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Student Awards

The ASA is committed to sonographer education and seeks to recognise and encourage the potential in students by providing both an academic and clinical practice award to universities and education and training institution courses that are accredited by ASAR and corporate partners of the ASA. Academic Excellence Award winners receive complimentary Accredited Medical Sonographer Membership and Insurance for the following membership year. Clinical Excellence Award winners receive a full free registration to an ASA annual conference. 

Congratulations to the 2023 Student Award recipients

To all graduating sonography students of 2023 well done and we hope your chosen profession provides you with satisfaction, mental stimulation and reward. Student Awards for 2023 include -

Auckland University

  • Academic Excellence Award - Holly Smith
  • Clinical Practice Award - Jeremy Mitchell

Central Queensland University

  • Academic Excellence Award - Hiba Hallak
  • Clinical Practice Award - Leah Gordon

Queensland University of Technology

  • Clinical Practice Award - Michael Hobson (General)
  • Clinical Practice Award - Rhett Webster (Cardiac)

University of South Australia

  • Academic Excellence Award - Callum Marshall
  • Academic Excellence Award - Georgia Hayes
  • Academic Excellence Award - Kirsty Davies
  • Clinical Practice Award - Kathleen Howell

Western Sydney University

  • Academic Excellence Award - Deirdre Chia
  • Academic Excellence Award - Lauren Webber
  • Clinical Practice Award - Isabella Bosevski

Award recipients from previous years can be viewed below.

Sonography qualification

To practise as a sonographer you must complete an accredited course of study in Australia or New Zealand, including a comprehensive clinical training program of up to 2,200 hours or three days per week over two years.

Courses can be undertaken to become a general sonographer or a discipline-specific sonographer e.g. cardiac, vascular.

Applicants for postgraduate sonography courses have generally already completed a degree-level qualification in a health science such as medical radiation technology, nuclear medicine technology, physiotherapy or nursing.

Clinical training placements

Most accredited sonography courses will require the prospective to have already secured a clinical training placement to support the academic course of study. Due to the intensity of this training, this is typically an employed clinical training placement and something that students must secure themselves.

Commonly sonographer students identify a placement is through their workplaces. Particularly where they already work in diagnostic imaging departments/company or other health service employment. 

Clinical placements are also advertised through online job notice boards, such as SEEK and CareerOne. Prospective sonographer students looking for a placement may also contact hospital diagnostic imaging departments and private businesses directly in their area to self-identify any clinical training opportunities that may be available.

Students who become an ASA member (free for students) also have access to the ASA jobs board where some workplaces advertise clinical training opportunities. ASA Students Members can also post a note that they are seeking a clinical training placement.

This is a serious barrier to many potential sonographers across Australia and New Zealand and something on which we are working with governments to address.

Click here to see the ASA Position Statement on Student sonographers paying for clinical training placements

Australian Institute of Health Education

  • Academic Excellence Award - Shiyu Zhong
  • Academic Excellence Award - Laura Rowley
  • Academic Excellence Award - Jennifer Mazzei
  • Clinical Practice Award - Jiana Samaan

Auckland University

  • Academic Excellence Award - Erin Kani
  • Clinical Practice Award - Monique Davis

University of South Australia

  • Academic Excellence Award - Kelly Stapleton

Western Sydney University (Cardiac)

  • Academic Excellence Award - Isabella Bosevski
  • Clinical Practice Award - Erin Laird

Auckland University

  • Academic Excellence Award - Jaclyn Stothart
  • Clinical Practice Award - Harriet Thomas

Central Queensland University

  • Academic Excellence Award - Ryan O'Sullivan
  • Clinical Practice Award - Melissa McCotter

Queensland University of Technology (General)

  • Clinical Practice Award (to be announced July 2022)

Queensland University of Technology (Cardiac)

  • Clinical Practice Award (to be announced July 2022)

University of South Australia (General)

  • Academic Excellence Award - Buping Yang
  • Academic Excellence Award - (tba)

Western Sydney University (Cardiac)

  • Academic Excellence Award - Abirami Puvanandran
  • Clinical Practice Award - Teresa Vo

Australian Institute of Health Education

  • Academic Excellence Award – Ms Crystal Pan and Mr Dean O'Donovan 
  • Standout Student for Graduating Class 2020 (Clinical Best Practice Award) – Mr Hugh Fay

Central Queensland University (CQU)

  • Academic Excellence Award - Kajol Singh
  • Clinical Practice Award - Lillian Simpson

Queensland University (QUT)

The 2020 Winners will be identified and notified in July 2021.

University of South Australia

  • Academic Excellence Award – Ms Maddison Morgan Anders

Western Sydney University

  • Academic Excellence Award – Mr Zachary Tennant
  • Clinica Practice Award – Ms Tanvi Parikh

Best Presentation Awards

  • Queensland University (QUT) – Ms Khara Johnson-Smith
  • Western Sydney University – Ms Courtney Shaw

Australian Institute of Health Education

  • Academic Excellence Award – Fouzia Nazir and Gretel Testa
  • Clinical Best Practice Award – Gareth Chow

Central Queensland University (CQU)

  • Academic Excellence Award – Nancy Conwell
  • Clinical Best Practice Award – Bethany Morton

University of South Australia

  • Academic Excellence Award – Marcie Rose
  • Academic Excellence Award – Tara James
  • Clinical Best Practice Award – Danielle Harris

Western Sydney University

  • Academic Excellence Award – Tanvi Parikh
  • Clinical Best Practice Award – Margot James

Australian Institute of Health Education

  • Academic Excellence – Amy Elizabeth Starcevic, Kevin Thai 
  • Clinical Excellence – Nori Yann

Central Queensland University

  • Academic Excellence – Rebecca Hwang
  • Clinical Excellence – Anouck Van Binst

Western Sydney University

  • Academic Excellence – Callum Roberts
  • Clinical Excellence – Julieanne Cantwell 

University South Australia

  • Academic Excellence – Laura Jane Spear,
  • Academic Excellence – Ijeoma Chidinma Segbaya

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