Training for Quality Management Technologist?

browneyedgirl · Joined: 01 May 2009 Posts: 3 Location: IL

I am a first year student doing a report on quality management for a QM class and we have to do QM tests at a local hospital then write a report on what we find. I have to "Identify the training required to become a quality management technologist, Identify the duties of a Quality Management technologist, and Discuss the role of a Physicist in regards to QM" I have looked everywhere it seems and I cant find anything about a QM technologist. Does anyone know where I could find information online about any of those (trustworthy site and info no older than 2004)? Any help is very very much appreciated.

hjhogle · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:01 pm Post subject:

Believe it or not, information of that type can be found on the website of our certifying agency - the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). They also provide the certification exam for QM.

http://www.arrt.org/examinations/contentspecs/QM_CS_2008.pdf
http://www.arrt.org/education/QM_CX_2008.pdf

hjh, RT

dc2360 · Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 1 Location: United States

I am new to this blog, so please forgive me if this info is somewhat ''after the fact'' (but please share with the classes behind you).

Ironically, I am a Quality Management technologist (12 years) working with a team of medical physycists. I also teach QM REGISTRY REVIEW classes part time. Here's a comprehensive resource that I and our instructors use in our RT program:

Quality Management in the Imaging Sciences- Papp, J (3RD EDITION,2006)

http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=0323035671

Good Luck in your program!
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Thanks and have a great day!

David Clayton,BS,R.T.(R)(QM)
Quality Assurance
Dept. of Imaging Physics-Unit 56
Univ. of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr.
Houston,TX
713-745-2360 office/vm
dclayton@mdanderson.org