Clinical Obligations

The Radiography Program is a five-semester, full-time program beginning each year’s Fall Semester. Classes are held face-to face at the downtown campus. The program’s clinical education component is conducted in various hospitals and other medical facilities affiliated with Cape Fear Community College.

Collectively the clinical affiliates provide a sufficient number and variety of radiographic procedures to offer students a well-balanced, supervised clinical experience. Hours for clinical rotations are generally from 6:30 am to 4:30 pm (varies). During the program’s second year, students will rotate three to four weeks through the weekend and weeknight shifts (2:00 pm to 10:30 pm). The entire semester clinical schedule will be provided before the beginning of each semester. Clinical sites are located up to 60 miles from the CFCC downtown campus. Transportation to and from these sites is the student’s responsibility. Program staff will not make exceptions or adjustments in clinical assignments based upon traveling distance. Clinical attendance is mandatory.

Note: Vaccinations, a cleared criminal background check and clean drug screen are required for all clinical sites on an annual basis. Specifics on fees and procedures are found in the admission packet.

In the second year, students have opportunities to rotate into other modalities (for observation only) such as CT, MRI, Radiation Therapy and Mammography. These observations are scheduled for one week rotation per semester.

All clinical sites are affiliated with Cape Fear Community College by contract and are approved by the program’s accreditation the JRCERT. They make the ultimate decision if a student is approved to rotate to their site. If a student is not cleared or permitted to attend one clinical site, for any reason, then the student will not progress in the program. Reasons for not being approved to attend a site(s) may include criminal background, drug screen, not meeting vaccination requirements, and any other reason deemed as such by the site.

Clinical education centers and locations (links below include directions):

• • Brunswick Surgery Center , LLC, Leland, NC
  • Delaney Radiology Wilmington
  • Dosher Memorial Hospital Southport, NC
  • EmergeOrtho – Ashton Drive , Wilmington, NC
  • EmergeOrtho – Cutlar Crossing ,  Leland, NC
  • EmergeOrtho – Porters Neck , Wilmington, NC
  • EmergeOrtho – Seagate , Wilmington, NC
  • EmergeOrtho – Shipyard Blvd ., Wilmington, NC
  • Novant Health Brunswick Novant Medical Center Bolivia, NC
  • Novant Health Imaging New Hanover Medical Plaza Wilmington
  • Novant Health New Hanover Orthopedic Hospital Wilmington
  • Novant Health New Hanover Primary Care – 16th Street Wilmington, NC
  • Novant Health New Hanover Primary Care – Myrtle Grove Wilmington, NC
  • Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington
  • Novant Health Scotts Hill Imaging/ED Lab Wilmington
  • Wilmington Health – 1202 Medical Center Dr , Wilmington, NC
  • Wilmington Health – Ocean Hwy Leland, NC
  • Wilmington Health – Porters Neck , Wilmington, NC
  • Other clinical sites may be used as necessary

The program’s policy regarding student clinical rotations in mammography (may be applied to any imaging procedures performed by professionals who are of the opposite gender of the patient) is based on the sound rationale presented in a position statement on student clinical mammography rotations adopted by the Board of Directors of the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) at its April 2016 meeting. The JRCERT position statement is available on the JRCERT Web site, www.jrcert.org, Programs & Faculty, Program Resources.

CFCC Radiography Program Policy: All students, male and female, will be offered the opportunity to participate in clinical mammography rotations. The program will make every effort to place a male student in a clinical mammography rotation if requested; however, the program is not in a position to override clinical setting policies that restrict clinical experiences in mammography to female students. Male students are advised that placement in a mammography rotation is not guaranteed and is subject to the availability of a clinical setting that allows males to participate in mammographic imaging procedures. The program will not deny female students the opportunity to participate in mammography rotations if clinical settings are not available to provide the same opportunity to male students.