Observation Experience

Observation experience in our department allows us to receive a first glance at all prospective applicants.  Information from your experience will be relayed to the admissions committee and is utilized during the selection process.  Please carefully review the information on this site, as it will provide you with details on our observations and the application process:

1. Observations are a required part of the application process for our Nuclear Medicine Technology, Ultrasonography, MRI Primary Pathway, Mammography and our Radiography programs.
2. For CT and the MRI post-primary pathway programs observation is not required but you may submit a general request and we will accommodate them as best as possible.
3. We receive a very large number of requests each year.  To ensure that we do not overwhelm our clinical staff we have the following time stipulations in place:
   
    
   
   • Investigational: 2 hours max per department, up to 2 departments.
     
     • If you are not sure which radiology area you are interested in, we can arrange a couple of hours in a few areas to help you narrow your decision.
   • External School Application: 4 hours maximum.
     
     • For those candidates who are applying to SLCC, Weber State, and MTECH radiography programs.

   • Internal UofU Radiology Programs: Observation length is department dependent and will be assigned during scheduling.

     • For candidates applying into one of the internal radiology programs at University of Utah Health.

For those applying to any of the internal UofU Radiology programs, please be certain to review the observation experience information for the program you are applying to, as each program will have different requirements for minimum number of hours.  This information is found on the prerequisite pages for each program.

Employees of University of Utah Health: Please complete the observation application for our tracking purposes.  You will be able to select if you are employee and that will fast-track your application for approval, as you will not need to resubmit most of the documents.

Out of State Candidates: If you wish to visit in person for your observation, please complete the application process and we can arrange a time for you to observe.  However, if you are not able to travel, we request that you identify a hospital/clinic local to your home area to complete the observation. Please have that clinical site send an email or supply a letter confirming your observation and have them include some general information: hospital/clinic name, their role, length of your shadow and brief description of the exams you were able to observe.