Accreditation
The UW-La Crosse Medical Dosimetry Program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT).
The program applied for accreditation in April, 2006; completed the accreditation site visit on July 9 & 10, 2007; and received accreditation in October 2007.
For more information regarding accreditation of medical dosimetry programs, visit the JRCERT web site at www.jrcert.org.
So, What does an accredited program mean to a prospective student?
- The profession is assured, through programmatic accreditation, that educational programs in the field are providing consistent minimum education in the profession as the profession itself has defined it.
- Through the process of programmatic accreditation, educators are assured that their educational programs are keeping pace with the profession and with standards developed through national consensus.
- Accreditation of educational programs assures patients that students who perform procedures have appropriate supervision during the educational process. It also assures them that graduates will have met the minimum level of competency as defined nationally by the profession.
- Accreditation of an educational program provides students, as graduates, assurance that the educational program will provide them with the requisite knowledge, skills, and values to competently perform the range of professional responsibilities expected by potential employers nationwide. It also assures they will be eligible for licensure in each of the 50 states. By requiring programs to teach the entire curriculum developed by the professional society, the American Society of Radiologic Technology, it also assures students they will have the foundation knowledge to continue to develop as professionals in the various fields of the radiation sciences.
(www.jrcert.org, 2008)
