School of Diagnostic Imaging

Radiologic Technology Program

Mission, Goals and Objectives

Mission Statement

The mission of the School of Diagnostic Imaging Radiologic Technology Program is to graduate students competent in the art and science of Radiography.

Goals

Graduates will have entry-level employment skills.
Graduates will have the communication skills and problem-solving and critical thinking skills to be an effective member of the health care team
Graduates will have the skills necessary to provide appropriate patient care and comfort and recognize emergency patient conditions as well as when to initiate emergency life saving measures.
Graduates will be encouraged to value life long learning as a means to achieve personal and professional growth.
The program will provide qualified radiographers to meet the health care needs of the community.

Outcomes

Graduates will have entry-level employment skills.
- Students will be able to position patient accurately for diagnostic radiographs.
- Student will be able to practice accurate and safe exposure factors to produce diagnostic radiographs.
- Students will be able to practice effective radiation safety skills to minimize radiation exposure to patients, self and others.
- Students will be able to evaluate radiographic images.

Graduates will have the communication, problem-solving and critical thinking skills to be an effective member of the health care team.
- Students will be able to communicate effectively within the health care environment.
- Students will be able to think critically and problem-solve to act appropriately within the health care environment.

Graduates will have the skills necessary to provide appropriate patient care and comfort and assess patient condition as well as understand when to initiate emergency life saving measures.
- Students will provide appropriate patient care.
- Students will be able to assess various patient conditions.
- Students will be able to recognize emergency patient conditions.

Graduates will be encouraged to value life long learning as a means to achieve personal and professional growth.
- Students will learn from participating in continuing education activities.
- Students will utilize insights gained from Introduction to Advanced Imaging Modalities to promote continued educational growth.

The program will provide qualified radiographers to meet the health care needs of the community.
- The program will recruit those students who are well prepared to meet the academic challenges of a Radiologic Technology program.
- The program will graduate students to help fulfill the needs of the surrounding healthcare community.
- Graduates will be satisfied with the skills learned in the program.
- Employers will be satisfied with the learned skills of the graduates.

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