The Mount Sinai Center for Radiation Sciences Education at Stony Brook University is a partnership between Mount Sinai Health System’s Department of Radiation Oncology and the School of Health Professions. The Radiation Therapy (RTT) clinical concentration was developed to educate and prepare students to meet the daily challenges of radiation therapists in the dynamic field of Radiation Oncology and meet the growing demand for radiation therapists nationwide. Radiation Therapists are key members of the radiation oncology team. They provide direct patient care to patients undergoing radiation treatment for cancerous and some non-cancerous conditions. After completion of the didactic courses in this clinical concentration, students continue on to the RTT clinical non-credit, non-degree certificate program. The 12-months of clinical rotations in the RTT clinical non-credit, non-degree certificate programs are conducted at the Mount Sinai Health System. Successful completion of both the concentration and the clinical non-credit, non-degree certificate program are required in order to be eligible to take the national registry examination. Since this is a program within the Health Science major, applications for the clinical non-credit, non-degree certificate program are only accepted from students who have been advanced to the major’s senior year curriculum.
Accreditation
In 2021, the program received full initial accreditation by the JRCERT for a total of 3 years, until 2024. The RTT program is in compliance with the requirements of the United States Department of Education, if an institution or program elects to make public disclosure of its accreditation status, program publications must state that the program is accredited by the: Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2850 Chicago, Illinois 60606-3182, Phone: 312.704.5300, Email: mail@jrcert.org
The program’s current accreditation award is 8 years. General program accreditation information and the current accreditation award letter can be found at: https://www.jrcert.org/programs/suny-at-stony-brook-university/. The most recent award letter can be found here.
Admission Requirements
For admission requirements to the clinical concentrations, technical standards, program effectiveness data please refer to the Radiation Therapy | School of Health Professions website.
Note: Enrollment in HAN 395 - Radiation Physics in Medicine (4 credits) is required during the fall semester of the senior year to submit an application for this concentration of study. Acceptance into the non-credit, non-degree certificate program is required in order to enter the concentration.
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