What You’ll Learn

Who Should Attend

• Radiographers practising ultrasound
• Healthcare professionals involved in ultrasound work

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Prerequisites

Participants must have relevant ultrasound related experience (preferably at least 1 year of working experience as an independent sonographer).

Candidates must have the required access to a medical ultrasound facility to develop competency in the respective clinical applications. They must be actively engaged in supervised ultrasound clinical practice in the workplace for at least three days (or equivalent) per week. It is the candidate's responsibility to secure a supervised clinical arrangement in the workplace. At the end of the trimester, candidates must satisfy the clinical requirements (ie. compulsory logging the required number of ultrasound examinations in clinical portfolio and pass the clinical skills assessment).

Documents and information you would need to complete this application:
Please upload documents under Online Applications - Supporting Documents section.

1. Employment support letter (Includes applicant's area of work)* 
2. Registration of practice, AHPC 
3. Transcript of highest relevant qualification * 
4. Professional certification 
5. English proficiency test, IELTS 7.0 or equivalent ^
6. Answers to the following questions: 

• Your reasons for pursuing the module (100 - 150 words)
• Why did you select SIT over other academic institutions? (100 - 150 words)
• What do you hope to achieve at the completion of the module? (100 - 150 words)

* Mandatory Documents
^ If applicant's basic professional qualification was not obtained from Singapore, Australia, Canada (except Quebec), New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States of America)

Duration

• Part-time Postgraduate Certificate in Sonography: 1 - 3 years
• Part-time Postgraduate Diploma in Sonography: 1 - 5 years
• Each module is around 12-14 weeks in duration
• Candidates are expected to set aside time for self-directed learning for the entire duration of the module

 

Certificate and Assessment

A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:

• Attend 75% of the course
• Undertake non-credit assessment (during course)

A Certificate of Attainment will be issued to participants who:

• Attend 75% of the module, and
• Participants who pass the Assessment criteria of the respective module will earn 6 credits, which are stackable for Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma qualifications.
• Candidates who pass 4 modules (totalling 24 credits) with a CGPA of 2.5 or more will be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Sonography by Singapore Institute of Technology.
• Candidates who pass 8 modules (totalling 48 credits) with a CGPA of 2.5 or more will be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Sonography by Singapore Institute of Technology.

Fees

Category	Full Fee	After SF Funding	After SF Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
Singapore Citizen (Below 40) / Singapore PR	$4,173.00	$1,251.90	Not Eligible
Singapore Citizen (40 & above)	$4,173.00	$1,251.90	$471.90
Non-Singaporeans	$4,173.00	Not Eligible	Not Eligible

Note:

•    All figures include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
•    You can opt for either SkillsFuture Funding or Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy. Both cannot be combined.

» Learn more about funding types available

Terms & Conditions:

SkillsFuture Course Funding

To be eligible for the 70% training grant awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:

1.    Be a Singaporean Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
2.    Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme

SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy

To be eligible for the 90% enhanced subsidy awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:

1.    Be a Singaporean Citizen
2.    Be at least 40 years old
3.    Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme

SIT reserves the right to collect the balance of the programme fees (i.e. the potential grant amount) directly from the applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) should the above requirements not be fulfilled.

SIT reserves the right to make changes to published course information, including dates, times, venues, fees and instructors without prior notice.

Course Series

Find out more about the Modular Certification Courses - Sonography.

Postgraduate Certificate in Sonography
These modules are stackable towards a Postgraduate Certificate in Sonography or can be taken individually as a single module as follows:

• DRG6101 Ultrasound Physics, Instrumentation and Quality Assurance
• DRG6102 Abdominal Ultrasound
• DRG6103 Pelvic Sonography
• DRG6104 Obstetric Sonography
• DRG6105 Small Parts Ultrasound
• DRG6106 Vascular Sonography
• DRG6107 Musculoskeletal Sonography
• DRG6108 Neonatal and Paediatric Sonography
• HSC6002 Evidence Based Practice and Ethics

Each module carries 6 credits which are stackable for Postgraduate Certificate in Sonography. Candidates who pass any of the 4 modules (inclusive of 2 compulsory modules in bold), totalling 24 credits, with a CGPA of ≥ 2.5 to be completed within a 3 year period will be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Sonography by SIT.

 

Postgraduate Diploma in Sonography
These modules are stackable towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Sonography or can be taken individually as a single module as follows:

• DRG6101 Ultrasound Physics, Instrumentation and Quality Assurance
• DRG6102 Abdominal Ultrasound
• DRG6103 Pelvic Sonography
• DRG6104 Obstetric Sonography
• DRG6105 Small Parts Ultrasound
• DRG6106 Vascular Sonography
• DRG6107 Musculoskeletal Sonography
• DRG6108 Neonatal and Paediatric Sonography
• HSC6002 Evidence Based Practice and Ethics

Each module carries 6 credits which are stackable for Postgraduate Diploma in Sonography. Candidates who pass any of the 8 modules (inclusive of 3 compulsory modules in bold), totalling 48 credits, with a CGPA of ≥ 2.5 to be completed within a 5 year period will be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Sonography by SIT.