This is a highly demanding course which will open many career opportunities across numerous medical fields.
Graduates are health professionals who have the duties provided for by the Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Health 26 September 1994, n. 746 and subsequent amendments and additions.
They are responsible for the acts of their competence and are authorized to carry out radiological investigations and services, in compliance with the radiation protection standards established by the European Union. Graduates in radiological diagnostic techniques are enabled to carry out, in accordance with the provisions of the law of 31 January 1983, n. 25, autonomously or in collaboration with other health figures, all interventions, on medical prescription, which require the use:
- of ionized radiation sources; both artificial and natural;
- of thermal, ultrasonic, nuclear magnetic resonance energies;
- interventions for physical or dosimetric protection;
They participate in the planning and organization of work within the structure in which they operate in accordance with their skills; manage the provision of multipurpose services under their responsibility in direct collaboration with the radiodiagnostic doctor, the nuclear doctor, the radiotherapist and the health physicist, according to diagnostic and therapeutic protocols defined in advance by the facility manager; are responsible for the acts within their competence, in particular by checking the correct functioning of the equipment entrusted to them, providing for the elimination of minor problems and implementing verification and control programs to guarantee quality according to predefined indicators and standards; contribute to the training of support staff and contribute directly to the updating of their professional profile and research.
Skills associated with the function:
- Ability to carry out technical/diagnostic procedures for image preparation, acquisition and processinging, according to scientific evidence and guidelines.
- Ability to evaluate the quality of the iconographic document produced and whether it corresponds to what is explained in the survey proposal.
- Ability to practice the technical diagnostic procedures of image transmission and archivinging, using information systems for data collection, analysis and information management.
- Ability to perform external beam radiation and brachytherapy treatments (including metabolic therapy).
- Ability to handle and manipulate sealed and unsealed radioactive sources in both Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine.
- Ability to carry out dosimetric procedures in the field of Health Physics.
- Ability to implement the provisions on radiation protection, also through the use of individual protection devices, ensuring the safety and privacy of users during diagnostic/therapeutic investigations.
- Ability to verify the correct functioning of the equipment by providing for the elimination of minor problems, through the use of methodologies and tools for quality control, evaluation and review.
- Ability to collaborate in the multi-professional team through the use of effective communication, in order to ensure optimal functioning of the Service, contributing to the solution of organizational problems.
- Ability to adopt professional behaviors compliant with ethical and deontological principles, acting responsibly towards users and the Service through the use of guidelines and according to Evidence-Based Medicine.
- Ability to search for the best scientific evidence to investigate areas of uncertainty or improvement in one's professional practice.
