Radiologist assistant certification.

The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) is the largest national, voluntary certification organization for radiologic technologists, with 235,000 registered technologists and an annual examination volume of 20,000 to 25,000. The ARRT's board is appointed by the ACR (four members) and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (five members). The ARRT is in the process of developing a certification for radiologist assistants.

The influence of educational preparation on evaluations of applicants for radiation therapy positions: a policy-capturing experiment.

Purpose: To determine whether radiation therapy department administrators prefer to hire graduates with certain types of educational preparation. The study was undertaken by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists as part of a larger project to determine educational requirements for radiation therapists.

Methods And Materials: Forty-one department administrators evaluated applications from a pool of 984 hypothetical applicants for the position of radiation therapist.