The candidate must be able to perform the following essential functions:
- Communicate satisfactorily with the patients, physicians, peers, and ancillary staff.
- See and hear adequately to note slight changes in patient condition.
- Hear adequately to perceive and interpret various equipment signals.
- See adequately to read emergency monitor data.
- Work with arms fully extended overhead.
- Lift and move 50 pounds at waist level or below waist level.
- Stand in place for extended periods of time.
- Walk rapidly for a prolonged period from one area to another (20-100 feet) carrying up to 25 pounds.
Clinical Environment
The candidate should realize that students may be, by nature of the profession, exposed to: Ionizing radiation, infectious disease, and combative/difficult patients.
Program Cost & Length
Est. Tuition*: $
Program Length: 2 Years
Credits: 72
*Estimated cost reflects in-state rate and is subject to change. Click here for the cost of attendance for financial aid.
Health Professions Advising
healthprofessions@virginiawestern.edu
Fralin Center HP339
New Students: Chapman Hall
540-857-7341 or 540-857-6644
Fax: 540-857-6640
Program Head
Tillie Conner, MS, RT(R)(T)
Director and Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
A.A.S. – Virginia Western Community College, 1981
B.A. – Mary Baldwin College, 1990
M.S.Ed. – Virginia Polytechnic University, 2002
Have Questions? Contact Us
enroll@virginiawestern.edu
Chapman Hall
855-874-6690
School of Health Professions
DID YOU KNOW?
This program is eligible for G3 funding assistance! Click here for more information and to contact an advisor.