Clinical Experience
Students begin their clinical education approximately six weeks after entrance. This enables our students to promptly begin correlation of their didactic education to the clinical environment. Clinical is scheduled 8 am to 3:30 pm with a rotating 10:30 am to 6 pm afternoon rotation. First year students are in clinical on Tuesdays and Fridays with class on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Seniors are in clinical Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday with class on Tuesdays and Fridays. Clinical sites currently include Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Cayuga Medical Center, AMS Madison Orthopedics, AMS Hoffman Orthopedics, Horseheads Medical Office Building, Corning Medical Office Building, and Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital. Students must be CPR certified before starting clinical. Arnot students obtain experience with C-arms, O-arms, fluoroscopy exams, portable equipment, pain management, intensive-care infants, and trauma patients as well as outpatient and in-patient services. Students spend one rotation in each specialty area (Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound, etc.) in their senior year. These experiences prepare our students for employment as radiologic technologists in various employment situations.
