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 changes 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 were extremely fortunate to be gifted money from the Foundation to purchase a new digital free moving X-ray room. This was a major accomplishment in helping the students learn on equipment like they will see in the field. We benefited from another grant over the summer which we purchased all but one item from our budget request submitted last year.
The department still lacks a radiographic phantom however which is a major concern because we cannot expose students or the public, we rely on a phantom to irradiate for hands-on practice and lab examples. We also need to update some patient care items used for practice and lab testing being thermometers for vital signs lab practical. The current are old and not like what facilities have today. We want to update and upgrade them to what students see in hospitals and urgent care centers.
As stated last year, the Computed Tomography program has been built and approved for credits through the American Society of Registered Technologists. We are currently excepting applications for the DL course as well as a clinical DL combination. Next, as noted last year we will work on MRI an ultimately an Ultrasound degree program.
The self-study was submitted and site visit occurred through the JRCERT. It was a major success and most likely we will be granted accreditation for the full 8 years. Part of the process though requires we continue to pay fees and such as required to keep up with status.