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, Non-Invasive Echocardiogaphy or Invasive Cardiac Catheterization. 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.

Admission Requirements to the Cardiovascular Technology Program

Application to the Cardiovascular Technology Program requires the following steps:

Application and admission to Central Georgia Technical College.

Submission of high school and college transcripts. Students who wish to transfer all the required core classes taken at another college must apply to CGTC and have all transcripts submitted by June 10.

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 1101 Composition and Rhetoric
• MAT 1111 College Algebra (or MAT 1101 Mathematical Modeling)
• SPC 1101 Public Speaking
• HUM 1101 Introduction to Humanities
• PSY 1101 Introduction to Psychology
• BIO 2113 Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIO 2114 Anatomy and Physiology II
• AHS 104 Introduction to Health Care
• AHS 109 Medical Terminology

* Upon completion of the prerequisite courses applicant must complete “ Progression Form” from the Registrar’s office.

Successful completion of the Psychological Services Bureau (PSB) Health Occupations Aptitude Exam. (This test may be attempted only two times.)

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.

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).

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 and/or taking the certification examination. A pre-application form to determine eligibility is available from the Cardiovascular Technology Program Director or at www.cci-online.org.

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

Academic Progress: Cardiovascular Technology students must pass all courses each quarter with a grade of a "C" or above and maintain a GPA of a 2.0 or higher in order to progress to the next quarter and remain on track. Those who receive a grade below a “C” on any course, may remove themselves from the track progression in the program and may have to wait until the course is offered again (usually the next year) to apply to repeat the course. Admission back into the program is dependent upon space available at the time the course is offered.