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The Bloomington Normal
School of Radiography was founded in 1966 to help
provide radiographers for the local
hospitals. Expanded since then, the school
has openings for 12 students per year who are
planning on a career in this health field.
The school's offices and classrooms are located
at 900 Franklin Avenue, Normal, IL.
The program is twenty-four months long
with three weeks of vacation each year, six
holidays, and forty hours per week of clinical
and classroom education. Classes begin on
January 2nd. or the nearest Monday each
year. Graduates receive certificates and
are eligible to take the certifying examination
administered by the American Registry of
Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
The student receives over 2,600 hours of
supervised clinical experience at the area
hospitals in addition to classroom
education. The clinical experience is
completed at the radiology departments of BroMenn
Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph Medical
Center, and several specialty clinics.
These clinical rotations provide the student with
a variety of patients, equipment, facilities, and
staff members.
Education includes the use of radiographic
and fluoroscopic imaging systems, tomography, and
angiography. Students are also
introduced to other areas of diagnostic imaging
such as ultrasonography, nuclear medicine, CT,
mammography and magnetic resonance imaging, as
well as radiation therapy. The student will
be expected to abide by the policies of the
clinical education settings and learn under the
supervision of the clinical instructors.
Students must maintain a 75% average in
each didactic or clinical course.
Records are confidentially maintained to
protect the student's privacy but may be seen by
the student upon written request.
The Program is fully accredited by the Joint
Review Committee on Education in Radiologic
Technology
20 N. Wacker Dr. Suite 900 Chicago, IL 60606-2901
(312) 704-5300.
BNSR has degree completion articulation
agreements with Heartland Community College,
Lincoln College, Springfield College in Illinois,
and University of St. Francis.
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