All clinical education assignments are structured to ensure that each student is directly supervised by a qualified practitioner until competency is achieved. This policy is enacted and enforced throughout each student’s tenure in the Program.
Upon demonstration of clinical competency, students may be allowed to work independently. A qualified practitioner must be in close proximity in order to provide assistance as needed. Students are not allowed to perform portable radiography unless accompanied by a qualified practitioner. These guidelines are also extended to the areas of emergency and surgical radiography.
Direct Supervision
Until a student demonstrates competency in a procedure, that procedure is to be performed under direct supervision. A qualified radiographer must review the requested procedure and patient condition in light of the student’s level of expertise, must be present during the entire procedure and must evaluate and approve the outcome of the procedure.
Indirect Supervision
After a student demonstrates competency in an examination it may be performed under indirect supervision. In this case, a qualified radiographer must be immediately available to assist the student. Immediately available to mean that the supervising technologist is in an adjacent room or area or is in the student’s immediate physical proximity. Regardless of the student’s level