Program Details
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Several programs are available for students in need of financial aid including the following:
- PELL Grants
- New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
- Veterans Benefits
- Stafford Loans (formerly Guaranteed Student Loans)
- War Orphans' Education Assistance Act
- Children of Veterans Scholarships
- Private Scholarships
- School Work Study Program
Curriculum
The competency-based program requires of minimum number of clinical competencies and completion of all academic course work prior to graduation. Student completing these requirements will:
- Qualify for graduation and
- Meet the requirements of the American Registry to sit for the board examination.
Courses of study include the following:
- Pharmacology
- Radiography Fundamentals
- Medical Ethics and Law
- Human Diversity
- Nursing Procedures
- CPR
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Cross-Sectional Anatomy
- Radiation Protection and Biology
- Positioning Procedures
- Radiographic Exposure
- Film Processing
- Film Critique
- Radiation Physics
- Quality Assurance
- Computer Literacy
- Comprehensive Clinical Internship, including Introduction to Imaging Modalities
- Radiography Seminar
Internship
The required clinical internship involves learning the art and science of medical radiography through demonstrations, case studies, and supervised practice of routine diagnostic procedures using state-of-the-art equipment throughout the entire two years of education.
Prior to actual practicum, the students are disciplined in professional ethics, human diversity, anatomy, computation of exposure factors, and radiation protection. Also, radiographic positioning classes are conducted utilizing phantoms as "practice patients".
