CARDIOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY (CVN3)

The Cardiovascular Technology Degree program is a sequence of courses that prepares students to work with physicians to evaluate, diagnosis, and treat heart patients. The program length is six quarters. The first two quarters consists of cardiovascular core classes and the remaining four quarters is spent in the student technologist’s chosen specialty. Cardiovascular Technology is a health technology profession centered on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cardiac diseases. A cardiovascular technologist performs examinations at the request or under direct supervision of a physician, is proficient in the use of analytical equipment, and provides a foundation of data from which a correct anatomic and physiologic diagnosis may be made. Students will take the national Registry in Cardiovascular Technology before graduation. Cardiovascular technologists may pursue career opportunities within hospitals, physicians’ offices, medical clinics, mobile outreach companies, cardiac equipment companies or research groups.

Cardiovascular Technology Program Requirements
Selection into the Cardiovascular Technology program major courses is via competitive selection process based primarily on the student’s grade point average in prerequisite general education core and health technology core courses (see listing below).

•ENG 191 Composition and Rhetoric
•MAT 191 College Algebra or MAT 190 Mathematical Modeling
•SPC 191 Fundamentals of Speech
•HUM 191 Introduction to Humanities
•PSY 191 Introductory Psychology
•BIO 193 Anatomy and Physiology I
•BIO 194 Anatomy and Physiology II
•AHS 104 Introduction to Health Care
•AHS 109 Medical Terminology

A minimum GPA of 3.50 is required in the Health Technology core and General Education core courses to be considered for selection into the program major coursework.

Should there be more qualified applicants than spaces for students; candidates will be admitted based on the grade point average for the courses listed above plus the score on the PSB Health Occupations Aptitude Test. The grade point average (4.00 scale) will be converted to a 400 point scale and added to the score of the Aptitude test (maximum score 365).

? Approximately 10 students will be selected once during the year into the program major coursework, based on available program/clinical facility slots. Number of available clinical slots for the invasive or non invasive specializations will be determined based upon facility availability.

A student must maintain a 3.00 grade point average in each Cardiovascular Technology major course to progress in the program.

A criminal background check is required. A student who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor may be admitted to the Cardiovascular Technology program, but such a conviction may prohibit one from being accepted into a clinical training site.

A student may be required to show proof of Hepatitis B vaccination before being placed in a clinical site.