Gwynedd Mercy University 2026-2027 University Catalog
will be one half hour for lunch and one-half hour for paperwork. Any variations in schedules must be approved by the Program Director and Clinical Coordinator. Students must comply with the hours of the clinical institution. Some clinical education experiences may be scheduled at times other than the normal schedule. Students’ clinical schedule will be adjusted to provide these experiences, which may require an early, late, or a weekend schedule. Students in the program must provide their own transportation to and from the clinical site. Many of the clinical sites are accessible by public transportation. Students are responsible for arranging and paying for their transportation to their clinical site. Students in need of a parking space at their clinical site will receive information on parking during their orientation to their clinical site if parking spaces are available for students. Students who park at the clinical facilities will be responsible for any fees that may occur.
Non-Academic Criteria for Admission, Progression and Retention
The University conducts a " credit by examination program " whereby students may take examinations for academic credit as applicable to a given program. This program allows knowledge and experience attained through non-formal and non-traditional approaches to learning to be recognized. Certain controls and restrictions by the Accrediting agencies for Allied Health Programs do not permit the use of the above procedure for challenging courses in the concentration. Academic courses, however, may be challenged through the procedure outlined in this catalog.
Technical Standards: In order to perform the daily duties of the Radiation Therapist accurately and efficiently, the Radiation Therapy student must be able to:
• Climb— Ascending or descending using feet and legs and / or hands and arms.
• Balance— Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching.
• Stoop— Bending body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Kneel— Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Reach— Extending hand( s) and arm( s) in any direction.
• Communication— Communicate effectively with patients and staff in both verbal and written forms in the English language, with the ability to give and receive directions and information.
• Stand— Standing for particularly sustained periods of time, to include bending and twisting.
• Walk— Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
• Push— Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Pull— Using upper extremities to exert force in moving objects in a sustained motion.
• Lift— Raising object from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• Grasp— Applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm; tactile dexterity.
• Speak— Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hear— Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound when applicable, especially in a noisy environment.
• Visual Acuity— This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work; deals with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, monitors, extensive reading, visual inspection, using measurement devices, assembly, or fabrication of parts at distances close to eyes. Ability to see and read instructions in dim lighting.
• Medium Work— The ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and / or up to 20
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