Essential Functions of a CT/MRI Student Essential functions are
those considered necessary or fundamental to performance of a
job. In postsecondary education, the student's job is to learn
and participate in an academic environment and the clinical
environment as well. The student, with or without reasonable
accommodation, must be able to: 1. Sit on a chair. 2. Push and
pull routinely. 3. Be able to make color distinctions. 4. Lift
20-50 pounds occasionally and 10-25 pounds frequently. 5. Be
independently mobile within a building and between buildings. 6.
Travel to and from clinical placements, fieldtrips, and assigned
locations off campus. 7. Show sufficient balance to protect and
assist patient(s). 8. Demonstrate strength, agility, and
flexibility to manipulate and position a patient. 9. Have
endurance and attention to actively engage in 7 hours of patient
treatment or classroom activities each day, 4 days a week. 10.
Reach and grasp overhead, in front of the body, to the sides and
down. 11. Demonstrate fin