Baker College Rad Tech Program (Clinton Twp, MI)

XrayTech2B · Joined: 05 Dec 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Michigan

Here I am all excited because I was accepted into the highly competitive program of Radiologic Technology. I'm almost through the first quarter and, silly me, I can hardly wait until the next school quarter starts.

Boy, do I ever feel like I've been shot in the gut after reading these posts. I'm a student at Baker. Is this really necessary to start beating down a program by doing the "Mine Is Better Than Yours" attitude? Baker and Sinai are both JRCERT accredited programs. Although Michigan residents are used to the UofM vs. Mich State rivalry maybe it's something like that?

Anywhoooo, I had to get my 2cents worth in. I love school. It's not easy, but I'm winning the battle. And I'm excited to go to clinicals.

Good luck to all the students who enter this field! I'll see you at the ARRT exam!!

MattP2144 · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 17

Hospital Based programs are better, no one is doing the mine is better thans yours!! People are just helping out another person, explaining which direction would actually be better to go into, however Sinai is an excellent program. The students at Sinai are exposed to everything, no other hospital around the metro detroit area sees as many traumas as Sinai when you leave this school you are prepared!!

hjhogle · Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

jbrock1983 · Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 19 Location: Michigan

I graduated from Baker College of Owosso Rad. Program in 2004.

I know things are a lot different and that there are 2 other programs at other Baker College Sites.

I will say that the program was "rough" & "tough"...

I'm a hands on kind of a learner, and well I thought that there could have been more of an advantage in using the labs than was done.

Needless to say, we had newer instructors, and well nothing against them, it was a learning process all-together.

I will admit though that my clinical site at Munson Medical Center was "the best" I learned so much there! This hospital is set up very similar to that of a hospital based program.

Tues, Wed, and Thurs. we had 2 hours of Class where we reviewed everything again from the previous year. It was great!

My clinical site was a mix of Ferris Students as well. We all worked good together.

I was lucky enough to get an ok from Munson and allow me to do my clinicals there, since normaly they are only contracted with Ferris.

Again, great facility and I truly believe without Munson, I don't think I'd be the technologist I am today.

The clincial instructor at Munson has a way in making those complicated theories/ easier to comprehend.

I can deff. see why others prefer hospital based over college based.

You can check out Lansing Community College too...they have a nice program where you will be in clinicals the 1st year. The first year is 3 days class, 2 days at the clinical site. Then the 2nd year, you are 3 clinical, and 2 days in the class. At least that is how I remember it from 2002.

A co worker of mine was in the Ferris program and he got yanked around in not completeing a class in time, and was told he'd have to wait a year.

Instead he looked and got into a program in St. Louis. I mean he really had to move far away, but there are other opportunities out there, you have to just really look and be willing to make (take) some big changes/chances.

Good luck!
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-Brock RT (R)

ajanski · Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 8

I am currently in the program at St. John hospital and medical center in Detroit. I would highly reccomend this school. I have also been told how much more prepared we are than the students from Baker. I have been to clinical sites were there are students from both places. I would not reccomend attending Baker.

a1 · Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 1

OMG!! you all are crazy. Baker students are great. Its not the school its the person. Everyone that is talking bad about the school have never been there nor have probably never worked with a student. Furthermore unlike hospital programs Baker students will have Associate Degree so we can advance and get better jobs like sales or Managment. Hopefully that law passes that requires everyone to have a degree and licence...then what will you do?? Maybe go to baker

hjhogle · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject:

a1 -

There is no "law" that we're waiting for someone (?) to pass. While attending classes, it might be useful for you to learn more about the profession as a whole. Take a look at the website of our national credentialing agency, the ARRT - the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (www.arrt.org).

There, you'll discover that, beginning 1/01/2015, a candidate will be required to have earned (at minimum) an associate degree simply to be eligible to take the national certification exam.

There are other interesting tidbits, including CQ/2011, links for state licensing, explanations of CE (to which all RT's are required to adhere).

Good luck,
hjh, RT

MattP2144 · Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 17

Actually i have had people from baker say that they wished they were in a hospital based program, and i know people who hire people say they are more likley to hire someone from a hospital program. Also community colleges aroudn the area will take kids from hospital programs and give them credits for their certificate, and then they only need to get so many more credits for a associates so who cares.