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Ask a Technologist :: RE: certificate or AA

November 15, 2008 on 12:32 pm | In Uncategorized | Author: hjhogle
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:08 am (GMT -4)
Topic Replies: 8

Actually, that's NOT true.

Regular visits to the ARRT (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists) provide important information to professionals.

On the main page of their website is a link to an article from September this year that says, in part -
"Eligibility requirements for ARRT certification in Radiography, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Radiation Therapy will — effective January 1, 2015 — call for candidates to have earned an associate degree (or more advanced degree) from an appropriately accredited institution.

So a candidate who graduates from a certificate program will no longer be eligible to take the national certification exam.

By the way, an associate degree is not helpful for a management career track. At the very least, management requires a BA/BS (with MA/MS preferred).

hjh, RT