Employment/Degree Programs

St. Alexius Medical Center and University of Mary
Radiologic Technology Program

PROGRAM GOALS:
The program for Radiologic Technology at St. Alexius Medical Center is co-sponsored by the University of Mary. The program provides academic and clinical opportunities for the student under the direction of Radiologists and Registered Technologists to provide health care for the individual patient.

The program was established in 1950 to provide highly skilled, registry-eligible technologists who adequately meet the needs of the patient and the community they serve. The important goal of the program is to provide a basic educational background for the student’s continued professional growth and development.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
The Radiologic Technology Program is a four-year baccalaureate degree program with the last two years being hospital-based.

It is accredited by:
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Website: www.ncacasi.org
(312) 263-0456.

PROGRAM LENGTH:
The professional program is two full years beginning in July of each year and ending the last part of June. The pre-professional program is university-based with two years of full-time equivalent study. The student must meet the University of Mary residency requirements for consideration of acceptance into the professional phase at St. Alexius.

ROTATION POLICY:
Students are required to rotate in all areas of the department: diagnostic, special imaging, special procedures, M. R. I. , Mid-Dakota Clinic, and radiation oncology. Rotation schedules are posted at the beginning of the program.

The student also rotates on days, lates, and weekends. These shifts are scheduled on a rotating basis and are posted. Day shifts begin when the student begins in July of each year. The late and weekend shifts begin approximately six months after the student begins the program and continue until the student graduates. The student does not rotate through a holiday rotation. Students are granted the following holidays during the two-year program: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Student Hours
Students are required to be in the department as scheduled by the program officials. Schedule varies with specific shifts. Classes are held as scheduled and posted: Juniors an average of 14-18 hours per week, and Seniors an average of 8-12 hours per week. The remainder of each week is spent in clinical rotations as assigned.

Student hours in the various rotations are as follows:
Day: 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Late: 10:30 AM – 7 PM or 12 PM – 8 PM
Weekend: 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM or 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Time Off
Students are allotted 148 hours of PTO (personal time off) which are announced at the beginning of the school year. In the event that a student accumulates more than 40 hours in a week with their academic classes and clinical rotations, the student is given PTO time as time taken at the student’s discretion within the program guidelines for requesting time-off. The student is not scheduled for greater than 40 hours in any week of the program. Any student over the allotted 148 hours of PTO, must make up these hours at the end of the program or as planned by the program officials and agreed upon by the student.

These courses are taught by the faculty at St. Alexius Medical Center. Clinical experience in examination, procedure, and patient care is achieved under the guidance of the Program Director, Clinical Instructor and staff technologists.