Student Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate ethical practice and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all clinical interactions.
• Demonstrate professional behavior and adherence to radiographer practice standards.
• Apply principles of radiation protection for patients, self, and others, including shielding, exposure factors, and monitoring.
• Adapt radiographic procedures in response to societal, cultural, and individual patient factors.
• Provide safe and effective patient-centered care, including adaptation to individual patient needs and effective communication.
• Perform patient assessments, including recording of clinical history and physical/mental status evaluation.
• Critique images for positioning, image quality, patient identification, and implement corrective measures for non-diagnostic images.
• Operate radiographic equipment competently, including troubleshooting and technical adjustments.
• Acquire diagnostic-quality images using proper technical factors and equipment operation.
• Perform patient positioning to accurately demonstrate required anatomy.
• Demonstrate safe patient handling, transfers, immobilization, and adherence to institutional policies for infection control and emergency response.
• The student will select technical factors producing quality diagnostic images with the lowest possible radiation exposure.