411 MRI Imaging (including Practicum)

The MRI Imaging option will prepare students to operate and utilize MRI scanners to produce images of patients’ internal structures. This course is online theory for 25 weeks and sixteen hours of clinical experiences per week for 25 weeks at one of the affiliated clinical education settings. This course will prepare graduates to possess the knowledge, skills, and affect to meet the demands of an entry-level position in magnetic resonance imaging. It will provide discussion on pathology that will be encountered, protocols for imaging, and patient care techniques for that specific pathology. Contrast media will be taught that is specific to MRI. Theory presented and clinical experiences will prepare students to participate in the ARRT MRI Imaging Certification Examination and for employment as an entry level MRI Imager.

75 hours theory

400 hours clinical

Pre-Requisite: RAD 301, BI 341