Radiography clinical assignments
This program is comprised of five (5) continuous semesters of classroom/laboratory work and clinical education. The combination of each of these never exceeds 40 hours per week, but does require a commitment every day of the week (M-F) and occasionally on weekends. Clinical education centers may be geographically dispersed and students are responsible for transportation to/from their assignments. Each student rotates through at least 6 different clinical education centers at some point in the program.
Affiliated sites
Distance from Montco's Blue Bell Campus:
- AFC Urgent Care Conshohocken (7.5 miles)
- Chestnut Hill Hospital (9.8 miles)
- Children’s Hospital - King of Prussia (12 miles)
- Coatesville VA Medical Center (33 miles)
- Doylestown Health (13 miles)
- Einstein Collegeville Imaging (13 miles)
- Einstein King of Prussia Imaging (9.7 mile)
- Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital (5 miles)
- Jefferson Lansdale Hospital (8.2)
- Jefferson Outpatient Imaging- Collegeville (12 miles)
- Jefferson Outpatient Imaging – E. Norriton (3.4 miles)
- Phoenixville Hospital - Tower Health (15.4 miles)
- Phoenixville Hospital Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Center - Limerick (18.1 miles)
- Pottstown Hospital - Tower Health (22 miles)
- Pottstown Hospital Outpatient Center - Boyertown (25 miles)
- Premier Orthopaedics at Exton Surgery Center (29.4 miles)
- Premier Orthopaedics –Malvern (20.5 miles)
- Premier Orthopaedics – Pottstown (22 miles)
- Rothman Orthopaedics – King of Prussia (9.6 miles)
- Rothman Orthopaedics – Limerick (21 miles)
- Shriners Children's (16.1 miles)
- Suburban Community Hospital (3.5 miles)
*There could potentially be acquisition of additional sites through the duration of the program*
Students in the Program spend 225 hours per semester (15 hours per week) in clinical education during their first two semesters in this Program. Clinical hours are scheduled to begin between 7:30-8:30 a.m. and end between 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. The starting and ending time depends on the clinical education center assigned for the semester. These hours include a 30 minute lunch and 15 min break each day. The remaining days during the week are spent in classes, laboratory or outside studies.
The summer semester is comprised of a 300 hour clinical course and is generally scheduled four days per week. One Saturday and the option for one evening rotation* can be assigned during this ten week semester per student. Students will receive these off hour assignments well in advance of their scheduled dates.
During the last year in the Program, students spend 300 hours per semester in their clinical courses which are scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 7.5 hours per day which include 30 mins for lunch and a 15 min break. Clinical hours are generally 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. depending on the clinical education center assigned. Classroom work is scheduled for the remaining two days.
Vacation time and holidays
Besides all college-wide observed holidays, winter break and spring break, students also have off 2 weeks between the end of the spring semester and the start of the summer clinical course, the week of July 4th off and approximately 2-3 weeks between the end of the summer clinical course and the beginning of the next fall semester depending on the fall start date.
College holidays observed are: New Year’s Day, MLK Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving (Wednesday before thru Friday after), Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve.
*This could be subject to change