RATEC 110 - Clinical Education I

3 CR

Provides supervised clinical experience at an affiliated health care site. Beginning RATEC students are assigned to clinical education sites, 40 hours per week for 2 weeks. Students get an orientation to hospital and department procedures, participate in ancillary radiology activities, and observe and perform diagnostic radiologic procedures. Grading: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into program or permission of instructor.

Course Outcomes

Transport wheelchair and stretcher patients to and from the imaging department.
Locate a patient’s radiographs in the file room, and follow the proper procedure for checking out patient films.
Perform the following reception desk activities: answering the phone, taking messages, greeting and instructing patients, and processing patient requisitions.
Process an exposed imaging plate or cassette to produce the radiographic image.
Locate patient rooms and other departments in the clinical site.
Utilize the imaging department information processing and communication systems.
Locate emergency equipment and supplies in the clinical site.

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