The mission of the Radiologic Technology Program seeks to provide each student educational activities to develop the necessary professional, communication, clinical and critical thinking skills for the purpose of graduating entry-level radiographers who demonstrate professionalism in the clinical setting.  

The medical field like many other technology driven fields is changing all the time and we plan on delivering quality education using current and relevant equipment in the classroom comparable to what students encounter at clinical and will work with in the field upon graduating.  We are currently working on upgrading the actual X-ray production equipment in our department to more modern technology, but still the department lacks equipment to deliver quality education comparable to other schools or what is seen in a hospital setting.  Some of the equipment is outdated (even obsolete), breaking, and needs replacement. 

Our plan includes offering Computed Tomography as we did in the past and designing an MRI certification program to enrich the community of interest and provide Radiologic Technologists a pathway to additional licensing in Radiography.  The department intends on gaining additional clinical sites to support student learning, offer a diversity of clinical settings, and allow students to experience a variety of exams.  This will diversify their experience while enrolled in the program and provide them job opportunities upon graduation as well.  We have and continued to incorporate virtualization for Rad Tech courses and are proud to have Radiographic Pathology online and are working towards getting Advanced Imaging Modalities approved for DL.  Many of our other classes offer additional learning resources in the blackboard course shells.  This increases the colleges online offerings, but more importantly it allows students some free time or control over their very busy demanding schedule in the program.  A perhaps long term plan includes starting an Ultrasound program in the future.  

Our plan also includes submitting a self study to the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology as well as preparing for a site visit in September.  We are working on evaluating the effectiveness of assessment in the department as part of this process and the academic master plan.  As a joint or collaborative effort between Diagnostic Imaging and the Medical Laboratory program we plan to investigate the use of the department secretary and the dual role she has taken on helping Med Lab for many years now, but still at the same pay tier or level. She offers a huge support service to the staff, faculty and most importantly our students who come in and out of the office needing help pertaining to these two departments.