Radiological and Health Professions
Lawrence Hough
Director of the Department
Radiological and Health Sciences (RHS)
205. Concepts in Allied Health. Hospital and radiology department structure. Medical terminology. Medical ethics. Aseptic techniques for injections. Infection control. Disease mechanisms. Patient management and quality assurance. Patient care skills and communication. Fall. (Cr. 3)
275. Patient Care and Nursing Procedures. Basic principles of patient care and nursing procedures for radiological technologists. Fall, Spring. Prerequisite or Corequisite: RHS 205. (Cr. 1)
276. Radiation Therapy I. Basic radiation therapy principles and introduction to oncology and pathology. Spring. Prerequisites: RHS 205 and RHS 315. Corequisites: RHS 275, RHS 320. (Cr. 3)
280, 360, 361, 362, 435, 436. Radiation Therapy Internship I, II, III, IV, V, VI. Clinical Education. Satisfactory achievement of required performance objectives under the direct supervision of qualified technologists in the department of radiation therapy at an affiliated hospital. Prerequisites: RHS 205, RHS 275, RHS 276, RHS 320. (Cr. 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2)
301. Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation. Scintillation spectrometry. Scintillation camera. Rectilinear scanner. Tomographic systems. Well-type scintillation detector. Quality control. Counting statistics. Computer systems. Spring. Prerequisite: RHS 331. Corequisites: RHS 340, RHS 332. (Cr. 3)
315. Radiation Physics. Concepts of introductory physics. Atomic and nuclear structure. Processes of radioactive decay. Production of artificial radioactivity. Fall. Prerequisite: MATH 100 for advanced standing students Prerequisites: PHYS 107/108 for NMT and RTT students. (Cr. 3)
317. Radiation Biology. The effect of ionizing radiations on biological samples including survival, repair of damage, dose-rate effects, linear energy transfer, oxygen effect, radiobiological effectiveness, hyperthermia, cell cycle effects, molecular check points, mitotic block, repopulation, cancer and mutation risks, tumor and normal tissue effects. Fall. Prerequisite: RHS 315. (Cr. 3)
320. Radiation Detection and Protection. Interaction of ionizing radiation with matter, Units of exposure and dose. Ionizing radiation and Public Health. Gas-filled and scintillation detector systems. Radiation safety and regulations. Spring. Prerequisite: RHS 315. (Cr. 3)
321. Diagnostic Radiology. Interaction of radiation with matter, X-ray apparatus, the radiologic image and information retrieval systems. CT techniques. Prerequisite: RHS 315. (Cr. 3)
322. Radiotherapy. Radiation dose and delivery systems,
interaction of X and gamma rays in the body, dosimetry and implant radiation
therapy. (Cr. 3)
323. Nuclear Medicine. Radioactivity and radiopharmaceuticals. Principles of radioactive decay. Imaging instrumentation and systems. Invitro and invivo procedures. Prerequisite: RHS 315. (Cr. 3)
324. Diagnostic Ultrasound. Physics of ultrasonics as applied to biological systems. The transducer and the ultrasonic field. Pulse-echo and Doppler techniques. Other modes. (Cr. 3)
325. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Physical principles of nuclear magnetic resonance. Imaging techniques and pulse sequences. Instrumentation and site planning. (Cr. 3)
326. Cross-Sectional Anatomy. Explores cross anatomical, cross-sectional relationships of human tissues, organs and organ systems, including interpretation of CT and MR imaging. Fall. (Cr.3)
331. Nuclear Medicine I. Basic introduction to nuclear medicine. Theory of in-vivo procedures in clinical nuclear medicine. Fall. Prerequisite or Corequisite: RHS 205, and RHS 275 and RHS 315. (Cr. 3)
332. Nuclear Medicine II. Theory of invivo procedures in clinical nuclear medicine. Radiopharmaceuticals. Radio-immunoassay theory. Spring. Prerequisite: RHS 331. Corequisites: RHS 301, RHS 340. (Cr. 3)
340, 341, 450, 451. Nuclear Medicine Internship I, II, III and IV. Clinical Education. Satisfactory achievement of required performance objectives under the direct supervision of qualified technologists in the department of nuclear medicine at an affiliated hospital. Prerequisites: RHS 205, RHS 275, RHS 315 and RHS 331. (Cr. 2, 4, 2, 2)
355. Radiation Therapy II. Specific site oncology and pathology. Fall. Prerequisites: RHS 276, RHS 280. Corequisites: RHS 317, RHS 357, RHS 360. (Cr. 3)
356. Radiation Therapy III. Specific site oncology and pathology. Spring. Prerequisites: RHS 355, RHS 357, RHS 360. Corequisites: RHS 358, RHS 361. (Cr. 3)
357. Radiation Therapy Instrumentation. Principles and operation of radiation therapy instrumentation and equipment. Fall. Prerequisites: RHS 276, RHS 280. Corequisites: RHS 317, RHS 355, RHS 360. (Cr. 3)
358. Treatment Planning. Principles of treatment planning, dosimetry and calculations. Spring. Prerequisites: RHS 355, RHS 357, RHS 360. Corequisites: RHS 356, RHS 361. (Cr. 3)
404. PET/CT and Fusion Imaging. Basic physics and instrumentation of diagnostic radiology, especially related to CT (computerized tomography) in diagnostic radiology. Overview of PET physics and instrumentation. Principles of fusion imaging of PET & CT. Spring. Prerequisite or Corequisite: RHS 326.
