A group of students arrange another to practice getting a proper X-ray.

The Course: Radiographic Procedures Skill Laboratory

As future frontline health care workers, UNLV radiography students spend a year learning how to properly position a patient for imaging.

Learning the proper way to position a patient is the foundation of Radiographic Procedures Skill Laboratory (RAD 371). From left to right: Maritza Avelar-Avila, Emily Chau, teaching assistant Kyle Bayudan, Pamela Cartwright, and the student acting as patient, Nicole Rubio Soto. The students are arranging Soto in order to get a proper X-ray. (Josh Hawkins/UNLV)

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