Curriculum
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Student experiences
Our integrated curriculum mixes lectures that teach the foundational skills with hands-on learning that allows you to put your knowledge to practice right away. By the time you’ve completed the program, you’ll feel completely prepared to start your career.
Classroom learning
You’ll spend the first part of your training in the classroom, learning the foundational skills needed as a radiologic technologist. You’ll work side-by-side with your classmates, learning from some of the best and brightest faculty in the field. Throughout the program, you attend courses specific to radiography on the Rochester campus.
Lab
Once you have a foundation, you’ll transfer your knowledge to practice. During your first three semesters, you’ll attend one lab per week in our state-of-the-art energized radiographic laboratory. You’ll gain hands-on experience and confidence using radiographic equipment for a wide variety of radiographic exams by practicing with your peers. Throughout the program, you attend labs on the Rochester campus.
Clinical rotations and obligations
By week 11, you’re ready to start clinicals! During your clinical rotations, you’ll start working closely with radiologic technologists during patient exams to deliver diagnostic images for the health care team.
You’ll rotate through a large variety of clinical rotations, including outpatient and inpatient settings, emergency department, and operating room. You’ll clock more than 1,600 clinical hours and develop the skills necessary to perform more than 75 clinical competency assessments required for graduation. You are responsible for purchasing Caribbean blue scrub uniforms to wear during all clinical rotations.
On-site rotations
Students are assigned to clinicals in the Mayo Clinic Department of Radiology, located in Rochester, Minnesota. Our campus includes an extensive outpatient complex, Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, and substantial research and education facilities. This Mayo Clinic site is among the largest, most advanced medical centers in the world.
Off-site rotations
The majority of clinical time is scheduled in Rochester, Minnesota but during the last three semesters of the program you are also assigned to clinical rotations at Mayo Clinic Health System facilities located in Lake City, Red Wing, and Cannon Falls, Minnesota. These rotations will only occur for three weeks while you are in the program. Students are responsible for driving to these sites and will not be reimbursed for travel expenses.
Non-regular rotations
During the last three semesters of the program, students are assigned evening and weekend clinical rotations on the Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus. During the fourth semester, students are assigned to overnight clinical rotations at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus. These non-regular rotations provide students with an opportunity to develop their trauma skills in a Level 1 trauma center.
Professional liability
Mayo Clinic provides professional liability insurance for learners in relation to their radiography program educational activities.
Contingency plan
If extenuating catastrophic circumstances (for an example: mass casualty event, pandemic, or a natural disaster) impact Mayo Clinic operations, Mayo Clinic operations, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine operations, or student access to clinical environments at Mayo Clinic sites, the Radiography Program may utilize the program contingency plan. For more information, review a copy of Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Radiography Program's Contingency Plan.
Hours
The majority of the classroom instruction and clinical rotations are scheduled Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.
For more information about non-regular clinical shifts refer to the clinical obligations above.
Curriculum enhancements
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences is committed to developing and maintaining the best education programs. The curriculum and other aspects of this program are assessed constantly and changed as necessary to ensure the highest quality training.
Grading and evaluation
Students must complete all courses listed in the program curriculum with a grade of C or above. Students should be aware that failure to meet or maintain the academic or clinical standards listed may necessitate remedial work of subject matter, as well as possible evaluation for probation or dismissal. All such instances are handled according to the due process policies of the program and Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. A formal written warning is most often the first step in the process.
Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences uses these evaluative tools: written examinations, written assignments, demonstration of skills, self-assessment exercises, faculty reviews, and technologist evaluations.
All courses taught by Mayo faculty are graded according to methods developed by the Radiography Program:
- A — 93 to 100 percent
- B — 85 to 92.99 percent
- C — 78 to 84.99 percent
- D — 75 to 77.99 percent
- F — below 75 percent
Grade points of A = 4.0, B = 3.0, C = 2.0, D = 1.0 and F = 0 for each credit hour earned are assigned on the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences transcript.
Graduation requirements
To successfully complete the program, you must meet didactic and clinical requirements.
Didactic requirements
In order to meet the didactic requirements for graduation, students must complete all courses listed in the program curriculum with a grade of C or above.
Clinical requirements
In order to meet the clinical requirements for graduation, students must complete all clinical competencies identified in the Clinical Competency Policy and required by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
Certification
After successfully completing this program, you receive a certificate of completion from Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. Students seeking a degree from one of the program's affiliated academic institutions also receive a degree from their respective college university upon program completion.
Graduates are eligible to apply to take the radiography certification examination administered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) after they have successfully completed the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Radiography Program and earned an associate, baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree. The degree does not need to be in radiologic science and can be earned before entering or while completing this radiography program. Degrees must be granted by an institution accredited by a mechanism recognized by the ARRT. The degree must be completed prior to a candidate taking the examination.
This certification provides graduates with nationally recognized credentials for practicing radiography and fulfills employment credentialing requirements in Minnesota. In addition to ARRT certification requirements, individual states may have additional licensure requirements.
To learn more about ARRT Certification and Registration and individual state licensing requirements, visit the ARRT website.