Medical Imaging Students share the responsibility of observing professional ethics.
Medical Providers (physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners) alone have the professional and legal right to diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries.
All information concerning patients or the business of the clinical education setting shall be held in strict confidence and not be discussed with persons not involved in a patient's care.
Students should retrieve patients from a waiting room or public area while considering patient confidentiality and clinical site procedures. In general, call patients from the waiting room or public area by first name and last initial. The student will confirm the patient's last name in a private location if two patients respond. Students are to ensure they have the correct patient for the proper exam. Once in the exam room, students must use at least two identifiers to confirm a patient's complete identity (ask the patient to state the entire first and last name and the date of birth). Students must ensure the patient's clinical symptoms correlate with the provider's order. Students will inform the supervising technologist of any discrepancy in the exam order so the provider can clarify the order before the imaging exam begins.
Students must address patients (except children) by their title and last name in the patient care area (i.e., Mr. Smith).
Students must address physicians by their titles and last names in all work areas (i.e., Dr. Jones).
Students who make disreputable or derogatory comments concerning the clinical education setting policies, practices, or personnel, or who breach patient confidentiality, will be dismissed from the Program at the discretion of the Dean in consultation with the Clinical Coordinator and Chief Academic Officer.