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ADVANCED MEDICAL IMAGING DEGREE (AMI3)

The Advanced Medical Imaging Associate of Applied Science Degree program provides educational opportunities to the post-graduate registered Radiologic Technologist, registered Radiation Therapist and registered Nuclear Medicine Technologist. It provides the students with the knowledge needed to perform MRI and CT exams and to sit for the Post-Primary Magnetic Resonance Imaging Certification Examination and/or the Post-Primary Computed Tomography Certification Examination. The academic component is designed to meet content specifications of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) exam in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography, as well as providing for continuing educational requirements. This Advanced Medical Imaging program consists of classroom-based, web-enhanced didactic courses as well as clinical education for the student. The clinical component is required to complete competency exams needed to sit for the MRI and CT certification exams.

Applicants must be a registered Radiologic Technologist, registered Radiation Therapist or registered Nuclear Medicine Technologist in good standing.

Students are selected on a first come, first serve basis. New students are accepted for Fall Quarter.

Clinical slots are limited. Clinical education credit will be considered for prior clinical experience. After applying to CGTC, applicants must contact the CT program faculty to determine clinical credit and/or clinical slot placement.

In order to begin the clinical requirements, students must complete a physical form, tuberculosis skin test, supply proof of immunization, undergo a background check, and submit to a drug screen test.

Students completing the CT clinical education courses must provide their radiation dose history.

Associate Degree
Program Length 99 Credit Hours
Education Requirements High School graduate or GED recipient
Entrance Dates Quarterly
Offered Macon Campus

Advanced Medical Imaging Curriculum
   

Credit Hours

General Education Core Courses
30
Area I - Humanities/Fine Arts  
ENG 191 Composition and Rhetoric
5
ENG 193 Literature and Composition
5
  OR  
HUM 191 Introduction to Humanities

5

     
Area II - Social/Behavioral Sciences  
PSY 191 Introductory Psychology

5

     
Area III - Natural Sciences/Mathematics  
MAT 191 College Algebra
5
CHM 191 General Chemistry
5
XXX 19x General Education Core Elective
5
 
Occupational Courses
69
SCT 100 Introduction to Microcomputers
3
MRI 101 Orientation and Introduction to MRI
4
MRI 102 MRI Instrumentation and Physics
5
MRI 108 Registry Review
4
MRI 110 MRI Clinical Education I
4
MRI 111 MRI Clinical Education II
7
MRI 112 MRI Clinical Education III
7
MRI 115 Cross-Sectional Anatomy
5
RAD 220 Introduction to Computed Tomography
2
RAD 221 CT Physics and Instrumentation
7
RAD 222 CT Procedures I
4
RAD 223 CT Procedures II
4
RAD 225 Computed Tomography Clinical I
6
RAD 226 Computed Tomography Clinical II
7
 
Total Hours
99

 

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