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Glossary of Terms

Academic calendar: the official institutional/program document that, at a minimum, identifies
specific start and end dates for each term, holidays recognized by the sponsoring institution, and breaks.

Accreditation status: a statement of the program’s current standing with the JRCERT. Per JRCERT
Policies 10.000 and 10.700, accreditation status is categorized as one of the following: Accredited,
Probationary Accreditation, and Administrative Probationary Accreditation. The program must also
identify its current length of accreditation award (i.e., 8-year, 5-year, 3-year, probation). The JRCERT
publishes each program’s current accreditation status at www.jrcert.org.

Administrator: individual(s) that oversee student activities, academic personnel, and programs.

Articulation Agreement: A formal partnership between two (2) or more institutions of higher
education. Typically, this type of agreement is formed between a hospital-based program and a
community college or a community college and a four (4) year academic institution with the goal of
creating a seamless transfer process for students.

Campus: the buildings and grounds of a school, college, university, or hospital. A campus does not
include geographically dispersed locations.

Clinical capacity: the maximum number of students that can partake in clinical experiences at a
clinical setting at any given time. Clinical capacity is determined by the availability of human and/or
physical resources.

Clinical obligations: relevant requirements for completion of a clinical course including, but not
limited to, background checks, drug screening, travel to geographically dispersed clinical settings,
evening and/or weekend clinical assignments, and documentation of professional liability.

Communities of interest: the internal and external stakeholders, as defined by the program, who
have a keen interest in the mission, goals, and outcomes of the program and the subsequent program
effectiveness. The communities of interest may include current students, faculty, graduates, institutional
administration, employers, clinical staff, or other institutions, organizations, regulatory groups, and/or
individuals interested in educational activities in medical imaging and radiation oncology.

Comparable health sciences programs: health science programs established in the same
sponsoring institution that are similar to the medical dosimetry program in curricular structure as well as
in the number of faculty, students, and clinical settings.

Consortium: two or more academic or clinical institutions that have formally agreed to sponsor the
development and continuation of an education program. A consortium must be structured to recognize
and perform the responsibilities and functions of a sponsoring institution.