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How many goals are there?
5
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What is the first goal
Students will demonstrate clinical competence
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What is goal #2?
Students will demonstrate effective communication skills
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What is goal #3?
Students will demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skills
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What is goal #4?
Students will demonstrate a desire for professional growth and development
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What is goal #5?
The program will graduate competent Radiologic Technologist
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To ensure patient safety, students throughout the program must be able to demonstrate
- 1. Physical
- 2. Communicative
- 3. Cognitive
- 4. Emotional
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Essential physical functions include
- Helping in positioning patients (40+lbs)
- Handling and moving objects
- Positioning, placing and moving equiptment
- Response to signals such as sound and light from distances of up to 15ft
- Determination of differences in gradual changes in blacks, grays and whites
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Essential communicative functions include
- Knowledge of the English language
- Active listening
- Oral comprehension
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Written expression
- Communicating with others
- Interacting with computers
- Civility
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Essential cognitive functions include
- Ability to fill syringes and enema bags, manipulate locks, follow isolation procedures
- Problem sensitivity
- Control precision
- Clinical decision making
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Essential emotional functions include
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Self-Control
- Concern for others
- Initiative
- Stress tolerance
- Adaptability/flexibility
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Active listening means
giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made
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Oral comprehention means
the ability to listen and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
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Civility means
polite, respectful, and professional behavior exhibited in classroom and clinical setting
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Problem sensitivity means
ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong
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What does control precision mean
the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions
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Initiative requires
a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges
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Adaptibility/flexibility requires
being open to change and to considerable variety in the workplace
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Stress tolerance requires
accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations
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Students in the program are under direct supervision of
the Clinical Supervisor or Registered Technologist to whom assigned and are expected to carry out any and all legitimate requests made by these supervisors.
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A student is going to be late or absent must notify their affiliate
at least one-half hour before the scheduled starting time.
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ALARA is an acronym for
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
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The intent of an ALARA policy is to
maintain exposure to radiation at levels that are as low as reasonably achievable
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Students must wear ____________ and ____________ during any fluoroscopic procedure.
- lead aprons
- thyroid shields
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Students must wear lead aprons while participating in a ortable exam if they are within
6 feet of the x-ray beam
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Permissable exposure levels are:
- Whole body deep
- 500 mrem/year
- 41 mrem/month
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Investigation levels are
- Level 1 exposure: 20-30 mrem in one month
- Level 2 exposure: 30+ mrem in one month
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Level 1 exposure requires
a meeting with the program clinical coordinator to discuss film badge use and radiation safety practices
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Level 2 exposure requires
a written report/questionaire and a meeting with the program clinical coordinator
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What are 4 forms of academic integrity violations?
- Plagarism
- Cheating
- Fabrication
- Collusion
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What are grounds for dismissal from the program?
Lack of observation of department or program policies, lack of attention to safety procedures for the patient and his/her well-being
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Tardiness of more than _______ will be recorded
5 minutes
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Studetns must always wear
radiation monitoring devices
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Reports received for the radiation mkonitoring device are posted ___________ and students are required to _______________
- monthly
- check and initial their reports
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The HCC program prepares students to work in medical imaging in
- hospitals
- HMO's
- Orthopedic surgeon's offices
- and other dr's offices and clinics
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Basic radiography includes x-ray images of the
- chest, abdomen, spine, skeleton
- Digestive system using barium contrast media
- urinary system using iodinated contrast media
- Spinal cord (myelography)
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Radiography also includes
- angiography (cardiovascular)
- interventional procedures such as balloon angioplasty
- CT
- mammography
- MRI
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