Coast Career Institute's Expedited Training Program for Diagnostic Medical Sonography Helps Students Land the Highly Specialized Jobs They Seek

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite unemployment levels being at their highest point in decades, specialized fields in medicine and the IT world are experiencing a shortage of trained and qualified workers.  Vocational schools that offer fast tracked learning programs for these job sectors are proving to be an instrumental tool in helping ambitious adults realize their full potential in the job market. As a popular vocational school in Los Angeles, the Coast Career Institute is reputed for the quality of its programs, as well as the lengths it goes in providing invaluable job seeking skills for its students.

Coast Career Institute's one and a half year program for diagnostic medical sonography training prepares students for employment in hospitals, clinics, imaging centers, and other professional medical settings.  Students undertake coursework in human anatomy and physiology, vascular technology, abdominal sonography, instrumentation, obstetrics and gynecology and more.  By combining classroom lectures with hands on application, the program at Coast Career Institute is able to thoroughly enrich students and give them the confidence they need to reach their goals.  After completing the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program, students are able to find employment in a wide variety of settings, preparing patients for sonographic examinations and assisting physicians with relevant tasks.  In order to realistically prepare its students for the job market, Coast Career Institute's Placement Services Department provides students with interview skills, job leads, resume writing skills, networking, career planning and advice, and more.  All courses are taught by professionals with medical degrees and invaluable experience in the program of interest, ensuring a learning experience that is comprehensively enriching and beneficial to the student.

According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Diagnostic Medical Sonography field is shown to have faster than average job growth, and the average salary for a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer ranges from $60,000-73,680 per year. The future of medicine is clearly advancing toward this field of practice. Sonography is rapidly becoming the preferred method of scanning because it provides full color pictures of the internal body and is non-invasive.  Many hospitals and clinics are now seeking to meet this increased demand for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, which is great news for students interested in this dynamic new field.

Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, Coast Career Institute is easily accessible from all reaches of the LA metropolitan area. Aside from the diagnostic medical sonography program, the Coast Career Institute in Los Angeles also offers programs for medical office assistant training, optical dispensing technicians, solar installation, private security guard training, cake decorating, and floral arrangement and bridal accessories. Coast Career Institute's sincere commitment to education for real world applications provides an outstanding employment success rate for its students.

For more information about Coast Career Institutes programs and more, please visit www.coastcareer.com

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