Radiography Program Student Handbook Introduction
This Radiography Student Handbook is only part of the information necessary for you to successfully complete the program. You will also receive access to RAD course syllabi, the A-B Tech Catalog, and the A-B Tech Student Handbook and Calendar. It is your responsibility to read these documents and be familiar with all college, program, and course policies and requirements.
The radiographers you will be working with during the next 21 months have all pledged themselves to excellence in patient care, and we welcome you as a student member of our profession. Every student who meets the admission requirements of the program can succeed and do exceptionally well. The program only wants to graduate the best. The healthcare work environment will allow no less.
This program is serious business--it is about patient care, it is about professional standards, and it is about quality education. The program faculty has been hired by the college to deliver a program in compliance with accreditation standards and curriculum requirements based on sound educational principles. We want you to reach higher, to try harder, and to learn far more than you ever thought possible. We have structured everything to set you up to succeed. All you must do is: Do Your Part.
Your radiography instructors at the college are all professionals in this field with many years of experience as clinicians and educators. Do all they expect of you, and you will meet with the success you only dreamed of when you began the program.
Welcome to the Radiography Program at A-B Tech! The responsibilities of the program and the profession may appear great at times, but the rewards outnumber all challenges you may encounter tenfold.
The A-B Tech Radiography Faculty
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech) has served as the community's premier technical educator since 1959. A-B Tech is proud of its successful history, especially of the success of the college's allied health programs. The radiography program traces its beginning to the School of X-Ray Technology sponsored by Memorial Mission Hospital, started in 1960 by Iva McGrady Wall, R.T.(R)(ARRT). With increasing programmatic accreditation standards and emphasis on academic education, all parties involved believed the training for radiographers in our area would be better provided through an institution of higher learning. The Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute Radiologic Technology Program enrolled its first class in the fall of 1971 with Henry B. Dawkins, B.S., R.T.(R)(ARRT) serving as the first program director. Several other allied health programs, including nursing and medical laboratory technology, were also transferred to A-B Tech during this time.
At the beginning of 2016, the Allied Health Division relocated to the Ferguson Allied Health and Workforce Development Building (AHWD) at 10 Genevieve Circle, Asheville, NC. The program classroom and faculty offices are located on the second floor of the AHWD building on the A-B Tech campus.
The A-B Tech Radiography Program has served as the main source of entry-level radiographers in the area since the program graduated its first class in 1973. Graduates of the program have been successful in obtaining employment in a wide variety of settings, including area hospitals, doctors' offices, emergency care centers, imaging centers, and clinics. A significant number of graduates have pursued advanced education in the field of medical imaging or advanced degrees in the health sciences. Many program graduates have become successful educators, department managers, hospital administrators, or practitioners in other areas of health care.
The mission of the A-B Tech Radiography Program is to prepare competent entry-level radiographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for the health care industry located in Western North Carolina.
René Brooks — MAEd., RT(R), ARRT
Department Chairperson
- Office: AHWD 240.5
- Phone: (828) 398-7262
- Email: renebrooks@abtech.edu
Kayce Leon — M.S., RT(R), (BD), ARRT
Instructor/Clinical Coordinator
- Office: AHWD 240.6
- Phone: (828) 398-7257
- Email: kaycesleon@abtech.edu
Sereitha Miller — B.S., RT(R), ARRT
Instructor
- Office: AHWD 240.7
- Phone: (828) 398-7188
- Email: sereithadmiller@abtech.edu
The program recommends that any student having a complaint or grievance should initially discuss the problem with the individual involved within three (3) school days of the incident to resolve the issue informally. If at the time of the discussion, the problem is not resolved to the mutual satisfaction of both parties, the student should discuss the matter with the program chairperson. This should occur within ten (10) school days of the incident.
If the student remains dissatisfied with the decision at this informal level, he/she would be encouraged to refer to the Student and Grade Appeals Policy outlined in the A-B-Tech Catalog. This more formal process is administered through the Office of the Vice President for Student Services.