Starting this fall, College of the Mainland, 1200 Amburn Road, Texas City, will offer a new radiologic technology associate degree.
Radiographers help interpret images of patients’ bodies for diagnosis in hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers and other health care facilities. In this new program, students will learn anatomy, patient positioning, examination techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, radiation protection, patient care and communication skills, according to a college news release.
“This program will train future technologists,” Radiography Program Coordinator Laura Schrettner said in the release. “Students who graduate from the program will have patient care skills, professionalism, and will be clinically competent to enter the workplace and will be employable from day one.”
The program will prepare students for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists national board exam. Students may also apply for a medical technologist certification from the state of Texas, the release reads.
