Average of 16 hours per week of online didactics (simulator, online lecture, homework, etc)
*12 hours per week of required Simulator Module Time – this can be done at your convenience as long as it is completed each week prior to its due date.

Virtual Office Hours with Instructors for Assistance:
By Appointment with Instructing Staff

Program Hours:

First 40 weeks (640 Hours):
Online Didactics: 16 hours/week
Lab Intensives: Three, 3-day on-site lab intensives will be scheduled (1 session scheduled in each of the 3 semesters) at our Carmel, IN location
Last 12 weeks (288 hours):
*This is an average time frame. Some students are able to go more often during the week, others are not able to go as often. Your exact time frame for clinicals will vary. (Once students finalize their 288 externship hours, you may begin applying for echo tech positions and finish out your remaining 512 hours on the job.)
Clinical Hours: 24 hours/week

TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS: 928 hours

program schedule

Student Fees:
- A $500 deposit is due within 5 days of your program acceptance to secure your spot. This will be applied towards your student fees (books, software, etc).
- The remainder of your student fees ($2137) due by enrollment deadline as listed above.

Tuition:
Total tuition of $7360 is due by the enrollment date listed above. 
**Payment options: personal payment, personal loan, 529 plan, Cardinal Tech Financing partners (click HERE to see if you qualify - total for all fees + tuition to request is $9997))

tuition + fees

**Please note that BOTH the remainder of the student fees ($2137) AND tuition payment option is due by the enrollment deadline.

Didactic/Lab Intensives Portion of the Program
40 weeks of online didactics with 3 scheduled lab intensives on-site at Cardinal Tech – Institute of Allied Health.
We reserve the right to change/add/delete training modules and exams/evaluations as we deem appropriate.

Course training information in the following areas, with a lab focus to compliment didactic material. Book material and print out material offered by your instructor will compliment the following requirements:

I. Semester ONE (weeks 1-14)
     1. Orientation
     2. Anatomy & Physiology of the Heart     
         Simulator Module
     3. Basic Embryology and Fetal Circulation
     4. Cardiology Core Clinical Simulator Module
     5. Introduction to Transthoracic Echo
     6. The Transthoracic Echo
     7. Ultrasound Physics
     8. Scheduled on-site 3-day intensive lab
         training at our Carmel, IN location
  **Passing grade of 75% (C) required to move 
     onto semester 2. Those students that do not 
     pass will be required to retake semester 1 at
     current tuition pricing.

II. SEMESTER TWO (weeks 15-30)
     1. The Transesophogeal Echocardiogram
     2. Fundamentals of Ultrasound Core Clinical
         Simulator Module
     3. The Stress Echocardiogram
     4. Introduction to Cardiac Catheterization
     5. Ultrasound Physics
     6. Valvular Heart Disease
     7. Prosthetic Heart Valves
     8. Infective Endocarditis
     9. Cardiomyopathy Disease States
    10. Scheduled on-site 3-day intensive lab
         training at our Carmel, IN location
    **Passing grade of 75% (C) required to move
       onto semester 2. Those students that do not
       pass will be required to retake semester 2 at
       current tuition pricing.

III. SEMESTER THREE (weeks 31-40)  
     1. Heart Failure
     2. Ultrasound Physics
     3. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Simulator
         Module, Parts 1 &2
     4. Myocarditis
     5. Pericarditis/Constrictive Pericarditis
     6. Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade
     7. Tumors, Thrombus, and Missiles
     8. Diseases of the Aorta
     9. Introduction to Congenital Heart Disease
     10. Introduction to 3D Echocardiography &
          Real Time 3D/4D
     11. Research Paper
     12. Scheduled on-site 3-day intensive lab
          training at our Carmel, IN location
**Passing grade of 75% (C) required to move onto clinicals. Those students that do not pass will be required to retake semester 3 at current tuition pricing.

IV. Core Scanning Competency (during 3rd
     semester lab intensive)
     1. Your instructor will be consistently
         monitoring your scanning ability and
         competency during lab intensives.
     2. A formal pass/fail will be given to you prior
        to signing you off as “ready” for your last
        288 hours of final clinical hours.
     3. Should you still need guidance and training,
         you will be required to schedule additional
         lab intensives until you receive a “pass”
         grade. The first 2 days of intensives will
         be included in your tuition. If you should
         need any additional intensives, there will
         be a $500 charge per day.

didactics 

Required minimum 288 hours for this portion of the program, at a clinical site.

1. These hours are tuition-free, but they are a requirement to satisfactorily complete your program.

2. A clinical site is defined as a physician office, hospital or facility providing diagnostic echocardiograms. Cardinal Tech staff NOT clinical site staff are in charge of the final check off      of student competency.

3. As of the date of this agreement, Cardinal Tech has multiple partner extern sites available. This is subject to change at any moment and therefore Cardinal Tech DOES NOT guarantee placement in a clinical site.

4. Under section RCS5 of Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI), graduates may take their registry upon the completion of 800 clinical hours. 800 total hours are required for our students. 288 are to be completed in a clinical externship, and 512 hours may be completed on the job once STUDENT has completed their didactic + externship program requirements and gained employment, and because this is covered in our enrollment agreement, RCS5 pertains to our graduates.

5. Cardinal Tech reserves the right to change the program inclusions and requirements at any time and expects the STUDENT to abide by the instruction of Cardinal Tech staff.

Once student achieves satisfactory completion of the above, a certificate of completion will be awarded.

clinical externship

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