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OUR MISSION

In conjunction with the Mission of the Detroit Medical Center and Sinai-Grace Hospital, the Sinai-Grace School of Radiologic Technology is committed to the education and development of Radiology students in order that they may fully participate in the highest quality health care services in a caring and efficient manner.

The education provided prepares the student to enter the job market in diagnostic imaging. The education will also instill life long learning values and assists them in achieving their personal as well as their professional goals.

OUR GOALS

Sinai-Grace Hospital School of Radiologic Technology serves the radiograghic community and its students by reaching and maintaining the following goals:

• Students will use proper communication skills.
• Provide an education that promotes ethics and professionalism.
• All students will develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Students/Graduates will possess the knowledge and skills to perform competently.
• Provides the medical community with qualified graduates to fill entry-level Radiogragraphers positions.

OVERVIEW

Sinai-Grace Hospital is a 500+ bed teaching hospital and offers a complete range of medical, surgical, maternity and emergency services. Services are provided to all patients regardless of religion, race, gender, ethnic identification, or economic status. Sinai-Grace Hospital is specially equipped to be accessible to the handicapped.

The Main Department of Radiology occupies a large part of the sixth floor and includes general radiography, fluoroscopy, CT, special procedures, and nuclear medicine. The Emergency Department is located on the ground floor and contains general radiography and two CT scanners. Ultrasound services are located on the third floor. Mammography services are located in the Professional Office Building. Additional radiographic equipment is utilized in the Surgical Suite, Endoscopy, ED Trauma and at the patient's bedside. The hospital operates two off-site imaging sites; Rose Imaging Center performs CT and MRI and is located in Farmington Hills performs comprehensive breast services and is located in West Bloomfield.

The hospital Department of Radiology performs approximately 140,000 examinations each year in a variety of procedure areas. Nearly 65,000 procedures are performed in the Emergency Department yearly. Sinai-Grace is the primary trauma center for this area of metropolitan Detroit, handling over 80,000 visits per year. The nature and frequency of examinations performed in the Hospital provide radiography students with excellent educational experience.

The Sinai-Grace Hospital School of Radiologic Technology is a twenty-four (24) month, self-contained program, including both didactic and clinical education. The goal of the curriculum is to provide a unified, correlated sequence of instruction and experience to prepare the student to meet the objectives and become a caring, efficient, and capable Radiologic Technologist.

The school also provides clinical sites at Harper University Hospital, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Children's Hospital of Michigan and our Outpatient Rose Imaging Center.

The combined departments of Radiology performs approximately 450,000 examinations each year in a variety of procedure areas. Nearly 100,000 procedures are performed in the Emergency Departments yearly. Sinai Grace and Detroit Receiving Hospital's are the primary trauma centers for metropolitian Detroit, handling over 150,000 visits per year.

Applications are excepted from September through January each year for the following July class. For further information and application packet please contact : M.Elizabeth Beam BS, RT(R), by please clicking on the following email address mbeam@dmc.org. ("If you do not have a default for sending your e-mail, you will need to copy and paste the Program Director's e-mail address and copy it o your e-mail address." )

PREREQUISITES FOR ADMISSIONS:

• ACT Exam is required (College Code# 2069)
• High School graduate with educational background in Math and Science
• An aptitude for mathematics, science, and computers should be demonstrated in the candidates high school and/or college transcripts. An additional mathematics course maybe required.
• The applicant must be in good physical and mental health to meet the requirements of a physically demanding health care field. The candidate should be aware that in order to perform the duties of total patient care, the radiographer must be able to:
• Lift more than 60 pounds routinely
• Work with arms above head routinely
• Push and Pull routinely
• Bend and stoop routinely
• Work standing on feet 90% of the time
• Work with sick and disabled patients
• Applicants must pass a physical examination provided by the Hospital before final acceptance into the Program.
• Applicants should be at least 18 years of age or reach the age of 18 by December of the year they begin.
• Prospective students are required to spend two (2) 4-hour sessions observing the department if asked to interview.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

• Sinai-Grace Hospital School of Radiologic Technology application
• Official transcripts
• ACT results
• Written statement of career goals
• Three letters of recommendations

SELECTION OF APPLICANTS

Not all applicants are interviewed. Candidates that are selected for interviewing will be required to shadow at one of our clinical sites for one 8 hr day or two 4 hour days.

PACKET FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

TERMINAL COMPETENCY GOALS

• The graduate will provide basic patient care and comfort, and anticipate patient needs.
• The graduate will provide appropriate patient education.
• The graduate will recognize emergency patient conditions and initiate first aid and basic life support procedures.

• The graduate will practice radiation protection for the patient, self, and others.

• The graduate will understand basic x-ray production and interactions.
• The graduate will operate medical imaging equipment and accessory devices.
• The graduate will position the patient and medical imaging system to perform examinations and procedures.
• The graduate will adapt factors to accommodate various patient conditions, and modify standard procedures, equipment and accessories to maintain appropriate radiographic quality.
• The graduate will exercise independent judgment and discretion in the technical performance of medical imaging procedures.
• The graduate will demonstrate knowledge of human structure, function and pathology.

• The graduate will demonstrate knowledge and skills relating to quality assurance activities.
• The graduate will evaluate the performance of medical imaging systems.
• The graduate will evaluate medical images for positioning and technical quality.

• The graduate will demonstrate knowledge and skills relating to medical image processing.

• The graduate will understand the safe limits of equipment operation.
• The graduate will recognize equipment malfunctions and report them to the proper authority.

• The graduate will demonstrate knowledge and skills relating to verbal, nonverbal, and written medical communication in patient care intervention and professional relationships

• The graduate will support the profession's code of ethics and comply with the profession's scope of practice.

• The graduate will competently perform a full range of radiologic procedures on children and adults in the following categories:



• Head/Neck
• Abdominal/Gastrointestinal/Genitourinary
• Musculoskeletal
• Chest and Breast
• Trauma
• Bedside
• Surgical