Whose business is education anyways? ASRT’s? or Educators’ ? by E. Doyle
Have you seen the draft of the BS core curriculum on the ASRT website? I take offense to the term “professional level”. What does that make the rest of us? Non-professional? Why do we do this to ourselves? I think it is time to quit “going along.” Why do we take this lying down? I’m not sure why our professional organization would designate only the baccalaureate level as professional. I feel the hundred thousand plus technologist out there producing quality medical images in a caring, safe way are also professional.
Thank you ASRT for making us feel inferior.
Eileen M. Doyle, MPA, RT(R)
Students were asking a similar question about being professional. We are always telling them that they are, but now it seems only BS grads are considered truly professional.
November 14th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
While we, who are RTs, may consider ourselves as ‘professionals’ with a AAS degree or a hospital certificate, the rest of the health care community does not. Sadly, this issue is not just based on perceptions. While there many examples of this, two issues warrant our imaging profession’s attention: (a) the lack of meaningful research RTs publish towards expanding the body of knowledge regarding medical imaging sciences and (b) the lack of educationally prepared Technologists to qualify for leadership and administrative roles. As such, RNs and MBAs are encroaching on these higher paying jobs and becoming our supervisors. It is becoming commonplace that non-RTs are directing our work lives-all with a limited understanding of our complex professional scope of practice and without ever making an exposure or the knowledge thereof.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm