Student Aide - Diagnostic Sonography Peer Tutor

About the Role

Provides peer tutoring to sonography students practicing in the Diagnostic Imaging Lab and supervises the lab during open lab practice hours under the guidance of the program coordinator, instructors, and lab specialists.

Responsibilities

• Provides help with scanning and operation of the ultrasound and other instructional equipment
• Provides informal evaluation of images
• Assists students with procedural and technology issues
• Monitors schedule and guides student transition in and out of scan stations
• Monitors equipment and PACs system performance and reports concerns to program coordinator
• Stocks instructional supplies and takes inventory
• Cleans imaging areas, equipment, filters, and deletes studies on system hard drives
• Circulates through scan stations and responds to student pages
• Maintains the security of the area and the safety of students and scan subjects
• Completes assignments given by program instructors and lab specialists
• Remains knowledgeable of and facilitates student adherence to sonography lab policy and procedure; informs program coordinator of student violations
• Remains knowledgeable of instructional lab content and instructor goals to best assist students
• Remains knowledgeable of safety protocols including the location of the defibrillator, fire extinguisher, tornado safety areas, and emergency evacuation routes
• Performs additional related duties as assigned by the program coordinator, instructors, and lab specialists