised countries for English language purposes are Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or the United States of America. The medium of instruction must be English.
Minimum English standard requirements for this course may also be satisfied with one of the following:
For the past 2 decades, Medical Sonography has been in the Occupations in Demand list of Australian Federal Government skilled migration program (https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019C00855) Sonography remains the most cited job vacancy in most national and international job seeking websites.
Possible future job titlesMedical Sonographer, Sonographer
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