The Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology Program at UNINAVARRA is an on-site program of 110 academic credits, with emphasis on the training of the technologist with orientation in health care and the biopsychosocial model, with a daytime schedule that leads to the degree of Technologist in Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging.
The curricular foundation takes into account new trends in education such as:
- "World Declaration on Higher Education in the 21st Century, Vision and Action", adopted at the World Commission on Higher Education, convened by UNESCO (Paris, 1998).
- World Conference on Higher Education. The new dynamics of higher education and research for social change and development (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris. 2009).
The integral formation of professionals in Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology, who assume with respect and character the health care, through the effective use of the technologies of each health institution with diagnostic imaging services and human development and its environment with the region.
By the year 2020, the Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technologists graduated from UNINAVARRA will be professionals positioned by:
- Social leadership in the development of its actions, to contribute to the strengthening of health care in the communities.
- The human quality of its health services.
- Understand the importance of professional values and lifelong learning.
Applicant Profile
General admission profile and admission requirements:
Admission to UNINAVARRA is free and voluntary by enrollment processes of applicants according to their vocation. Admission to UNINAVARRA is based on three profiles:
Personal profile where personality traits of the applicants are evaluated to verify affinity with the entrance profile of each program.
Intellectual profile where the degree of knowledge is evaluated and based on the State Aptitude and Knowledge Tests of the Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education (ICFES), minimum admission scores will be established for each program.
Attitudinal profile determined in interview processes in which the Program Director will determine the affinity between the student and the formative requirements of the program. In the case of Health Sciences, psychometric personality tests will be specifically applied to evaluate the psychological profile from a clinical perspective in order to ensure the affinity and stability of this profile in each student with the career to be pursued.
Professional Profile
The graduate of the Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology program of UNINAVARRA will have theoretical foundations around a true university education that will characterize it by its autonomy, its social commitment, its rational critical capacity, its transforming posture, its respect for the other, its commitment to the development and strengthening of the profession's deontology.
It will be a professional of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology that through respectful and supportive service in favor of others, rescue the sense of man and the human and collective work through experiences of social service with the less favored and will be an active player in contributing solutions to the problems faced by the country.
Will be the protagonist of team work promoting the work with other disciplines for the identification, analysis and solution of health problems that, due to their complexity, require an approach from different knowledge and the link with other social actors. Stimulate team work for the development of health, with projects of mutual cooperation, through interdisciplinary relationships, social interaction and social agreement.
Our professional will have knowledge and skills in health education and management techniques as a first-hand tool to intervene in the new health systems and services.
Occupational Profile
The Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology professional will be able to work in health service institutions (IPS), basic and higher education institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, service and productive companies.
He has competencies that allow him to perform in the following areas:
- Hospital
- Teaching
They could be grouped as follows:
- Participate in the formulation, design, implementation and control of health care procedures, specifically in the area of his/her competence.
- Define and apply the criteria and standards of quality in the ethical, scientific and technological dimensions of the practice of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology.
- Manage diagnostic imaging services in health institutions.
- Exercise responsibilities and functions of assistance, management, administration, research, teaching, both in general and specialized areas and those related to the nature of his practice, such as advisory, consulting and other related areas.
- In addition to the duties of the Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology professional:
- Supervise and evaluate the care of technicians and personnel in their charge.
- Provide formal and informal education to patients and staff to promote self-care and encourage healthy lifestyles.
Job Profile
The Technologist in Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging graduated from UNINAVARRA will be able to perform in the following occupational scenarios:
- Perform technical management functions in the different official or private diagnostic imaging services.
- Perform studies in official or private centers according to medical and/or dental indications to obtain images and records that can be used in medical diagnosis.
- Research and develop new techniques for diagnostic imaging.
- Advise in the design and planning of diagnostic imaging services.
- Evaluate and judge the quality of images and records resulting from the application of conventional and highly complex methods, techniques and processing.
- Process and order sensitive material used in the conventional and high complexity areas of the imaging services.
- Control the operating conditions of conventional and high complexity equipment in the imaging services.
- Select and control the necessary supplies and their technical specificities, the operating conditions of conventional and high complexity equipment in the imaging services.
- To supervise the correct use of specific equipment, the transitory and/or final disposal of hazardous materials and the exposure times to which patients and technical personnel are subjected.
- Collaborate in the implementation of radioprotection and biosafety criteria for the occupational and non-occupational population.
- To provide, under the indication and supervision of the specialist physician, transitional care arising from situations derived from the application of high intensity methods and procedures.
- Guidance to the individual, families, groups and community in health matters, promoting self-care and developing a rational attitude in the use of health care resources.
- Assumes responsibility in the administration of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Technology care of an intra or extra hospital functional unit, applying administrative, scientific and ethical principles, adapting to the technological advances of the moment.
- A professional who will develop personal values and competencies based on: teamwork, discipline, self-esteem, honesty, cooperation, sensitivity to the environment, peace, tolerance, fulfillment of duty and respect.