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. 

Each year students are charged a dosimeter fee, which is a required radiation monitor to read the dose they receive in lab as well as at clinical. This is a New York state requirement as well and we are also required to have a dose limit and alert system should a student reach it. Technology is always advancing and that is true for radiation badges as well. One of our goals is to implement a more efficient and cost effective system with new technology as will be entered into the budget system. 

The department lacks a radiographic phantom 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.