X-Ray Technician / Interest List

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This competency-based course is the first in a sequence of three designed for x-ray technology. It provides students with project-based experiences according to the California State certification examination requirements for the limited category of extremities and torso skeleton. Didactic instruction includes an orientation, general safety principles, communication skills, critical thinking skills, and resource management. Emphasis is placed on medical ethics, medical terminology, part one of anatomy and physiology including extremity and torso skeletal pathologies, part one of film critique, image receptor system, radiographic positioning, clinical assistant procedures, and the principles of exposure and image quality. Students are also provided clinical training in health care facilities supervised by the instructor and staff personnel to perform as safe, competent, and professional X-Ray Technicians. The passing of the state examination allows graduates to work as X-Ray Technicians under a supervising licentiate. The competencies in this course are aligned with the California High School Academic Content Standards and the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.