VS: How to Apply

If you are a new student to 汤头条app, visit our Earning a Credit Degree or Certificate page first to learn more about these general steps to enrollment. If you are a current or returning student, proceed to the information listed below.

Admission requirements

Please note that this checklist does not guarantee admission into the program. It is to be used for guiding purposes only and to assist the student in determining if ready to apply to the program.

It is the student鈥檚 responsibility to notify 汤头条app Admissions when requirements have been met. Applications must be turned in by the last Friday in January at 5 p.m. to be considered for the program start.

Admission and program requirements are subject to change.

  • Submit the 汤头条app admission application.
  • Attend an information session given by the DMS program director. 汤头条app's DMS vascular sonography program has a limited enrollment, and student selection criteria are covered in detail at the information session. Dates of information sessions are available online at the vascular sonography webpage and may be obtained from 汤头条app Records at 217-786-2296 or 汤头条app Health Professions at 217-786-2449.
  • Students must have current certification as credentialed general or cardiac sonographers (i.e., ARDMS: RDMS, ARDMS: RDCS, CCI: RCS, ARRT: RT-S).
  • Students must submit an employer/clinical site participation letter on official employer/site letterhead and signed by a hospital or clinic administrator. The letter must state that the employer/clinical site is willing to provide the student with sufficient on-site vascular scanning experience for the duration of the DMS vascular program and verification of clinical skills required for ARDMS exam qualification and must include employer/clinical site contact information for verification purposes.
  • Provide evidence of satisfactory physical health required of practitioners to carry out the tasks of this occupation.
  • Submit the DMS vascular sonography program application with the assistance of a student success coach specific to the health professions field of study.