School:
College of Liberal Arts
Department:
Pre-Professional Health
Student Type:
Undergraduate
Program:
Radiation Therapy
Adjunct Faculty:
Clinical Adjunct Faculty: Bharat B. Mittal,M.D., Medical Director - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Michael Pignataro, M.A. Ed., R.T., Program Director - Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Objectives:
Radiation Therapy uses high energy X-rays, electron beams, or radioactive isotopes as cancer-killing agents. These therapies change the direct physical process of individual cells.
The radiation therapist is a highly specialized healthcare professional who is an important part of the healthcare team. The team includes physician, physicists, and nurses. Radiation therapy is one of the most effective treatments today for many cancers and an increasing number of other medical conditions. The radiation therapist delivers highly technical skills to patients requiring high touch care.
Radiation therapy has a great deal of patient contact; patients are usually seen 15-40 different times over the course of their treatment. The program for majors in Radiation Therapy is designed to prepare students to: Interact compassionately and effectively with people who range from healthy to terminally ill.
Professional responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Performing radiation therapy simulations (setting the patients up for their daily treatments);
2. Delivering daily radiation treatments;
3. Evaluating and monitoring treatment delivery equipment;
4. Performing radiation dose calculations;
5. Working under supervision as a member of the medical team, and
6. Collaborating with physicians and other members of the healthcare team. The Radiation Oncology Team includes physicians, nurses, dosimetrists, radiation therapists, physicists, social workers and administrative staff.
Requirements - Major:
Students in the radiation therapy program must complete at least 90 semester hours with a minimum G.P.A. of 2.7 at Benedictine University. Students MUST APPLY for admission to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, our clinical education program affiliate hospital, during their junior year. The admissions process is competitive. Your senior year is a 12-month, 33 semester hour clinical education curriculum in an American Medical Association accredited hospital program affiliated with the University. Upon completion of this B.S. program, the student is eligible to sit for the national registry examination in radiation therapy administered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
Students majoring in radiation therapy must complete the following courses: MATH-111(3); CMSC-120(3), 200(4); PHIL-C245(3); CHEM-C113(3), C114(1), C123(3), C124(1); MGT-150(3); BIOL-C108(3), C109(1), 203(4), 250(3), 251(1), 258(4); PHYS-C113(3), C114(1), C118(3), 119(1). In addition, the following courses must be completed with "C" or better: RADT-331(3), 332(2), 333(2), 334(3), 335(2), 336(2), 337(2), 338(3), 339(2), 340(2), 341(2), 342(2), 343(2), 344(2), 345(2).
Major Sheet:
http://www.ben.edu/major_sheets/radiation.pdf (will open in a new window)
The information contained on this page is from the 2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog and is valid until August 1, 2004.
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