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Standard Three: Faculty and Staff

3.2 The sponsoring institution and program assure that all faculty and staff
possess the academic and professional qualifications appropriate for
their assignments.

Explanation:
Faculty and clinical staff must possess academic and professional qualifications appropriate for their
assignment. Clinical preceptors and clinical staff supervising students’ performance in the clinical
component of the program must document Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB) certifi-
cation (or equivalent) or other appropriate credentials. Equivalent qualifications are certification by
the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) as a medical physicist. Appropriate credentials, oth-
er than MDCB, American Board of Radiology (ABR), or ABMP certification and/or registration, may
be used for qualified healthcare professionals supervising students in specialty areas (e.g., radiation
oncologist or a registered radiation therapist supervising students’ observation of therapeutic pro-
cedures).

Program Director Clinical Coordinator

• Holds, at a minimum, a master’s degree. • Holds, at a minimum, a bachelor’s
For master’s degree programs, a degree. For master’s degree programs,
doctoral degree is preferred holds, at a minimum, a master’s degree

• Proficient in curriculum design, • Proficient in curriculum development,
evaluation, instruction, program supervision, instruction, evaluation, and
administration, and academic advising
academic advising
• Documents three years’ clinical • Documents two years’ clinical
experience in the professional discipline
experience in the professional discipline
• Documents two years’ experience as an
instructor in a JRCERT-accredited • Documents one year’s experience as an
program instructor in a JRCERT-accredited
program
• Holds current Medical Dosimetrist
Certification Board (MDCB) certification • Holds current Medical Dosimetrist
or equivalent Certification Board (MDCB) certification
1
or equivalent
1

1 Equivalent: an unrestricted state license for the state in which the program is located.