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

Course Objectives

1. 1. Review a radiographic order (requisition) and determine projections that can best demonstrate the structures and pathology of interest.
2. 2. Prepare radiographic room, provide appropriate patient instructions, correctly position the patient, and set proper radiographic techniques to perform the radiographic exam.
3. 3. Apply the principles of radiation protection for the patient, self, and others.
4. 4. Demonstrate skills to archive and retrieve radiographic images from PACS and track examinations in RIS.
5. 5. Apply patient privacy and confidentiality requirements.
6. 6. Evaluate images for acceptable image quality, anatomy, and obvious pathology demonstrated.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Review a radiographic order (requisition) and determine projections that can best demonstrate the structures and pathology of interest.
2. 2. Prepare radiographic room, provide appropriate patient instructions, correctly position the patient, and set proper radiographic techniques to perform the radiographic exam.
3. 3. Apply the principles of radiation protection for the patient, self, and others.
4. 4. Demonstrate skills to archive and retrieve radiographic images from PACS and track examinations in RIS.
5. 5. Apply patient privacy and confidentiality requirements.
6. 6. Evaluate images for acceptable image quality, anatomy, and obvious pathology demonstrated.