CENTRAL GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE
CARDIOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
PHILOSOPHY
The Cardiovascular Technology program fosters an environment which encourages the individual to benefit and contribute as a partner in Georgia's economic progress, development, and stability. The program of instruction acknowledges individual differences and respects the right of individuals to seek fulfillment of their physical, mental, social, educational, emotional, spiritual, and economic needs. The program does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnic or national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, academic disadvantage, and economic disadvantage.
Education is a lifelong, dynamic learning process resulting in changes in knowledge or behavior enabling the individuals to develop their potential in becoming a productive responsible member of our existing and changing society. Education allows for upward and/or horizontal mobility according to the individual's capabilities. The teacher and learner must understand their roles in the learning process. The teacher is a manager of a variety of selected instructional resources. The teacher organizes instruction using meaningful educational objectives, progressing from simple to complex using learning activities to meet the needs of individual learners. The student assumes responsibility for learning by actively participating in the learning process.
Cardiovascular education builds on a foundation of basic education, within the concept that cardiovascular technology is an art and an expanding science. This science is concerned with the basic evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease and preventative care for people of all ages and cultural diversities.
Each health occupation is a segment of the healthcare team making an important contribution in meeting the total needs of patients. The Cardiovascular technology program prepares students to function cohesively with all members of the healthcare team.
This is a dynamic field which requires that curriculum should be technologically current, enabling the student to understand the relationship between knowledge, skill, and ethics. The program of study should prepare the student to make safe judgments as Cardiovascular Technologist.
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. The ultimate goal of the faculty is to prepare technologist who will be assets to the cardiovascular profession, function safely within the framework of their defined role, and continue professional development.