As a portion of the admissions requirement, each student applying for admissions must complete this Core Performance Standards Form to ensure that the individual meets the minimum required expectations and task abilities for performing medical imaging safelywithin the Clinical Education Settings and meets the standards needed to perform academically in the class and lab setting. Please read through this Form carefully and accurately answer the required statements below. Please submit by the deadline of 8/29/25 at 4pm to be considered completed for 2025 Admissions.

2025 Core Performance Standards for Admissions and Progression

Meeting Minimum Professional Proficiency for Certification and Successful Employment

These Core Performance Standards for Admission and Progression were identified by the program as essential to learning the practice of the professional expectations of Radiologic Technology. The BRG School of Radiologic Technology will make reasonable accommodations for qualified students according to the procedure and policy below:

1. To request academic or special accommodations:

Upon notification of Admissions into the program and within the first 3 days of each semester for each course the accommodations will be needed, submit in writing and sent via email with all supporting documentation from an appropriate and qualified professional a request that identifies the diagnosed disability and any reasonable academic or physical accommodations requested by the student. The BRG SORT reserves the right to require an independent assessment by a professional of the school’s choice and at the student’s expense if deemed necessary.

2. The Program Director will review the information submitted and make a determination as to the most successful and reasonable plan to meet the needs of the student within the confines of the abilities, resources, and professional standards available to the program and it’s faculty.

3. The Director will then notify the student as to the allowable accommodations for that semester and within the program’s expectations of the student. The Director will then notify all the requested course faculty of the granted accommodations for that student for the indicated semester.

Each of these will be determined on a case by case basis and within appropriate confines of the profession at entry level standards of employment and practice. Some requests cannot be met/granted regardless of the desire by the program or program administration to want to make those a possibility becasue of the basic demands of the profession, the clinical environment, and the physical, verbal, or emotional needs of the patient while in our care as healthcare professionals.

Below are the basic performance standards of the BRG School of Radiologic Technology program. Read each of the standards carefully and be certain that you can comply with ALL of them. The BRG SORT expects students to possess and be able to demonstrate skills, attributes, and qualities provided below:

4. Foundation of: Problem Solving or Critical Thinking-

Standard Expectation: Sufficient intellectual ability for critical thinking and
clinical judgment; sufficient powers of intellect to acquire, assimilate, integrate,
and apply information and solve problems.

Examples of Necessary Activities but not all Inclusive: Identify cause-effect
relationships in clinical situations, make correct and appropriate inferences, and
cluster information to coordinate care and assist in patient care processes;
respond quickly and appropriately to emergency situations and assist with or
perform lifesaving steps such as CPR.

5. Foundation of: Interpersonal- Standard Expectation:

Interpersonal abilities sufficient to interact with individuals, families, and groups
form a variety of social, emotional, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds with
ease and appropriate verbal and nonverbal interactions.
Examples of Necessary Activities but not all Inclusive: Present with professional
appearance and demeanor. Establish connections, through appropriate verbal
and nonverbal methods, creating a rapport with patients, peers, colleagues, and
all members of the healthcare team or program. Being able to express one’s self
with appropriate tone, word choice, socially appropriate cues, and emotional
control is essential.

6. Foundation of: Communication- Standard Expectation:

Communication abilities in the verbal, written, and electronic forms using the
correct English language, including grammar, syntax, tone, punctuation, and
appropriate as sufficient for professional interaction with others.

Examples of Necessary Activities but not all Inclusive: Explain procedures, initiate
teaching or learning, document and interpret patient/peers’ responses in both
manual and electronic formats. Communicate information effectively with other
departments. Read and evaluate written orders and comprehend to perform
appropriately exam or procedure requests. Understand and comply with verbal
instructions and requests.

7. Foundation of: Mobility - Standard Expectation:

Physical abilities and physical flexibility sufficient to move from room to room,
maneuver in small spaces, ability to provide quality care for patients of any size
and ability in a safe manner, and physical health and stamina sufficient to carry
out radiologic procedures.

Examples of Necessary Activities but not all Inclusive: Move freely in and around
all exam room types, workspaces- diagnostic, surgery, and trauma, treatment
rooms in all clinical care settings, and all patient room types. Lift, Move, position,
and transport patients of all types without causing harm, undue pain, or
discomfort to the patient or one’s self. Transport Mobile radiographic equipment
in a timely and appropriate and cautious manner. Pull, push, and safely operate
stationary imaging equipment appropriately and in a timely manner.

8. Foundation of: Motor Skills - Standard Expectation:

Gross and Fine Motor Abilities sufficient to provide safe and effective patient
care.

Examples of Necessary Activities but not all Inclusive: Calibrate, use, and
manipulate equipment within the medical imaging environment on patients and
with peers appropriately to complete medical imaging exams. Ability to perform
CPR in 1 person and 2 person methods for at least 2 cycles well or as long as
needed by the emergent patient or is professionally appropriate.

9. Foundation of: Sensory - Standard Expectation:

Sufficient use of senses of vision, hearing, touch, and smell to observe, assess,
and evaluate effectively (near and at a distance) in the classroom, laboratory, and
clinical setting.

Examples of Necessary Activities but not all Inclusive: Hear monitors, alarms,
emergency signals, auscultatory sounds and cries for help (whether facing the
patient or not). Observe patient responses or lacking that may initiate emergency
care or altered state. Perform physician assessments and necessary
interventions (patient vitals, state of consciousness changes, inserting IVs or
catheters, etc.).

10. Foundation of: Behavioral, Emotional,& Mental - Standard Expectation:

Sufficient motivation, initiative, flexibility, and emotional awareness to function
appropriately in a variety of settings and environments. These will include those
that are continually new, changes in personnel or equipment regularly, changes in
patient type/alertness/emotional state, stressful and demanding environments
where multitasking and self-control are critical for patient care and performance
of needed skills in a variety of settings. Self-awareness and emotional
intelligence are vital skills that correlate directly to success and are appropriate
boundaries for entry level skills of behavior, emotional, and mental ability of any
healthcare student or employee.

Examples of Necessary Activities but not all Inclusive: Ability to adapt to change
well and appropriately with civility, correct and appropriate communication and
mental and physical ability to perform in times of high, low, or continually
changing stress within the classroom, lab, clinical, or patient care environment for
extended periods of time. Ability to take feedback from peers, educators,
instructors, grading technologists, or administrators with appropriate interactions
and the ability to allow that feedback to create long term growth and better
performance. Ability to handle tones and information provided that is negative,
direct, assertive, and otherwise difficulty appropriately and with a basic level of
professionalism and decorum regardless of the setting and if it is agreed with.

11. All students must be proficient in and retain these foundational skills throughout the duration of the program. Any student in admissions or while a current student that is determined to not possess the foundational skills level to be successful
according to these parameters will be revoked from the admissions process or
dismissed for cause.

Program Faculty and Administration want to see all students within the BRG
SORT program successful not only here during their educational experiences but
also within the profession as a whole. This Core Performance Standards
Document is required upon application and within each clinical semester to
ensure the student is aware of the standards required for progression within the
program.

I have read, understand, and agree that I meet the expected Core Performance Standards as listed herein as an admitted, current student, and must continually meet these for progression. I understand that failure to do so will result in revocation or dismissal from the program as theseare standards of professional practice. I also understand the BRG SORT’s procedure for requesting ADA/504 accommodations in the admissions and within the program and agree to abide within that requirement.

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