Online Radiology Degree/Program

heather_ernst08 · Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 1

Are there any that might be worth putting time into on the internet? I am a military wife and move every couple years and so trying to get into a program would be hard as by the time I get halfway through it, I would find myself having to move again and never being able to go back and finish...so is there a way I can do this online or some other way I havent thought about yet? I want to do this but I can't help if I have to constantly move. Thanks.
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Army Wife,Soon To Be Mommy and hopefully soon a student.

hjhogle · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:45 pm Post subject:

I'm afraid not.

What we do is considered 'direct patient care'. There's no way to learn to care for patients without ... caring for patients. It's like trying to learn to be a car mechanic while sitting in front of a PC. Can't learn it without touching a car.

Someone on this forum once said that there were now a few part-time programs .. I don't think there are many. But you'd still have to be involved in a program.

If I can find that posting, I'll put it out here.

hjh, RT

Lponce22 · Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 4

Hello I am looking to attend a school that is accredited with Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT). But I was wondering when looking for a job, what do emplyers usually require for example a degree certificate or a diploma?

hjhogle · Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject:

What they require is that you be nationally certified (and additionally licensed by some states). Where you went to school and whether you hold a degree as a Radiographer is not relevant.

To become eligible to take the national certificaiton exam, you must graduate from a program accredited by:

- Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT)
- Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT)
- Committee on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in collaboration with the Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRC-DMS)
- Regional Institutional Accrediting Agencies (degree-granting divisions) (This includes the NEASC, MSA, NCA, SACS, NASC and the WASC)
- Conjoint Accreditation Services of the Canadian Medical Association
- Australian Institute of Radiography

The ACCSCT is not recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), and graduation from a program accredited solely by them will not make you eligible to take the national certification exam.

If you want to work in medical imaging as a Radiographer in the US, you'll have to find a program accredited by one of the above agencies (this list and a list of programs accredited by them can be found on the website of the ARRT. www.arrt.org

hjh, RT

Lponce22 · Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Posts: 4

Well the problem is that I have a fulltime job and the community colleges that offer Radiology programs but they are all in the morning. This is sad.

hjhogle · Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

I have not been able to find the list I had, but I did a simple internet search for 'part-time radiography programs'. From there, I confirmed on the ARRT website that they were also accredited - here are a few -

Rhode Island Hospital provides both a 24-month full-time program and a 30-month part-time evening program.

Bunker Hill Community College has a 21-month full-time program and a 35-month part-time program.

Lancaster General College of Nursing and Health Sciences ...

So do a search for programs in your general area. Once you find them, check on the ARRT website to be certain that they're accredited. The above 3 are.

hjh, RT

klargenf · Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 1

hi hjhogle,

I have searched on the JRCERT's website and I've found quite a few distance Radiography programs. Does it mean that if I take one of these programs and complete it, I will be eligible to take the national certification exam?

Thanks.
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hjhogle · Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject:

The short answer is 'yes', BUT - it depends on what YOU think 'distance' learning means.

All of the programs listed on the JRCERT website require X hours of classoom education. They all require X hours of clinical hours spent in an affiliated radiography department. Distance learning is not 'online' (online infers you're not in actually in a clinical setting). Typically what it means in a radiography program is that clinical hours are spent in varying facilities all over the area. Althoug it's possible that SOME classroom credits (not labs) may be taken online - depends on the program.

For the best fit, visit the website of the program you're interested in to see what the specifics of their program are. And to be CERTAIN the ARRT recognizes the program? Look them up on the ARRT website as well.

hjh, RT