RADON 111 - Clinical Practice I

5 CR

Provides 16 hours per week of supervised clinical instruction using the VERT simulator and at a program-affiliated hospital or health care facility. Two 8-hour shifts per week = 16 hours. Students will utilize the VERT simulator for the first 4 weeks of instruction. The remaining weeks of clinical are located in the student’s assigned hospital or clinic. Students receive orientation to the setting and will begin a competency-based educational sequence.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into program.

Course Outcomes

Explain program policies and procedures.
Describe general hospital personnel and organization
Define specific roles of departmental personnel
Identify professional organizations and regulatory bodies specific to radiation therapy.
Demonstrate correct body mechanics when transferring or assisting a patient.
Identify common methods of treatment used in radiation oncology.
Interpret the patient set-up instructions and correctly prepare the treatment room for the patient.
Place the patient on the treatment couch in the appropriate position following chart instructions and employ patient immobilization devices when necessary.
Locate the correct skin marks or tattoos for each patient.
Assist the therapist in the triangulation of a patient using manual and machine-operated methods.
Demonstrate the ability to set the correct field size and collimator angles for symmetrical fields.
Using the visual and audio monitors, observe the patient during treatment and listen for patient sounds such as coughing.
Demonstrate radiation safety procedures to be used in the radiation oncology department.

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