440. Radiation Therapy Colloquium. Presentation of advanced topics, special procedures and changing developments in radiation therapy. This course can only be taken in the last semester of the curriculum. (Cr. 1)
442. Nuclear Medicine III. Theory of advanced and miscellaneous invivo imaging procedures in nuclear medicine. Fall. Prerequisites: RHS 332, RHS 301, RHS 341. Corequisite: RHS 450. (Cr. 3)
460. Nuclear Medicine Colloquium. Presentation of advanced topics, special procedures and changing developments in nuclear medicine. This course can only be taken in the last semester of the curriculum. (Cr. 1)
Area of Concentration
These are upper-level division courses and can be taken only with permission of the Program Director or Academic Advisor.
Health Care Administration
Prerequisites for these courses are the English and Math requirements and as listed below.
470. Hospital Accounting. Introduction to basic accounting theory and techniques. Fund accounting applicable to hospitals. Payroll accounting, bank reconciliations. Internal control safeguards. Fall. (Cr. 3)
471. Hospital Organization and Management. Hospital governance. Principles of planning, organization, control. Systems theory. Surveillance. Goal setting. Departmentalization. Delegation. Group management. Informal leaders and leadership theory. One and two-way communication. Organizational development. Corporate culture. Fall. (Cr. 3)
472. Financial Management in Health Industry. Source and application of revenue. Cost analysis. Rate setting. Role of the comptroller. Financial impact of ambulatory and innovative health delivery systems. Legislation and future trends. Spring. (Cr. 3)
474. Health Care Labor Organization. Personnel management for the line supervisor. Labor relations. Salary administration. Continuous quality improvement. Principles of selection, retention, separation. Motivational theories. Task and people foci. Human resource models. Spring. (Cr. 3)
480. Planning for Health Care Services. Criteria and planning principles for institutional and community personal health care services. Rationale and methods used in developing short and long range plans. The role of the individual health facility, inter-hospital affiliations, city, state, and federal health agencies, and professional organizations in the community planning process. Spring. (Cr. 3)
481. Legal Aspects in Health Care. Introduction to basic principles of law and administrative codes applicable to hospitals. Topics include: legal liability of health care institutions, staff, and personnel of injuries to patients; malpractice and negligence law. Patients rights: consent to medical and surgical procedures, medical and surgical procedures, medical records, disclosure of information and confidential communications. Legal death, autopsy, and organ donation. Spring. (Cr. 3)
Allied Health (AHS)
205. The U.S. Health Care System. The impact of managed care: changes in structure, delivery of care, reimbursement and career opportunities. Long term care evolution. Special needs population. Ambulatory Care. Quality Assurance. Spring. (Cr. 3)
420. Ethics in Health Care. A study of ethical issues in allied health with emphasis on the individual’s and society’s concerns, responsibilities, and actions. The case study method is emphasized. Fall. (Cr. 3)
425. Practicum in Allied Health. One hundred hours of supervised field work in a professional setting. (Cr. 3)