Radiology Student Chat Zone :: RE: Just got my acceptance letter!
November 18, 2008 on 7:30 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: papaPosted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:50 am (GMT -4)
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i'd say you need to sit back and relax a bit. stressing out over things is what messes a lot of people up. i agree with all the suggestions here, that you may want to just review your anatomy, find your positioning book, etc.. but most importantly, relax.
relax while you can. the radiology program can be intense at times, and you'll need to go into it with an open and clear mind.
hope this helps, good luck, and welcome to radiology
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Radiology Student Chat Zone :: RE: Just got my acceptance letter!
November 18, 2008 on 7:30 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: lmh47Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:24 pm (GMT -4)
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yeah just brush up on anatomy. I never really applied my self in highschool or even college, but in this program it seems because i want to learn and its so interesting, that it just comes natural to learn and do good.
I dont think its as stressful as everyone says but i am only in my 3rd month so im sure its coming. But i go to school, which is hospital based, from 7am-3pm and then work from 5pm-11pm everyday and have a husband and a house to deal with, so its not that bad. You just have to manage your time.
I know this is stupid, but i make mental notes with anatomy to remember them.. for example: ( im sure you will never forget: MIDSAGGITAL
is MIDSAG to the VAG. - kinda gross but it sticks.
i asked the same questions too, about what should i study for bc i felt so hopeless not learning anything, but you will have enough to learn when you get in, dont stress your self out.
Its an awesome program and you will love it.\
congrats getting in!!!!!
Ask a Technologist :: RE: certificate or AA
November 18, 2008 on 7:30 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: hjhoglePosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:48 pm (GMT -4)
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You're almost correct. The national certification ( which is not a license) matters. If you're in a licensure state, the state license matters. There is no such thing as a national license.
To be eligible to take the national certification exam, what matters is that you graduate from an accredited radiography program .. doesn't matter if it's a degree program or a certificate program. If you are currently enrolled in a non-accredited program (college or otherwise), you will not be eligible to take the national exam.
However, in January 2015, this will change. In order to be eligible to take the national exam, the candidate must graduate from an accredited program AND have earned (at least) an AA degree from an accredited institution. This does not mean that you must earn an AA in radiography. And it does not mean that certificate-based programs will go away.
You could earn an AA in social work. Then decide to go into radiography, attend an accredited certificate-based program and be eligible to sit for the exam. I suspect that it DOES mean that certificate-based programs will only accept students who already have an associate or bachelors degree.
And, according to the JCERT, the only faculty who must hold a Masters level degree (at a minimum) is the Program Director. A F/T Clinical Coordinator must hold, at a minimum, a baccalaureate degree. (Want to see where this came from? Here - http://www.jrcert.org/pdfs/accreditation_process/standards/standards_%20for_an_accredited_educational_program_in_radiologic_sciences.pdf)
Any institution sets its own standards, and may set its standards higher than the JCERT. The program has every right to insist that its faculty demonstrate a commitment to higher education with advanced degrees.
hjh, RT
Ask a Technologist :: RE: certificate or AA
November 18, 2008 on 7:30 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: mullen1200Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:18 pm (GMT -4)
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the certificate never mattered. The boards/national license does. I believe there are many (correct me, I could be wrong), college programs that arent Jcert approved. Yet my program is. It seems there are standards that collide here. My teacher told me today that to teach these radiology programs that you have to have a masters of some sort, and he's almost finished getting his. Our second teacher already has hers, but I'm not sure who this "rule" applies to. I had never heard of it until he told us just the other day.
There are so many new rules floating around, its a bit weird. Anyways, Im really not trying to butt heads, I hope you guys know that. Hell i've been in the program for just a couple weeks now. Its a 40 hour a week job though, pretty intense testing already. Its a new experience for me. Check this out, I get a week off for christmas, and minor holidays off. Other then that, I dont get another week off for 18 months after christmas break (Unless you take a personal day/sick day).
on the AART website it said that they will have alternatives to taking the boards every 10 years, any idea what these could be? I know everyone has there CEU's at the moment. I'm wondering if it will just be a much heavier load of them. I dont envy the idea of taking my boards all over again a few times.
Ask a Technologist :: RE: certificate or AA
November 18, 2008 on 7:30 pm | In Uncategorized | Comments Off Author: papaPosted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:19 pm (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 8
not really the patient care parts, but more of the global scale. for instance, i didn't take history, i took sociology and psycology. so basically, i can look at someones background, and find an easier (and maybe sometimes better) way of aproaching a situation.
for example, i've got a patient who has come into the er. visiting from a forigen country, where there is not a lot of medical technology. i can use the information i learned in sociology to understand the society he came from, and understand that the "big machines" can be a little intimidating (especially in CT and MRI).
knowing this, how am i going to approach this patient? what can i do to help him/her understand that what we're going to do to them will not hurt them. with me, all they see is this giant piece of machinery, and me in my lab coat with a drawrer full of needles. that's where my psych classes come in handy.
should these be required? maybe not. some people come by these skills naturally. and i'm sure we could go on for days about all the skills you'd "learn" associated with an associates degree.
fact of the matter is, what kind of documentation do you have to back yourself up with? i look at this as the arrt is trying to help us. when you go to get your car worked on, you should be making sure that the mechanics are certifyied in what they do. if not, the work they do may not be acurate. i'm not saying that the piece of paper guarentees that they do good work, but they have been trained to do so.
the associates degree puts the technologists into that profesional plane. it tends to differentiate the difference between a technologist and a technician. when you're applying for a job, especially in this type of economy, you want to be as professional as you can, and have as much documented formal training as possible. from an employer's prospective, the certificate just doesn't hold up to the degree.
and yes, it does just boil down to "just a piece of paper" (quote from unnamed family member)
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