Bethesda Hospital East
Since 1959, Bethesda Hospital East has provided quality health services with care and dedication. The 401-bed, fully accredited, not-for-profit hospital and affiliates offer a full array of healthcare services, including an advanced primary stroke center, cancer care, cardiovascular care, diagnostic imaging, and emergency care. The hospital’s Emergency Department, which serves both adults and children, treats nearly 80,000 patients annually. Bethesda’s highly skilled physicians perform more than 4,600 inpatients surgeries and 5,500 outpatient surgeries each year.
Eligibility Requirements and Application Schedule
Our program attracts, educates, and retains excellent healthcare professionals to serve the South Florida community. Program participants will be trained to be collaborative, culturally competent and patient- and family-centered professionals who follow the guiding principles of service, quality knowledge and diversity.
Eligibility Prerequisites
- General education (15 credits)
- MAC 1105 College algebra 3 credits
- ENC 1101 English composition 3 credits
- PSY 2012 Psychology 3 credits
- Humanities (art, literature, music) 6 credits
Note: Science courses more than 10 years old are not transferable
- Science prerequisites (11 credits)
- HSC 1000 Intro to healthcare* 3 credits
- BSC 2085 Anatomy and Physiology I 3 credits
- BSC 2085L Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 1 credit
- BSC 2086 Anatomy and Physiology II 3 credits
- BSC 2086L Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 1 credit
- CGS 1100 Microcomputers 3 credits
*This course may be taken in high school
Application Requirements
- 3 Letters of Recommendation
- Background Check
- High School Diploma
- BLS Certification
- Official Transcripts
Prerequisite Courses
Potential applicants must have completed the following courses with a “C” grade or higher from
a regionally or nationally accredited institution prior to applying. Course name and numbers below reflect the Florida College/University system nomenclature as reference.
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Course Name Credits MAC 1105 College Algebra 3 ENC 1101 English Composition 3 PSY 2012 General Psychology 3 Humanities Elective(s) 6 -
Course Name Credits HSC 1000 Introduction to Health Care
(This course may have been taken in high school. It is recommended, but not required)3 BSC 2085 Anatomy & Physiology I 3 BSC 2085L Anatomy & Physiology I Lab 1 BSC 2086 Anatomy & Physiology II 3 BSC 2086L Anatomy & Physiology II Lab 1 CGS 1100 Micro Computers 3 -
Bethesda College of Health Sciences accepts a limited number of transfer credit from another nationally or regionally accredited institution. Only those courses identified for each academic program in the "Academic Programs" section of the College Catalog will be considered for acceptance on transfer. Each course to be transferred must have been completed with a grade of "C" or higher (2.0 on a 4.0 scale).
- Anatomy & Physiology I and II courses and labs and Microbiology course and lab taken more than 10 years ago are not transferable
- Courses identified by the State of Florida Common Course Number System will transfer automatically into the College. Courses without this designation will be evaluated individually by the program faculty.
- Transcripts from High Schools, Colleges and Universities outside of the United States must be evaluated and translated by an approved evaluation agency and sent directly to Bethesda College of Health Sciences.
Curriculum
To view the full course catalogue with additional course details and program policies, please download the Academic Catalog
Y1 Fall
Rotations
RT 1000 Introduction to Radiologic Technology (3)
Year 1
RT 1503 Radiography Procedures 1 (3)
Year 1
RT 1503L Radiography Procedures Lab 1 (1)
Year 1
RT 1614 Radiologic Physics (2)
Year 1
RT 1804 Radiography Clinical Education 1 (3)
Year 1
Y1 Spring
Rotations
RT 1418 Radiographic Techniques 1 (3)
Year 1
RT 1418L Radiographic Techniques Lab 1 (1)
Year 1
RT 1513 Radiographic Procedures 2 (4)
Year 1
RT 1513L Radiographic Procedures Lab 2 (1)
Year 1
RT 1814 Radiography Clinical Education 2 (3)
Year 1
Y1 Summer
Rotations
RT 2130 Pharmacology in Radiology (1)
Year 1
RT 1824 Radiography Clinical Education 3 (2)
Year 1
Y2 Fall
Rotations
RT 2523 Radiographic Procedures 3 (4)
Year 2
RT 2523 Radiographic Procedures 3 Lab (1)
Year 2
RT 2473 Radiographic Quality Management (3)
Year 2
RT 2473L Radiographic Quality Management Lab (1)
Year 2
RT 2834 Radiography Clinical Education 4 (3)
Year 2
Y2 Spring
Rotations
RT 2533 Radiographic Procedures 4 (3)
Year 2
RT 2533L Radiographic Procedures 4 Lab (1)
Year 2
RT 2385 Radiobiology and Radiation safety (3)
Year 2
RT 2580 Digital Imaging (2)
Year 2
RT 2844 Radiography Clinical Education 5 (3)
Year 2
Y2 Summer
Rotations
RT 2854 Radiography Clinical Education 6 (3)
Year 2
Learning Outcomes
Students will competently perform radiological procedures.
- Students will position properly for radiological procedures.
- Students will calculate appropriate technical factors and correctly relate these factors to image quality.
- Students will utilize the ALARA concept.
Students will use critical thinking skills.
- Students will manipulate technical factors for different patient populations.
- Students will modify positioning for a variety of patients.
Students will use appropriate communication for the healthcare profession.
- Students will use appropriate oral communication skills.
- Students will use appropriate written communication skills.
Students will demonstrate professionalism.
- Students will exhibit professionalism in the clinical area.
- Students will appreciate the value of professional growth.
Life in South Florida
Sunny days, warm people, and multicultural community - these await you when you join us at Baptist Health South Florida.
Together we’re unstoppable.
As a mission-driven, not-for-profit organization, philanthropy makes the difference between what we can do and what we must do to impact the lives of patients.