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Standards Revision Update
Greetings from the JRCERT Deletion of Standard Six – We welcome comments at any
Standards Committee. We would Institutional/Programmatic time, so if you were unable to
like to update you on the progress Data. The committee feels this respond to one of the initial
information is redundant with
of the comprehensive Standards surveys, please feel free to send
information captured during the
revision project. As previously comments to
initial accreditation application
indicated, we are dedicated to a and policy requirements for Standards.Revision@jrcert.org or
transparent revision process and programs undergoing look for a JRCERT representative
have updated the Standards continuing accreditation, at an upcoming conference.
Revision Web page with the Subsume all supervision-related I would like to thank Dr.
results from our initial Programs & objectives into a single objective Stephanie Eatmon, outgoing
Faculty and Site Visitor surveys. (Radiography Standard Four – Standards Committee Chair and
Results, as published, are across all Objectives 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6),
and First Vice Chair of the JRCERT
four modalities. We also gained Board of Directors for her
input from multiple professional Deletion of Standard One - leadership and dedication to this
associations, individual emails, and Objective 1.1 across all
standards yet intertwining the most important charge. We will
interactions with you at national,
spirit of this objective across all carry the torch you lit!
regional, and state conferences.
multiple objectives.
Thank you for your valuable input! As always, we look forward to
The committee will be working your continued input and to
The committee held a virtual feverishly during the next few publishing the first draft of the
meeting in March and met face-to- months to prepare Draft 1 and Standards in the near future.
face just prior to our April 20, release it for public comment in late
2017 board meeting to thoroughly summer or early fall. We are Sincerely,
vet all stakeholder input and begin working hard to be ahead of our
work on Draft 1. Some scheduled release date. You can
interesting items that we are review the complete timetable at our Bette A. Schans, Ph.D., R.T.(R),
anxious to share include: main Standards Revision Web page FASRT
Standards Committee Chair
or by clicking Standards Revision Second Vice Chair JRCERT Board
of Directors
Project Timetable.
CHEA Accreditation
The JRCERT is currently working compliance with JRCERT Standard five-year average job placement
on its Interim Report for Five - Objective 5.3. We fully rate, and annual program
continued recognition by CHEA believe accountability is enhanced by completion rate on their program-
(Council for Higher Education making program effectiveness data specific web page. If the program
Accreditation). In accordance available to your communities of does not publish this information
with the accreditation process, interest and the public. Consistent directly on its homepage then the
the JRCERT is conducting an audit with Standard Five - Objective information must be clearly
of the program effectiveness data 5.3, programs must publish, at a identified and easily available with
web pages for all our accredited minimum, their five-year average minimal navigation. Thank you for
programs in effort to determine credentialing examination pass rate, your due diligence in this matter.
