Medical Office Basic X-Ray Technician

This course introduces students to the role, state rules, and licensure process pertaining to the limited x-ray machine operator. Students develop hands-on skills in radiographic equipment manipulation including x-ray tube movement, use of locking mechanisms, use of the collimator, Bucky tray, the upright holder radiographic accessory devices, conventional radiographic image receptors, and radiographic film processing. This course, in combination with the other limited scope program requirements, will help prepare the student to take the Limited Scope X-Ray Technician state licensure exam.

This course introduces students to the principles of x-ray exposure using manual and automatic exposure control, formulating x-ray techniques, and image quality. Principles of radiation physics associated with radiography are also included. This course, in combination with the other limited scope program requirements, will help to prepare the student to take the Limited Scope X- Ray Technician state licensure exam.

This course is designed to provide an overview of the principles of interaction of radiation with living systems; radiation effects on molecules, cells, tissues, and the body as a whole are presented with factors affecting biological response, including acute chronic effects of radiation. This course will also reinforce the principles of radiation protection, including the responsibilities of the radiographer for patients, personnel, and the public. Topics include radiation health and safety requirements of federal and state regulatory agencies, accreditation agencies and health care organizations. Laboratory skills are incorporated with patient assessment and vital signs, management of acute situations, as well as review of medications and their administration. Patient communication and infection control methods are presented. Proper patient transfer techniques are also introduced with a review of ethics and legal considerations in the workplace which are relative to the scope of practice of the medical x-ray technician. This course, in combination with the other limited scope program requirements, will help to prepare the student to take the Limited Scope Technician state licensure exam.

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of computed radiography and digital imaging, quality assurance, image evaluation, and characteristics and function of image receptors used in computed and digital radiography. This course in combination with the other limited scope program requirements will help to prepare the student to take the Limited Scope X- Ray Technician state licensure exam.

A review of skeletal anatomy and pathology as related to the upper extremities, shoulder girdle, lower extremities, pelvis, and spine is covered. An emphasis on anatomy, proper positioning, and technical factors to produce x-ray images will be reviewed and practiced. Radiographic procedures of the fingers, hand, wrist, forearm, elbow, humerus, clavicle, shoulder, foot, ankle, tibia/fibula, knee, patella, femur, hip, pelvis, cervical spine, thoracic spine, and lumbar spine, relative to patients of all ages are also included. Image critique of each anatomical part is included. The basic concepts of bone densitometry are introduced. This course, in combination with the other limited scope program requirements will help to prepare the student to take the Limited Scope X-Ray Technician state licensure exam.

In this course, a review of skeletal anatomy, pathology, and radiographic procedures related to the chest, abdomen, bony thorax, skull, facial bones, and paranasal sinuses, relative to patients of all ages, is covered. Image critique of each anatomical part is included. This course, in combination with the other limited scope program requirements, will help to prepare the student to take the Limited Scope X-Ray Technician state licensure exam.