Clinical Experience

Once a student is selected for placement in a clinical education center, the complete set of the Policies and Procedures relating to the clinic, as published in the program Clinical Education Manual and Student Handbook, is expected to be read thoroughly by each student and will be reviewed by the clinical faculty prior to commencement of clinical experience. Students are required to provide their own transportation to and from the clinical education centers. Misericordia University is currently affiliated with the following clinical education centers:

• Advanced Imaging Specialists, Dunmore, PA
• CDI, Forty-Fort, PA
• Geisinger Regional Ambulatory Campus,Wilkes-Barre, PA*
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, PA
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Bldg., Plains Twp., PA
• Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, Hazleton, PA
• Hazleton Health & Wellness Center-Advanced Imaging, Hazleton, PA
• Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA
• RediCare Medical Center, Taylor, PA
• Regional Hospital of Scranton, PA
• Scranton Orthopedic Specialists, Dickson City, PA
• Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA
• Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Viewmont Medical Services, Scranton, PA
• Vision Imaging, Kingston, PA
• Wilkes-Barre Imaging Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA*
• Wilkes-Barre General Hospital - General Campus, Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Wilkes-Barre General Hospital - Saxton Pavilion, Edwardsville,PA

Additional clinical education centers available to the students during their senior year are:

• Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, PA
• Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA (limited basis)*
• Northeast Radiation Oncology Center (NROC), Dunmore, PA
• Northeastern Pennsylvania Imaging Center (NEPIC), Scranton, PA
• Pocono Medical Center, E. Stroudsburg,PA
• Radiation Medicine Specialists, Forty-Fort, PA
• The Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care, Scranton, PA
• Wyoming Valley Imaging Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA*

*Inactive Sites

Internship

The internship option is an extensive experience in a particular specialty area of medical imaging in order to gain cross-training and/or experience under the direct supervision of a qualified practitioner in that area. The student has the option of applying for an internship in one of the following areas (Availability of areas may vary depending upon commitments from clinical education centers.): CT, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Mammography, Cardiac Catheterization, Special Procedures, Radiation Oncology, and Bone Densitometry.