On the cover: (top) A typical classroom scene. Professor Diane Kawamura confronts students with problems they will face in the real world of radiology. (bottom) WSC students Kenneth Evans (center) and Sharri Soelberg are prepared to assist with surgery at Davis North Medical Center. Radiologic Tech........... 1-5 Campus Clips............. 5 Distinguished Alums........ 6 WSCAA/ Chapter Chatter.......... Aliivanews. 25.002 Outstanding Alumnus....... = Higa= *. Pee FT had ee a eae ear hy 8 AD 11 11-142 Science at WSC has long been nationally recognized as a leader in the education of health professionals. During the past few years the radiologic technology department within that school has been building a reputation all its own. Not only is WSC the only degree granting institution in the state in the radiologic technologies but it is the only college or university in the nation to offer a B.S. degree in ultrasound, and one of the very few to offer degrees in nuclear medicine and radiation therapy. Several degree options are available to students in radiologic technology. The two-year associate degree provides the basic program. Then students can continue on, for additional career mobility, into one of the advanced skill programs of ultrasonography; radiation therapy; nuclear medicine or advanced radiography. “We also offer héalth services administration and health eevee eS eo 2 education," said Jane Ward, i te a) 3 leader... follow to see why The School of Allied Health In this issue: Wildcat Club 702... WSC a chair of the forward-looking department. She attributes the success of the radiologic programs to the capabilities of the faculty. “A lot of schools can't offer these programs because they cannot find the qualified faculty to teach them,” she said. WSC faculty double certified % ii ;i ; ' acne ae eee aa . iN Ms. Ward explained that not only are all six faculty members certified by the American Medical Assn. as radiology technicians, but each is what she called “double certified," with an additional specialty. She, Wynn Harrison and Bob Walker are certified in nuclear medicine; George Pales in radiation therapy; Dann Cohrs and Diane Kawamura in ultrasonography, with Ms. Kawamura specializing in general ultrasound and Cohrs taking up echocardiography. She said that equipment and methodology in the medical professions are advancing so rapidly that there is no way the college can keep abreast of these changes without being constantly in contact with hospitals in the area. A cooperative program between the campus and the medical community has been set up to enable students to get classroom training at the college and hands-on experience in the hospitals with professionals working in the field on the latest diagnostic equipment in the medical world. | We pause to watch WSC student Brent Rohde as he sets up factors the computerized panel for a = radiograph patient as Ms. Gladdis, observes his every move. Radiology Then thi huge machine encased in the lead shielded room whurrrrrs and click Brent walks around the glass partition and into the x-ray lab, slides out the tray of film, replace it with another and re-positions th patient. Back to his position behi For a first-hand look -- come with us into the world of radiology to the glass wall, the processis find out what makes WSC’s prorepeated; all under the critical eyé grams so unique and special. of the professional. Our first visit is with WSC instructor Diane Kawamura at Logan Regional Hospital. Her specialty -ultrasound. “We really rely on the hospitals and the clinical instructors," Ms. Kawamura says as she leads us through the radiology department doors and into a maze of push button panels, lead-lined windowed walls and whitejacketed techs. "We take the students on campus for the first quarter and then send them into the hospitals where _ fro they work three out days a week. bel They spend the Camelle Hirst at Logan Regional Hospits S other two days in readies the young patient for a radiograph whil whi the classroom,” Sheri Larsen sits at the controls behind the leat nate she said. glass window. Students are supervised closely b Sait “Here they work the clinical instructors in each learning hospital a directly with the clinical instructors ares on real patients. We teach the technical , they teach the art of actually mul making the radiographs (x-rays) and But radiologic technology wast defe doing the work. the only thing we had come to se dete “Then we bring them back to the Ms. Kawamura ushered us on dove Small campus for more instruction and the long wide hall to the last door "U rotate them to another hospital," she on the left. Inside, the ultrasound ima, continued. machine looks rather small and “gy SHE” Wendy Gladdis, who graduated unassuming compared to the . GF fact from WSC four years ago, is the massive radiographic equipment W calle clinical instructor at Logan Regional. had just witnessed in action. A Wy TECe She is not only head of the padded table in the middle of the jy SW! radiology department, but spends room cradles an ultrasound probe ge GSC between 10 and 20 percent of her resembling a small microphone. Th time providing clinical instruction The probe is connected to a portal a diz and supervision for the students panel of dials and knobs witha — so assigned to her. television screen on top. Ultrasound ¥ ses