RADT 118 Clinical Radiography I

Students will be exposed to a patient-centered, supervised, and competency-based clinical experience in order to initiate performance of radiography skills including patient care and assessment, positioning patients for exams, setting radiographic exposure techniques, manipulating radiographic imaging equipment, providing radiation protection, and evaluating radiographic images. Patient care and radiography concepts will be integrated and progressively employed in a clinical setting. Students, under direct supervision of a registered technologist, will perform radiographic procedures to produce diagnostic quality radiographic images of the chest, abdomen, upper extremity and shoulder girdle, lower extremity and pelvic girdle, bony thorax, and spine including cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. Students will be introduced to common pathology demonstrated on images. Clinical Radiography I is an introductory clinical education component of the program.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

BIOL 101 or BIOL 107; ENGL 121, RADT 106, and RADT 108

Corequisite

BIOL 203, RADT 116, and RADT 117

Hours Weekly

18 clinical hours weekly