SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb., – The Regional West Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology is proud to announce the graduating class of 2008. Graduation ceremonies will take place in Scottsbluff on August 8.

The Regional West School of Radiologic Technology was founded in 1951 and is today the only radiologic program in western Nebraska. The original goal of the program was focused on educating personnel for employment at Regional West itself. But throughout the years, the program has grown to educate radiologic technology students no matter where their employment destination. Graduates of the program become technologists in small community hospitals or major metropolitan medical centers.

The Regional West School of Radiologic Technology offers a 24-month program of study leading to a certificate in radiography. The school is located at the Regional West South Unit and offers clinical education settings at Regional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff Orthopaedic Associates, Horizons West Medical Group, Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance and Community Hospital in Torrington. The school is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)

Graduates of the program become radiologic technologists, also referred to as radiographers. Radiologic technologists take x rays and administer non-radioactive materials into patients’ bloodstreams for diagnostic purposes. The also produce x-ray films (radiographs) of parts of the human body for use in diagnosing medical problems.

For more information about the school, contact Dan Gilbert or Pat Halley at (308) 630-1713.

Regional West Health Services, with over 1,300 employees, provides comprehensive and innovative health care services for the people and communities of western Nebraska and the neighboring states of Colorado, South Dakota and Wyoming. With over 110 active physicians, 95 percent of whom are board certified or board eligible, plus an additional 25 consulting specialists, we offer care that spans more than 40 medical specialties. Regional West Medical Center, a subsidiary of Regional West Health Services, is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is one of only three Level II Trauma Centers in the state of Nebraska.