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Preparing for a Site Visit?

This Should Help.

Whether you’re a seasoned have developed the JRCERT
program director or new to Program Accreditation Site Visit Reminders for Site Visits
the position and facing your Checklist. This checklist can also
very first on-site visit, you be found on our Web site,
know all too well the inherent www.jrcert.org under the Pro-  Effective with site visits project-
stress involved with a visit from grams & Faculty tab, Program ed for May 2016 and after, the
the JRCERT site visit team. Resources. fixed site visit fee will be
This is only natural – you want $900.00 per site visitor.
Programs are encouraged to
the visit to go the best it possi-
work closely with the site visit
bly can!
team chair in developing an agen-  The program will be responsi-
To help you feel more com- da that will result in a well- ble for the arrangement and
fortable that you have made all coordinated and successful cost of hotel accommodations.
the right preparations, staff site visit.

Important!

Standards Revision

As noted in our inaugural issue of public to have an increased aware- different accreditation paradigms.
the JRCERT PULSE, the JRCERT ness of accreditation and an expec- We will keep you updated on the
Board of Directors voted to open tation that schools should be gradu- project timeline and the distribution
and begin a comprehensive revision ating students with the skills and of surveys in the near future. Our
of the current Standards for an Ac- knowledge they need to be pledge is to provide a fully transpar-
credited Educational Program (2014) - successful. ent process; thus, we will develop a
Radiography, Radiation Therapy, Mag- The JRCERT remains steadfast in its Standards Revision page on our Web
netic Resonance, and Medical Dosime- commitment to excellence in educa- site to house all important documents
try. Numerous items played a role tion through the accreditation of and communications related to the
in this decision; however, the key radiography, radiation therapy, mag- project.
rationale focused on issues sur- netic resonance, and medical dosim- We look forward to your feedback
rounding programmatic outcomes etry educational programs. There- and wish to thank you in advance for
and lack of clarity in Standard Five - fore, we have begun this lengthy participating in this all-important
Assessment. The unknowns of the revision process. We are currently standards revision project!
reauthorization of the Higher Edu- developing thought-provoking sur- - Stephanie Eatmon,
cation Act, fallout from the collapse veys to scan the environment of the
of Corinthian Colleges, planned medical imaging and radiation oncol- Ed.D., R.T.(R)(T), FASRT
Obama administration executive ogy professions. Some exciting Standards Committee Chair
action on higher education accredi- strategic initiatives will be included First Vice Chair - JRCERT Board of
tation, and ever-increasing student in these surveys to gauge the com- Directors
loan debt have all lead the general munities’ interest in potentially