Radiologic Science Leadership Courses
- RAD 250 Leadership Communication
- RAD 222 Pathological Foundations
- RAD 310 Writing for Health Care Professionals
- RAD 330 Communication Strategies for Conflict Management
- RAD 350 Health Care Diversity and Global Issues
- RAD 435 Ethics and Decision Making in Health Care Environments
- RAD 300 Strategic Leadership of Resources, People, and Teams
- RAD 400 Organization Development for HR Professionals
- RAD 440 Legal Environment for Health Care Managers
- RAD 322 Compliance and Regulatory Requirements for Health Care Managers
- RAD 490 Senior Seminar
RAD 250 Leadership Communications (4 credits)
This course emphasizes the communication
processes of leadership with particular focus on
assessing and researching leadership skills, strategic
organizational planning, decision making, problem
solving, mentoring employees, collaborative team
management skills, cultivating a supportive work
environment, change management, facilitation
and meeting management skills, presentation
skills and interviewing skills.
RAD 222 Pathological Foundations (4 credits)
This course is designed to provide students
with a historical background in pathological
studies. The course is also designed to expose
students to the principles and concepts necessary
for understanding the basics of pathological
investigations. By applying knowledge from
a range of disciplines, pathologists are able to
more adequately study disease, wellness, and
other health-related events in populations. The
ultimate goal of this course is to stimulate a desire
for further education in pathological course
work. Also includes the study of cell response to
radiation and chemotherapy.
RAD 310 Writing for Health Care Professionals (4 credits)
Health care professionals at all levels must
demonstrate professionalism as strong communicators
not only verbally, but as writers as
well. This course will lay the ground work of
writing expectations in the program and serve
to remediate as needed.
RAD 330 Communication Strategies for Conflict
Management (4 credits)
This course provides an overview of the nature
and functions of communication in human
conflict. Professionals develop communication
skills, such as listening and collaboration, which
are necessary for managing conflict productively
in interpersonal, organizational and intercultural
contexts. Professionals will gain an understanding
of patterns, research and processes associated with
conflict management styles, and civility. This course
will also address how language, perception, gender
communication, and generational differences and
context influence the conflict process.
RAD 350 Health Care Diversity and Global Issues (4 credits)
Students use literature, interviews and class
discussion to explore the values, beliefs, customs
and perceptions represented in various kinds
of diversity affecting social and economic life.
Students explore the obligations and implications
of equal opportunity in organizations while they
develop organizational strategies to benefit from
diversity in the United States and abroad.
RAD 435 Ethics and Decision Making in Health
Care Environments (4 credits)
This is a foundational course in ethics for individuals
who are pursuing vocations in health care. At the
completion of this course students will have a
greater understanding of the ethical principles
that are applied to the delivery of health care
services, as well as some of the more current and
pressing issues of health care delivery. Students
will develop a personal model of decision making
that is consistent with core personal values as
well as the ethical standards of their professions.
Students will be introduced to a range of ethical
challenges faced by health care practitioners today.
These include, but are not limited to, the value and
dignity of human life; principles of non malfeasance
and beneficence; beginning of life and end of life
issues; confidentiality; informed consent; allocation
of scarce resources; truth-telling; and the ethics of
biomedical research. Students will use case studies,
selected readings, discussion, and critical analysis
of various models of ethical decision making to
construct a personal statement of core beliefs that
will guide decision making.
RAD 300 Strategic Leadership of Resources,
People, and Teams (4 credits)
The strategy process represents an essential
opportunity for health care leaders to establish,
implement and guide the organization's direction
in these turbulent waters of changing distribution
systems. Students will look at the strategies of
health care organizations in an increasingly global
and competitive marketplace.
RAD 400 Organization Development for HR
Professionals (4 credits)
This course will help HR leaders understand
organization development from a leadership
and HR perspective. Students will build their
capacity to facilitate complex change initiatives
using change theories, models, and concepts.
Students will demonstrate an understanding
of how a complex organizational environment
is driving the need for continuous change.
Moreover, students will develop skills in planning
for change, communicating change, and holding
individuals accountable for results. Students
will also demonstrate an understanding of how
change impacts individual performance.
RAD 440 Legal Environment for Health Care
Managers (4 credits)
This course integrates the treatment of law and
management. It helps managers and leaders
spot legal issues before they become legal
problems and emphasizes developing the legal
astuteness to craft solutions that attain core
organizational objectives without incurring
undue legal risk. Traditional legal concepts are
discussed as well as current topics in developing
areas of the law. An emphasis on ethical concerns
stimulates understanding of how managers must
incorporate considerations of ethics and social
responsibility into their managerial actions.
RAD 322 Compliance and Regulatory
Requirements for Health Care Managers (4 credits)
The focus of this course is to examine the various
compliance and regulatory issues and challenges
that confront healthcare professionals. Key
topics covered include: EEO, AAP, ADEA, ADA,
OWPA, FMLA, COBRA, ERISA, HIPAA, FLSA, NLRA,
Sarbanes/Oxley, ethics and the law, corporate
compliance, and Medicare fraud and abuse.
RAD 490 Senior Seminar (4 credits)
The students will engage in a literature survey
of research in the instructor's area of expertise
and develop a research proposal consisting of a
research hypothesis, a rationale for the work and
experimental design. Students learn professional
presentation skills and combine research and
theory to develop individualized synthesis
projects which examine research problems and
answer a particular research question that has
specific application in their occupation.
