Policies and Procedures
These policies and procedures are not only required for the program to stay accredited but are also directly related to the consistency of quality patient care. They serve a crucial purpose by providing a framework for consistent, fair, and lawful practices, ensuring accountability, and defining acceptable behavior. They clarify student and program expectations by promoting ethical conduct, and decision-making in various situations. All policies and procedures are given to students through email prior to informational meetings.
All policies and procedures are given to the students the first day of classes in the the student handbook. This handbook is also available to the students electronically.
Student Supervision
To provide clinical participation as a basis for an educational experience. To provide a means of assuring clinical competency of students before they are permitted to perform radiographic examinations.
Student Schedules
To establish a schedule of hours on a shift rotation that will accommodate the students’ clinical requirements at various stages of the program.
Vacations
To provide the students with a period of rest from program requirements.
Release from Program Requirements
To provide students with time away from clinical/academic assignments due to illness or in order to meet personal obligations.
Pregnancy
In the event that a student should become pregnant and voluntarily declares pregnancy while enrolled in the program.
Radiation Safety
The purpose of this policy is to specify the requirements for personnel radiation monitoring for the enrolled students.
Affected Domain
The Affective domain may be thought of as comprising behaviors related to attitudes, emotions and values. Affective behaviors usually must be inferred from specific, but indirect behaviors rather than measured directly. Inferences are drawn from choices that a person makes and from approach and avoidance behaviors exhibited.
Five areas will be observed with documentation made to help evaluate the affective domain.
Uniform/Appearance: Name tag, dosimeter, radiographic markers, clean, neat uniform and appearance in accordance with the dress code will be evaluated. This includes misuse of cell phones and other electronic devices. Compliance with uniform/appearance standards demonstrates an ability to care for one’s self and shows attention to detail. This translates to those who you are in contact with the manner in which you may care for them and how you may attend to the details of their examination.
Punctuality: Being on time and ready to begin assignments. Punctuality demonstrates an interest in duties and shows responsibility. Being punctual translates to dependability and respect for those who rely in your presence in the clinical environment. Punctuality also reinforces your efforts to provide timely care for those who you serve. (It is considered a tardy up to 30 minutes after scheduled start time, anything beyond 30 minutes is considered Release Time.)
Evaluation: One weekly evaluation must be handed in for each week of clinical rotation. Evaluation provides the students with information as to how Radiographers view their clinical performance. The ability to accept evaluation – both positive and negative – as well as the act of requesting, obtaining and handing in evaluations demonstrates maturity and an ability to take assignments independently.
Professional Development/Continuing Education: Evidence of participation in three activities must be submitted each Fall and Spring semesters in a form of certificate of attendance or completed post quiz from directed readings. Attendance at professional society meetings and/or participation in continuing education activities beyond School requirements demonstrates a responsibility to obtain and maintain competence and prevent future obsolescence. Participation in professional societies and continuing education further demonstrates accountability to peers, physicians, health care facilities and the public.
Stewardship: A one page paper submitted yearly describing a fulfilled stewardship opportunity and the impact it had on the student. We value our responsibility to use human, financial, and natural resources entrusted to us for the common good, with special concern for those who are poor. Seek out opportunities to contribute resources of time, services or money to help those in need
Personal Appearance and Dress Code
To reflect professionalism, cleanliness, safety and good judgment through general appearance and dress.
Students are required to wear uniforms to assure a neat appearance, to help identify students connected with a given function or work area, and to project a positive image of the hospital. The students shall wear the following:
Graduation Requirements
To establish minimum standards for satisfactory completion of the didactic and clinical portions of the School of Radiologic Technology to fulfill graduation requirements.
To establish criteria of acceptable performance for all didactic assignments.
Students must maintain an academic average of 85% in each class.
Grading Scale:
A 93 – 100%
B 85 – 92%
C 84 – 77%
D 76 – 69%
Grades are rounded:
5 and greater rounded up. Example: 88.6 = 89%4 and lower rounded down. Example: 92.4 - 92
Incompletes:
The School of Radiologic Technology does not give a grade of incomplete for any academic or clinical course.
Auditing:
The School of Radiologic Technology does not allow students to audit any classes.
Transfer Credits:
Transfer Credits are not accepted from other colleges and/or universities due to the highly specialized nature of the program. In addition, the program does not accept transfer students form other JRCERT accredited certificate programs.
Semester Exams
A cumulative exam is one that tests a student on all of the material since the beginning of the Program; it covers all the topics as they build on one another, just as the ARRT registry exam.
Probation
Student Records
To outline a procedure whereby student records are maintained confidential in accordance with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act – Buckley Amendment.
To explain the use of systematic corrective action necessary to insure compliance with school rules, policies and procedures, to maintain proper conduct and to insure uniformity when selecting corrective action. All corrective action will be documented in the student’s personnel file.
All depending on the offense, the Program Director would normally use the following sequence:
Written Reprimand - This action will be taken when verbal counseling has not corrected the student’s conduct or where the seriousness of the violation for the first time warrants a formal reprimand. An offense necessitating a written warning may carry with it a one to three-day suspension or a semester probationary period in which the student must demonstrate improvement. (time taken from student’s release time). The student and the Program Director will sign the letter. The student will receive a copy of the letter and a copy will be kept in the student’s file.
Discharge - Before a student is discharged the facts must be presented to the faculty. A decision will be made whether to discharge the student or take other corrective action by the faculty. Each case will be decided on an individual basis.
There may be possible extenuating circumstances to any situation. Students charged with a criminal act may, depending on the nature of the crime, be suspended until a trial of the case. If found not guilty, a student so suspended shall be eligible for return to school. It is also possible to administer a more strict disciplinary sequence, i.e., verbal warning followed by immediate discharge if the “material” is considered damaging, immoral, malicious, hostile, etc., depending on the facts.
MRI Safety
To ensure the safety of student radiographers in the MRI Department
Contingency Plan
Whenever an emergency affecting the education of students enrolled in the radiography program reaches proportions that cannot be handled by routine measures, the following contingency guidelines may be implemented by the program director, clinical coordinator or a faculty member.