General information

Educational facilities Hours Attendance Academic calendar

Pregnancy policy Grievance procedure Graduation requirements ARRT examination

Educational facilities

The Sanford radiology department is the clinical education facility for students in the Radiography Program. The radiology department is fully computerized with computed radiography (CR) and direct digital radiography (DR) and is digitally archived with a PACS system. The department also has a state of the art Aquilion CT scanner and digital mammography. While in the program, students have the following rotations:

Junior year Radiology Office Transportation Pain Management Orthopedics Surgery/Mobile General Radiography Fluoroscopy Backup Surg/Mobile CT MRI Ultrasound Nuclear Medicine Radiation Therapy

Senior year Orthopedics Surgery/Mobile General Radiography Fluoroscopy Backup Surg/Mobile CT Cardiac Cath Lab Ultrasound (elective) Nuclear Medicine (elective) Radiation Therapy (elective) MRI (elective)

Classroom facilities are located at the Sanford College of Nursing, 512 N. Seventh St., Bismarck (north of the Seventh & Rosser Clinic.) Students have use of the library within the lower level, which has several computers available for student use.

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Hours

Assignments are Monday through Friday; generally between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Students may choose to pick up a Saturday or Sunday elective. During their 23-month internship, students are assigned to approximately 10 weeks of evening shifts that may extend until 8 p.m. Assignments will not exceed 40 hours per week.

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Attendance

The program requires full-time attendance. Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes and clinical rotations unless they are on an approved absence. Students are allowed 80 hours of personal time off while in the program. Any absences in excess of 80 hours must be made up. Students are also provided time off for all major holidays, and are given 3 scheduled break weeks throughout each year.

Academic calendar

The program begins the first Monday in August annually, and continues for a period of 23 months. Students will have the following scheduled time off:

• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving and Friday
• Week of Christmas
• New Year?s Day
• Week of Easter
• Memorial Day
• Week of July Fourth

Students are expected to complete the program on the last Friday in June, following successful completion of requirements.

The Radiography Program runs on a 26-week semester system. Students are required to complete rotational objectives, clinical performance evaluations, and competencies for each semester. Each of the four semesters becomes progressively more challenging than the last, as students gain knowledge and experience in their education.

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Pregnancy policy

The Radiography Program at Sanford Health allows a pregnant student the choice of whether or not to inform program officials of her pregnancy. Also, options are available to the pregnant student who discloses, such as continuing on in the program without disruption. In the absence of the voluntary written disclosure, a student is not considered pregnant. The pregnancy policy is outlined in detail in the Student Handbook.

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Grievance procedure

Any student, who believes he/she has been subject to discrimination or unfair treatment, or feels that there has been violation of a policy or procedure while in the Radiography Program, has the right to present the complaint. The Radiography Program has a step-by-step grievance and appeal procedure to follow. The objectives of this procedure are to provide the student with a means of being heard, to alert the program to cause of discontentment, and to recognize the possible need for change.

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Graduation requirements

A student is eligible for graduation after meeting the following criteria:

• Completion of all didactic courses with an 80 percent or higher.
• Completion of all clinical grades with an 86 percent or higher.
• Completion of all mandatory and elective competency requirements.
• Completion of all clinical hours, including any makeup time.
• Training in CPR, vital signs, venipuncture, oxygen administration and transferring of patients.
• Completion of all Netlearning CBLs through June 15 of graduation year.
• Payment of all tuition and fees, including those to the student?s college of attendance.

Upon successful completion of the requirements, students graduate the last Friday in June. Students receive a certificate from Sanford Radiography Program, and will be granted their degree from their college of attendance.

There is no early graduation from the program.

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ARRT examination

Upon completion of the Sanford Radiography Program, a student must successfully pass the computer-based American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) examination in order to become a registered technologist. Students are responsible for applying and scheduling their own examination. Applicants may apply prior to graduation, but must graduate before sitting for the examination.

The program director will sign for the student to take the examination, after the student has met all of the requirements for graduation from the program.

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