RAD 160 - Radiology Clinical Education I

1. Scope of practice
2. Procedural performance
3. Team concepts
4. Adaptation
5. Emergency preparedness
6. Diversity
7. Communication
8. Professional and personal values
9. Patient education
10. Psychosocial considerations
11. Assessment
12. Demographic factors
13. Standard precautions
14. Sterile technique
15. Radiation protection
16. Equipment malfunction
17. Procedure orders
18. Safety, ethical and legal standards
19. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
20. Body mechanics
21. Patient transfers
22. Patient positioning
23. Immobilization
24. Protocols
25. Technical considerations
26. Image critique and repeat images
27. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) competency requirements

1. Manage the priorities required in daily clinical practice. (1)
2. Execute medical imaging procedures under the appropriate level of supervision. (2)
3. Adhere to team practice concepts that focus on organizational theories, roles of team members and conflict resolution. (3)
4. Adapt to changes and varying clinical situations. (4)
5. Describe the role of health care team members in responding and reacting to a local or national emergency. (5)
6. Respond to medical emergencies and execute basic life support procedures. (5)
7. Provide patient-centered clinically effective care for all patients regardless of age, gender, disability, special needs, ethnicity or culture. (6)
8. Integrate the use of written, oral and nonverbal communication with patients, the public and members of the health care team in the clinical setting. (7)
9. Describe the influence of personal and professional values on patient care. (8)
10. Use patient and family education strategies. (9)
11. Provide psychosocial support to the patient and family. (10)
12. Assess the patient and record clinical history. (11)
13. Examine demographic factors that influence patient compliance with medical care. (12)
14. Apply standard and transmission-based precautions. (13)
15. Apply medical asepsis and sterile technique. (14)
16. Apply radiation protection standards. (15)
17. Report equipment malfunctions. (16)
18. Examine procedure orders for accuracy and make corrective actions when applicable. (17)
19. Integrate the radiographer's safe, ethical and legal practice standards into the clinical setting. (18)
20. Maintain patient confidentiality and meet HIPAA requirements. (19)
21. Utilize body mechanic principles when transferring, positioning and immobilizing patients. (20-23)
22. Adhere to national, institutional and departmental standards, policies and procedures regarding care of patients, radiologic procedures and reducing medical errors. (24)
23. Select technical factors to produce diagnostic images with the lowest radiation exposure possible. (25)
24. Critique images for appropriate anatomy, image quality and patient identification. (26)
25. Determine and apply measures to correct inadequate images. (26)
26. Perform radiographic exams as outlined in the Competency Requirements for Primary Certification of the ARRT. (27)