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Reviewing Student Supervision Requirements with Clinical Staff

It has always been a challenge for radiog-
raphy programs to make certain that all
clinical staff at the clinical settings are peri-
odically reminded of the program’s student
supervision policies.

Now there is an easy and effective way to
meet the requirements of JRCERT Stand-
ard Four - Objectives 4.4, 4.5, and 4.6 Written by Myke Kudlas, M.Ed. RT.(R)(QM),
which require programs to document that CIIP, PMP
Chief Learning and Membership Officer
its supervision policies are made known to American Society of Radiologic Technologists
students, clinical instructors, and clinical
staff. In January, the American Society of
Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) published How To Obtain A Multi-
pants will receive a certificate from
an informative and entertaining, 5-minute,
the ASRT recognizing their achieve- Use Institutional Version
animated module on its Web site,
ment. Technologists who want to
www.asrt.org/store, titled, Student Supervi- Standard Four – Objectives 4.4, 4.5, and
complete the module will need to
sion | 2016 at the ASRT Store (keyword 4.6.
create an account in the ASRT Store.
search “supervision”). A link to the module
There is no charge to create an ac- Programs can purchase their own Student Su-
is also available on the JRCERT Web site
count or to access this specific mod- pervision institutional module on disc for $50
under the Programs & Faculty tab, Program
ule. member/$100 nonmember, plus $4.95 shipping/
Resources. The module is an excellent
handling. To place order, the program may
resource that can be used as one method The module uses the JRCERT Stand-
contact Erin Livermore by phone at (800) 444-
to assist programs in reminding clinical staff ards on supervision as its framework;
2778, Ext. 1097, or e-mail elivermore@asrt.org.
working with students of the program’s therefore, programs submitting self-
The package includes the module on disc, a tran-
direct, indirect, and repeat image supervi- study reports or interim reports may
script, test bank of questions, and completion
sion policies. choose to provide documentation to
certificate blank to be used locally.
the JRCERT that clinical staff have
After viewing the module and successfully
reviewed this module as an additional The JRCERT wishes to express its sincere thanks
completing a brief 5-question quiz, partici-
way to document compliance with to the ASRT for creating this very effective and
Options for Documenting Compliance: Objectives 4.4, 4.5, 4.6

 Documentation of completion of the ASRT “Supervision | 2016” module.
 Published program materials (e.g., student handbook containing supervision policies, introductory course outlines, etc.)
 Representative agenda from meetings with clinical instructors and clinical staff
 Newsletters, broadcast e-mails and other communications to students, clinical instructors, and/or clinical staff remind-
ing them of the program’s supervision policies
 Clinical evaluation forms/tools containing question(s) on the adequacy of student supervision

 Clinical forms/tools documenting the implementation of supervision policies, etc.