Various times- see clinical schedules for dates/times
Students will observe/participate in programmed clinical experiences within the radiology departments at area hospitals. Each student in this course must have a physical exam, criminal background check without any disqualifying convictions and a negative drug screen.
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Communication
- Responsibility
Faculty Contact Information
Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
At Various Clinical sites: Thursdays 12:00-1:00pm
Virtual office hours (by appt only)
Student support hours are for YOU. Your instructor’s sole purpose during these hours is to be available to you to help you with questions, course related problems, or just to chat. Taking advantage of this one-on-one time with your instructors is highly recommended, and it is a great way to help ensure your academic success. Outside of the office hours, your instructor will also be available to you for individual conferencing by appointment either in a virtual environment, via e-mail, or by phone. You can email your instructor to set up an appointment.
Program Director/Professor
Mrs. Rebecca Sherry M.Ed. MOT, DAE, R.T. (R)(ARRT)
(815) 802-8830
email: rsherry@kcc.edu
Clinical Coordinator: Assistant Professor
Mrs. Sarah Westfall BS, R.T. (R)(ARRT)
(815) 802-8832
email: swestfall@kcc.edu
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Produce under direct supervision with assistance from a registered Radiologic Technologists proper positioning of select upper and lower extremities to complete requirements of a practice clinical competency (Pre-COE)
- Manage confidentiality of patients, their radiographs, and pertinent patient information as enforced by HIPPA.
- Utilize medical terminology pertinent to radiographic anatomy and positioning, recording accurate patient history, and in the interpretation of diagnostic reports.
- Describe the principles, practices, and policies of the health care organization and the responsibilities of the radiographer.
- Identify the philosophical basis of ethics and proper ethical behavior.
- Develop proper patient care skills including physical and psychological needs of the patient and their family.
- Recognize the factors that influence the production and recording of radiologic images.
- Operate radiographic and fluoroscopic equipment.
- Exhibit proper radiation protection responsibilities for radiography personnel, patients, and the public.
- Recognize patients, patients’ families, and professional peers diverse backgrounds due to their value system, cultural and ethnic influences, communication styles socioeconomic influences, health risks, and life stages.
Students will have until the end of the course, to complete:
- one (1) Chest X-ray Clinical Competency Evaluation
- one (1) Abdominal (KUB) Clinical Competency Evaluation
- four (4) Upper Extremity Pre-Competencies
- four (4) Lower Extremity Pre-Competencies
None for this course
A final course grade of 75% or higher is mandatory for continuation in the Radiography program.
All students are expected to proficiently perform all radiographic examinations that they previously demonstrated competency from current and previous semesters. If a student is not able to complete this requirement, they will not be in compliance with ARRT clinical requirements for registry eligibility. Each clinical semester is designed to help the students progress appropriately within the program. If the student is unable to demonstrate proficiency a remediation plan will be developed by KCC faculty. The student must meet all requirements in the remediation plan or they will fail the clinical course. Students may refer to the remediation plan in the radiography program student handbook. If the student does not prove proficient by the clinical preceptor or KCC faculty the student will fail the clinical course. Proficiency is detailed and outlines in the Radiography Program Student Handbook.
Standard Course Grading Scale:
100 - 91 = A
90 - 83 = B
82 - 75 = C
Anything below 75% is failure of the course
Daily Staff evaluations:
Clinical staff will grade the student’s performance in the clinical setting daily. Students will send an email, through Trajecsys, to the staff member at the end of their assigned shift. Please use proper email etiquette. The email should contain the date in which you want the staff evaluation completed as well as your name and “KCC” after your name to identify what school you are from. It helps them if you add a few exams you recall doing with the technologist. It is recommended to “send a copy” to yourself! This is a good record to keep if you need to send reminder emails.
It is the responsibility of the student to send the technologist an email, through Trajecsys, as a reminder of the needed staff eval and for the requested date. One staff evaluation will be needed per date of clinical. A conversation might be needed with the technologist to remind them of the needed staff evaluations.
The Staff Evaluations must be completed within 2 weeks of the rotation or a zero will automatically be recorded. It will be the responsibility of the student to remind the staff radiographer of the needed evaluation. If the technologist is on leave or vacation, the student needs to communicate with the clinical preceptor to have them complete the evaluation in the technologist’s absence.
Staff Evaluation Tool - Grade Scale (20% of clinical grade)
100 - 91 = A
90 - 83 = B
82 - 75 = C
74 – 67 =D
66 – below = F
Clinical Preceptor Evaluation (Technical and Professional):
Clinical Preceptors at all Clinical Education Centers* will do an evaluation of each student at the end of the semester. This evaluation grades the students’ overall clinical performance and professionalism throughout the course of the semester. Each of these evaluations will be calculated separately into the students’ final grade.
* OAK will not be completing a clinical preceptor evaluation on the students
Clinical Preceptor & Faculty Evaluation Tool – Grading Scale (15% of clinical grade)
100 - 91 = A
90 - 83 = B
82 - 75 = C
74 – 67 =D
66 – below = F
Competency/ Practices:
If a student is to fail a competency, the student will only get one additional opportunity to pass that competency. If the second attempt is also not passed, the student will have a recorded failure of the course. Students are expected to have 7 number of exams completed to be successful. If 7 number of exams is not met by the “last day to write up exams” date, the student will have a recorded failing grade for XRAY 1316. Clinical competency and proficiency are standards set by The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. If unable to prove competency or proficiency on the exams learned in XRAY 1033 and XRAY 1212, the student will receive a failing grade and will be unable to continue in the radiography program.
