Technical Standards

Radiation Therapists are highly specialized members of the oncology health professional team who utilize beams of ionizing radiation produced by various specialized units to treat patients with malignant diseases.

Students are expected to master the technical standards of their program.

• Acquire information from demonstrations and experiences in the basic and clinical sciences including, but not limited to, information conveyed through lectures, laboratory dissection, demonstrations, discussions and clinical experiences.
• Acquire information from written documents and computer information systems and identify information presented in images from paper, videos, computers, radiographs, transparencies and slides.
• Communicate effectively and efficiently with faculty, patients, families and all members of the health care team about a patient's condition as called for under the circumstances.
• Utilize intellectual ability, exercise proper judgment, timely and accurately complete responsibilities intrinsic in patient care.
• Develop effective and appropriate relationships with patients, colleagues, co-workers and relevant others.
• Practice in a safe manner and respond appropriately to emergencies and urgencies.
• Adapt and function effectively under the various circumstances and rigors which are inherent in the clinical practice of radiation therapy.
• Synthesize information, think critically, problem solve and perform complex mathematical functions in order to develop a comprehensive treatment plan.
• Accurately administer, with a limited period of time, a planned course of radiation therapy treatment utilizing beams of ionizing radiation.
• Fabricate and utilize patient treatment devices, including lead alloy shielding blocks and immobilization shells.
• Use and interpret information from various diagnostic procedures during the course of localization and treatment.