RA 203 - Lab/Clinical III

Credit Hours: 5

During this course, the student attends the various clinical affiliates for 3 days per week for a total of 4-5 clinical rotations per semester, where they undergo supervised clinical experience.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

classify radiation reactions and physical complications;
create a treatment chart from computer data;
present a comprehensive patient case study;
demonstrate the ability to perform machine start-ups and daily/weekly quality assurance checks;
demonstrate the ability to interpret, set up, and perform patient treatments;
demonstrate awareness of each patient; and
demonstrate a sense of empathy and concern for the patient as they perform their clinical tasks.

*All clinical experiences are completely supervised.

Prerequisites: RA 150
Corequisites: RA 230
F (C)

Two (2) eight-hour days, and one four-hour day, three days a week for the fifteen (15) week period.