Entrance requirements

To enter the program, all candidates must be registered technologists in one of the following:

• Medical Radiography
• Nuclear Medicine
• Radiation Therapy

Note: Technologists who have not undergone a criminal record check through their Canadian employer may need to undergo a Criminal Record Check [PDF] before approval to do a clinical practicum.

Procedure for Arranging a CT Clinical Practicum

BCIT's School of Health Sciences co-ordinates clinical practicum courses for post-diploma certificate programs. You may choose the clinical site of your choice for the practicum or BCIT will assist you in finding a suitable practicum site, subject to the site's approval. A qualified assessor must be available in order for you to proceed to the clinical practicum site. The practicum includes a Record of Clinical Experience, Competency Profile and Assessor Guidelines. BCIT provides a Compressed Time Frame (CTF) clinical practicum for practitioners who have been working full time in their fields for a minimum of one year.

If you perform your clinical experience in BC, you will gain Workers Compensation (WC) and Liability Insurance coverage when registered in the BCIT clinical course. If you perform your clinical practicum in another Canadian province, you must ensure that you have WC coverage during the practicum. If you perform your clinical practicum outside Canada, you will need to arrange liability insurance and WC coverage.

The following steps provide a guide to arranging a clinical practicum:

1. Complete all theory courses
2. Call Euclid Seeram, program head at 604-432-8231 or 1-800-663-6542 ext 8231 or email euclid_seeram@bcit.ca to discuss the clinical practicum preliminaries
3. Select a training site of your choice if one is available and be prepared to identify a contact person for the site, and send this information to the program head.
4. If you do not have a preferred site, BCIT will assist you in finding a suitable site
5. he program head checks if there is an affiliation agreement between BCIT and the site is already in place.
6. If there is an agreement in place, then you may register for the clinical practicum course by contacting Victoria Banham, the program assistant, at 604-432-8727 or 1-800-663-6542 ext 8727.
7. If there is no agreement is in place, BCIT will contact the site to establish an agreement
8. The site may accept or reject the agreement. If the site accepts the agreement, register according to (6) above. If the site rejects the agreement, another site must be found, and the affiliation process begins again
9. The cost for registering for the practicum course can be found when you register for the course. There may also be a cost associated with the training site. You must then negotiate this cost with the site
10. Course materials must also be ordered from the BCIT bookstore at the time of registration
11. You must complete the assessor form for each site at which you will be doing a practicum and return all signed forms to BCIT before the practicum begins
12. The assessor must be a qualified technologist in the field of study and must have certification from the CAMRT or another recognized professional medical radiation association.
13. On successful completion of all of the above, clinical training begins

Please allow at least three months for establishing an affiliation agreement between BCIT and the clinical site.

Clinical Assessors at sites where students are doing a practicum. This list is dynamic and changes from term to term.

BC provincial exams

Provincial exam marks are required for English 12, Communications 12, and Technical and Professional Communications 12. BCIT does not require provincial exams for Grade 12 Math and Science courses.

Program declaration

To determine if the courses you intend to take will be applied towards a credential you must declare your program. This ensures that BCIT is aware of your intent to complete the program as it is currently outlined.

Program declaration enables you to declare a program of study and outline the courses you plan to complete to meet the program requirements. Program declaration also provides the opportunity to apply for transfer credit. Upon approval, a confirmation letter will be mailed to you outlining your program of study.

To declare your program, please submit the Part-time Program Declaration form [PDF]. This form is also available at Student Information and Enrolment Services. Please allow approximately six to eight weeks for processing.

Program matrix

Check current availability of courses for this program.

*prior learning assessment challenge courses

MRI and CT students may challenge three of the four cross sectional anatomy courses by writing a comprehensive challenge exam if they have at least one year's work experience in CT or MRI. In order to approve a student's eligibility to challenge these courses, we must receive a letter, on letterhead, from your MRI/CT supervisor verifying this experience. If you are eligible to challenge these courses and wish to do so, please contact the Program Assistant at 604-432-8727/1-800-663-6542 ext. 8727 for more information.

Continue your education

Graduates from the CT post diploma advanced specialty certificate program can transfer up to 15 credits into the Elective Courses of the Medical Imaging Bachelor of Technology Degree program.

Graduate employment outcomes

The following link takes you to graduate outcome survey results containing mostly labour market results from the 2009-2011 BCIT Outcomes Surveys of 2008-2010 Graduates.
Note: The survey results will be displayed in a separate browser window. To view these results, you need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in your Web browser.

• Computed Tomography

Apply for graduation

Upon successful completion of all program requirements, complete an Application for BCIT Credential [PDF] and submit to Student Information and Enrolment Services.

Allow approximately six to eight weeks for processing.

All financial obligations to the Institute must be met prior to issuance of any credential.

Students must successfully complete all courses (50% or better) within five years in order to graduate and receive an Advanced Specialty Certificate in Computed Tomography.