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Example Crosswalk Comparing 2014 and Draft 2021 Accredited Educational Program Standards
2021 2014
Standards Topic Standards Key Changes a
1.1 Policies, procedures, and 1.1, 1.6, 1.8, Deleted Objective 1.1; content subsumed under Explanation; added
relevant information 1.9, 1.10 “Accreditation status (including length of award) must be published on
program website – template provided in Appendix A (CHEA requirement)”
1.2 Faculty recruitment and 1.14 Made editorial changes
employment
1.3 Student recruitment and 1.12, 1.13 Combined 1.12 and 1.13; made editorial changes
admission practices
1.4 Confidentiality of student 1.5 Defined “educational records”; deleted “security” in objective
records
1.5 JRCERT Standards awareness 1.7 Added “and faculty” to objective; provided reference to JRCERT policy
and pursuit of noncompliance
1.6 Program effectiveness data 5.3 PED reflects most recent 3-year average (see 6.2); programs with less than
(PED) 3 years of data must publish 1 or 2 years of PED; provided direct JRCERT link
to be used on program’s webpage; provided template in Appendix B
1.7 Achieve and maintain JRCERT 6.6 Made editorial changes; provided links to applicable JRCERT policies
accreditation
a Not reflective of every change.
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Standard Three requirements in a single location. In addition, the
Standard Three: Faculty and Staff is a new standard 40-hour-per-week didactic and clinical involvement, as
that addresses faculty in terms of adequate numbers, well as percentages for evening and weekend total clini-
academic qualifications, responsibilities, evaluations, cal hours, have been deleted.
and professional development. Faculty evaluations now
incorporate an optional evaluation of volunteer clinical Standard Five
preceptors who are staff technologists. Standard Five: Health and Safety monitors the
health, safety, and optimal use of radiation for stu-
Standard Four dents, patients, and the public. The revised document
Standard Four: Curriculum and Academic Practices combines Objectives 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6 regarding stu-
pertains to the curriculum and academic practices for dent supervision to remove redundancy of reporting.
preparation to enter the profession. Bachelor degree Programs will need to demonstrate how the supervision
programs must adhere to the American Society of policies are made known to students, clinical instruc-
Radiologic Technologists’ bachelor of science in tors, and clinical staff, in addition to how they are
radiologic sciences core curriculum. Master degree enforced and monitored.
programs must ensure sufficient coursework to support
the graduate-level curriculum. Bachelor and master Standard Six
degree programs must provide additional professional Standard Six: Programmatic Effectiveness and
content topics such as advocacy, advanced patient Assessment: Using Data for Sustained Improvement
care, leadership, and research. Objective 4.3 combines involves continuous improvement. A program’s effec-
objectives from other areas to place clinical education tiveness is linked to its ability to meet its mission, goals,

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