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STANDARDS Revision Update

Greetings, the JRCERT Standards ers of the certification agencies and Results of our initial survey should be
Committee would like to update professional societies to assist our posted to our Standards Revision
you on the progress of the com- committee in the development of all Web page after the April 2017 com-
prehensive Standards revision pro- future draft standards documents. mittee meeting.
ject as introduced in last fall’s Once Draft 1 is made available, these
Pulse newsletter. Please remem- agencies, as well as all other stake- We welcome comments at any time,
ber that the JRCERT is dedicated holders, will have another opportuni- so if you were unable to respond to
to a transparent revision process ty to comment on the draft. Refer the initial survey, please feel free to
send comments to Stand-
and will be expanding our Stand- to our Standards Revision Project –
ards Revision Web site with up- Stakeholder Engagement document ards.Revision@jrcert.org. As always,
dates, survey results, and draft for more information on these we look forward to your continued
documents. Our Standards Revi- agencies. input and to publishing the first draft
sion Project Timetable indicates we of the Standards in fall 2017.
are right on schedule with our JRCERT CEO Leslie Winter and Stephanie Eatmon, Ed.D, R.T.(R)(T),
survey distribution and with seek- Executive Associate Director Jay FASRT
ing input from professional organi- Hicks will host Standards Revision Standards Committee Chair
zations. We extended the timeline presentations in conjunction with the First Vice Chair-JRCERT Board of
for the initial Programs & Faculty 42 Association of Collegiate Educa- Directors
nd
Survey until October 15, 2016 in an tors in Radiologic Technology
effort to gain more input and re- (ACERT) and the 20 West Coast
th
ceived a total of 485 responses. Educators Council (WCEC) Student-
This survey was sent out to all Educator-Radiographer Seminar on
program directors, clinical/ January 26, 2017 and March 9, 2017,
educational coordinators, and facul- respectively. If you are attending the
ty of accredited programs with the JRCERT Accreditation Seminar pre-
hope they would forward it to ceding these conferences, you will
adjunct faculty, clinical faculty, also have an opportunity to voice
deans, students, and other stake- your input on the Standards revision
holders. The Committee and project. Click here for JRCERT
JRCERT Staff are currently organiz- Accreditation Seminar registration
ing this data to develop Draft 1, information.
which will be reviewed at our April
2017 and October 2017 Standards After the holidays, we will be sending
Committee meetings. another survey to our site visitors to
During the past year, we’ve also seek their specific input in assessing
sought salient information regard- the validity, reliability, and ease of
ing the future of medical imaging interpretation of the current Stand-
and radiation therapy, including ards through the lens of a volunteer
medical dosimetry, from the lead- peer reviewer.