36 monthsProgramme duration
46,700 AUDTuition Fee/year
Feb, JulStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Health/Healthcare
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Your studies will also deepen your knowledge of anatomy and pathology. Learn to accurately examine body parts such as internal organs, blood vessels, musculoskeletal systems and reproductive organs. This comprehensive understanding ensures you’re well-prepared to evaluate a variety of patients.
Experience 2,200 hours of hands-on ultrasound training through a clinical placement. Through practical learning you’ll master the techniques to build your expertise making you ready to work in exciting, fast-paced healthcare environments.
Graduate equipped to become an essential and dynamic force in any medical team.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Health/Healthcare
Degree
Other
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
Online
Your studies will also deepen your knowledge of anatomy and pathology. Learn to accurately examine body parts such as internal organs, blood vessels, musculoskeletal systems and reproductive organs. This comprehensive understanding ensures you’re well-prepared to evaluate a variety of patients.
Experience 2,200 hours of hands-on ultrasound training through a clinical placement. Through practical learning you’ll master the techniques to build your expertise making you ready to work in exciting, fast-paced healthcare environments.
Graduate equipped to become an essential and dynamic force in any medical team.
Admission Requirements
Admission criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must have achieved the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate they fulfil any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.
Professional Practice
- Current registration as a General Sonographer with the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (or overseas equivalent, where accreditation was awarded following completion of a recognised degree)
OR
Higher Education Study
Complete a letter of support confirming a training position within a General ultrasound department that will be supervised by an accredited medical sonographer who is registered with ASAR (Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry) or who has an equivalent registration. Applicants who are not already registered with ASAR as a general sonographer are advised that the program requires the completion of 2200 hours of supervised clinical sonography experience. Applicants are responsible for organising and maintaining an ongoing training position to acquire the requisite experience. Progression through the program is conditional upon meeting prescribed milestones.
AND EITHER
- A completed bachelor (AQF level 7) degree or higher from a recognised higher education institution in one of the approved Fields of Education (FOE).
OR
- A completed graduate certificate in medical sonography principles and theory (General); OR
- A current registration with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (or overseas equivalent, where accreditation was awarded following completion of a recognised degree).
Approved Fields of Education (FOE)
- Medical Studies
- Nursing
- Pharmacy
- Radiography
- Rehabilitation Therapies (excluding Audiology and Massage Therapy)
- Dentistry
- Optometry
- Human Movement
- Paramedical Studies
- Health Science
Applicants with a qualification from a FOE not listed above may be considered on a case by case basis.
Prerequisite courses
- Human Anatomy, which includes anatomy of the head and neck, thorax, abdomen and pelvis and musculoskeletal and vascular systems (at least one course equivalent); AND
- Human Physiology (at least two courses equivalent); AND
- Human Pathology or Pathophysiology (at least one course equivalent); OR
- Equivalent courses in a sonography-specific program.
International non-student visa holders
This program is delivered online. It is open to international students who:
- are studying online outside of Australia; or
- do not require a student visa to undertake this program in Australia.
It is not available to international students wishing to study in Australia on a student visa.
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