The Associate of Occupational Science Radiologic Technology program at the Academy is committed to developing students’ intellectual, analytical, critical thinking, and performing skills. Instructional methods based on established principles and practices of adult learning theory combined with classroom techniques encourage student participation.
This program’s graduates’ duties may include diagnostic imaging procedures in hospital diagnostic imaging departments, surgical theaters, emergency rooms, doctor’s offices, and other health care settings using fixed or portable machines.
A felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for certification examinations or attain state licensure. Understanding the certification requirements and state or national board licensing exams is the individual student’s responsibility. Such stipulations may change during the program.
Students are responsible for inquiring with the appropriate agencies about current requirements before enrolling in the program if a student’s circumstances change when applying for certification or licensure. Clinical sites may themselves require a criminal background check or a medical examination.
Students learn about the requirements for employment and certification, state board, or national board licensing exams. No student automatically receives a certificate in any way upon program completion. Students with felony convictions may not be eligible for certification.
This program’s design prepares graduates to pursue entry-level employment in the field or related fields. These specific job titles may not correspond directly with the program title.
Although Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts will assist students with job placement, finding a job is their responsibility. The Institution does not guarantee student placement in any of the described occupations at all.
Some clinical rotations and radiographic examinations are deemed “gender-specific,” such as mammography and the hysterosalpingogram (HSG). While mammography is generally performed on females, the HSG is an examination conducted exclusively on female patients. Male students should understand that they may not observe or perform these examinations because of their sensitivity. Didactic information on these examinations will be provided to all students. However, clinical experience may be limited to only female students.