Radiologic Technology

Collectively the clinical affiliates provide a sufficient number and variety of radiographicprocedures to offer students a well-balanced, supervised clinical experience. Students are scheduled for 8-hour shifts in various clinical rotations, generally from 5:00 am to 4:30 pm(varies). A portion of the clinical experience will also include additional rotations during weekend day shifts and weeknight shifts (2:30 pm to 11:00 pm). The entire semester clinical schedule will be provided before the beginning of each semester. Clinical sites are located up to 40 miles from the City College campus. Transportation to and from these sites is the student’s responsibility. Program faculty will not make exceptions or
adjustments in clinical assignments based upon traveling distance. Clinical attendance is mandatory.

Note: Vaccinations, a cleared criminal background check and clean drug screen are required for all clinical sites on an annual basis. Specifics on fees and clinical onboarding procedures are discussed at the mandatory welcome meeting, once admitted to the program.

In the second year, students have opportunities to rotate into other modalities (for
observation only) such as CT, MRI, Radiation Therapy and Mammography. These
observations are scheduled for one week rotation per semester.

All clinical sites are affiliated with City College by contract and are approved by the program’s accreditation the JRCERT. They make the ultimate decision if a student is approved to rotate to their site. If a student is not cleared or permitted to attend one clinical site, for any reason, then the student will not progress in the program. Reasons for not being approved to attend a site(s) may include criminal background, drug screen, not meeting vaccination requirements, and any other reason deemed as such by the site.

Clinical education centers and locations (links below include directions):

• Big Horn Hospital (Critical Access Hospital), Hardin, MT
• Billings Clinic (including clinic, hospital, ortho, and Surgery Center rotations),
  Billings, MT
• Intermountain Health Broadwater Clinic, Billings, MT
• Intermountain Health (St. Vincent’s-including clinic, hospital, and ortho rotations), Billings, MT
• Roundup Memorial (Critical Access Hospital, Roundup, MT
• Other clinical sites may be used as necessary

The program’s policy regarding student clinical rotations in mammography (may be applied to any imaging procedures performed by professionals who are of the opposite gender of the patient) is based on the sound rationale presented in a position statement on student clinical mammography rotations adopted by the Board of Directors of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) at its April 2016 meeting. The JRCERT position statement is available on the JRCERT Web site, www.jrcert.org, Programs & Faculty, Program Resources.

MSUB Radiography Program Policy: All students, male and female, will be offered the opportunity to participate in clinical mammography rotations. The program will make every effort to place a male student in a clinical mammography rotation if requested; however, the program cannot override clinical setting policies that restrict clinical experiences in mammography to female students. Male students are advised that placement in a mammography rotation is not guaranteed and is subject to the availability of a clinical setting that allows males to participate in mammographic imaging procedures. The program will not deny female students the opportunity to participate in mammography rotations if clinical settings are not available to provide the same opportunity to male students.