Master Plan and Curriculum
The Albert Einstein Medical Center, School of Radiologic Technology is an outcomes-based program. It is designed to provide
the community with diagnostic imaging professionals who have not only achieved clinical competency in Radiologic Technology,
but have also achieved proficiency. Proficiency, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary, is “performing in a given
art, skill, or branch of learning with expert correctness and facility.” It is believed that graduates of this program will
be of the highest caliber. They will contribute to the diagnosis and treatment of disease by providing radiologists with the
highest quality images obtainable.
In order to achieve proficiency, the students must master a wide variety of academic and clinical objectives. The students’
cognitive, psychomotor and affective skills are simultaneously developed throughout the 24-month program. Students must progress
through the structured system of classroom, laboratory and clinical experience to achieve competency. Once the baseline of
competency has been achieved, the students remain on the clinical floor performing numerous additional examinations until
proficiency is established.
The clinical education component, in which the students must maintain an overall course grade of 85%, is a well structured
and supervised system that reinforces and supplements the information presented in the didactic courses. It allows for the
gradual development and eventual mastery of the students’ skills. The mastery of these skills occurs over the 24-month program.
After the students have demonstrated successful retention of the didactic subject matter, they are given a laboratory demonstration
by the program faculty and ample time to practice performing the examination. After sufficient practice, the students are
tested via the Simulation (Sim) Form. Students who receive an 85% or better on the Sim Form are then permitted to perform
the examination on patients under the direct supervision of the staff technologist. Once the students’ feel they are competent
in performing a particular examination under direct supervision, they may request to be tested by a clinical advisor via a
Clinical Competency Evaluation (CCE) Form. Students who achieve 85% or better on the CCE Form are then able to perform the
examination with indirect supervision in the future. Students are later retested on the various body parts via the Proficiency
(Prof) Form. The Prof Form must also be passed with a grade of 85% or better.
At the end of the 24-month curriculum, the students must demonstrate competency in all 36 mandatory Radiological Procedures
set forth by the ARRT. At least 28 of the 36 must be demonstrated on patients (CCE). Students must also demonstrate competency
in at least 15 of the 30 elective procedures. Electives may be on patients (CCE), phantoms or as simulations. In addition,
the General Patient Care competencies are mandatory, these may be simulated. Students who have not achieved proficiency in
all examinations by graduation may be required to remain in the program and their School of Radiologic Technology Certificates
will not be granted until all such requirements are met.
The didactic courses, in which the students must attain an overall course grade of 75% or better, include: Medical Terminology,
Patient Care Standards, Physics, Radiographic Anatomy and Positioning, Radiographic Technique, Ethics and Modern Health Issues,
Physiology, Quality Assurance and Computer Concepts, Radiation Biology, Radiation Protection, Advanced Imaging Modalities,
Pathology, and Cross Sectional Anatomy.
Curriculum
Semester I
RT101- Medical Terminology I
RT102- Patient Care Standards I
RT103- Physics I
RT104- Radiographic Anatomy and Positioning I
RT105- Radiographic Technique I
RT106- Clinical Education I
Semester II
RT201- Medical Terminology II
RT202- Patient Care Standards II
RT203- Physics II
RT204- Radiographic Anatomy and Positioning II
RT205- Radiographic Technique II
RT206- Clinical Education II
Semester III
RT304- Radiographic Anatomy and Positioning III
RT305- Radiographic Technique III
RT306- Clinical Education III
RT313- Radiographic Processing
* Junior Comprehensive Examination
Semester IV
RT403-Radiation Biology
RT406-Clinical Education IV
RT408- Physiology
RT409- Advanced Imaging Modalities
Semester V
RT503- Radiation Protection
RT506- Clinical Education V
RT510- Quality Assurance and Computer Concepts
RT511- Pathology
Semester VI
RT604- Cross Sectional Anatomy
RT606- Clinical Education VI
RT607- Ethics and Modern Health Issues
RT612- Certification Examination Review
* Senior Comprehensive Examination