Total number of approved examinations:
10 = 100
9 = 90
8 = 80
7 = 70
6 or less = automatic failure of the clinical course
Practices (4 upper extremity and 4 lower extremity) (20% of your grade)
These are graded on whether they were completed or not and approved by the technologist and faculty member. If you have a completed and approved practice, it will count as 25 points. If you do not, it is incomplete and will be counted as zero points.
Competency Grades (Chest PA & Lateral and Abdomen KUB) (20% of clinical grade)
100 - 91 = A
90 - 83 = B
81 - 75 = C
Anything below 75% is a zero and must require re-competency
**Students must have their chest competency completed before moving into Clinical I, if not they will receive a failing grade for XRAY 1316 and will be ineligible to continue in the radiography program.
If the student scores below 75% on their competency, they must repeat it with a minimum grade of 85; if not repeated, competency will not be counted as completed. If repeated and the minimum grade of 85% is met, the student will receive a recorded grade of 75%. If the student does not pass the re-competency with an 85% or better, then the student will fail the clinical course.
*A student cannot re-use a competency that has already been completed for a grade in a previous semester
Students will be required to meet with the professor, at midterm, if they do not have at least 1 competency (e.g. Chest or KUB) and 4 completed, and approved, extremity exams. During this meeting, students will provide the professor with a plan on what they will do moving forward to obtain more examinations at clinical, in order to pass XRAY 1316.
Health Careers
Dean, Brad Wood; 815-802-8815; M107; bwood@kcc.edu; Division Office – W102; 815-802-8800
Course Policies
Attendance (10% of clinical grade):
days absent
0 = 100
1 = 91
2 = 83
3 = 75
4 or more = automatic failure of the clinical course
Attendance Requirements –
Regular attendance at all scheduled clinical sessions is expected. It is the student's responsibility to notify the professor if and why absence is unavoidable.
For a missed clinical, the student must email and call (office number not cell phone) the appropriate KCC professor and call the clinical site by 7:00 a.m. for a day-time clinical, 11 a.m. for mid-shift, and by 1:30 p.m. for a p.m. clinical and have a legitimate excuse. If the KCC professor is not in at the time of the call, the student is to leave a message (reason, date, and time of the call) on the voicemail. When calling the clinical site, leave a message with Radiography department staff. It is the responsibility of the student to know whom they left the message with. Non-emergency physician and dental appointments will be scheduled on off-duty time. If a student is aware that he/she needs to be absent on a particular day, an advance request may be made in writing to the KCC professor.
Students must attend 90% of the scheduled hours for each semester. If the student has not attended at least 90% of the scheduled hours, he/she will not receive a passing grade of “C” of better for the course.
Each student is allotted one (1) personal day per semester that will not affect their final clinical grade. In order for a personal day to be used the student must email and call the appropriate KCC professor as well as call the clinical site by 7:00 a.m. for a day-time clinical, 11 a.m. for mid-shift, and by 1:30 p.m. for a p.m. clinical and have a legitimate excuse. The student will be required to make the missed day up in no less than two (2) hour increments. All time MUST be made up prior to the last scheduled day of clinical for that semester. If the time is not made up, the absence with count against their final grade according to the attendance policy.
All make up time must be scheduled with program faculty and approved by the clinical preceptor prior to completing the time.
For each additional absence (other than the one allowed personal day), the student will receive a reduction in their attendance grade for each clinical session missed. An absence will result in a ZERO for the student's staff evaluation for the unattended rotation. The students in the Radiography Program will not have the option of making up any additional unattended days in order to expunge the absence.
**For every 2 missed punches, it will result in an absence. For every 2 out of range punches, it will result in an absence. For every 2 no location registered, it will result in an absence. Make sure your locations are on and you are in range for clocking in and out.
Hospital phone numbers:
St. Mary’s: (815) 937-2465 (direct #)
Riverside: (815) 935-7525 (direct #)
RMC BC: (815) 802-7560 (main office #)
RMC Ortho: (815) 802-7090 (main clinic #)
Iroquois: (815) 432-5201 (main hospital #)
OSF: (309) 842-4933 (direct #)
Morris: (815) 942-2932 ext. 1140
MH Ortho: (815) 942-4875 (main office #)
St. Joseph: (815) 741-7222 (direct #)
Silver Cross: (815) 300-1100 (main hospital #)
Gibson Area Hospital (217) 784-4251 (main hospital #)
OAK (815) 928–8050 (main office #)
OAK (Frankfort) (815) 683-0989 (main office #)
The instructor has the right to record the grade of F for the course or reduce a student’s grade if a student has excessive absences as defined in the instructor’s syllabus. (The Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations, Section 3.0 * Attendance and Campus Behavior.)
Excessive absences for XRAY 1316 are defined as more than THREE missed clinical sessions (excluding the one personal day allowed when requirements are fulfilled). Once the student misses the FOURTH clinical day a grade of “F” will be recorded for the semester and the student will be removed from the Radiography Program.
For extended illnesses, continuation in the Radiography program will be determined by the program Director and Clinical Coordinator according to program policy set forth under the ATTENDANCE SECTION in the Kankakee Community College Radiography Student Handbook.
For a complete description of the ATTENDANCE procedure please refer to the ATTENDANCE SECTION in the Kankakee Community College Radiography Student Handbook.
TARDINESS
Tardiness is considered to be a late arrival or an early departure of 10 minutes or more. Two(2) tardies constitute one absence. Habitual tardiness will not be tolerated by the radiography program faculty, as it demonstrates a poor work ethic and makes an individual unemployable. Any student that violates the rules will be subject to enforcement of the grading policy set forth and will result in failure of clinical.
*Leaving the clinical site 1 hour or more early or arriving an hour or more late will be counted as an absence.
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College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
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- Clubs and organizations
- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
- Student complaint policy
- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
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