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Letter from the Chair

The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) is the only agency recognized by
the United States Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
for the accreditation of traditional and distance delivery educational programs in radiography, radiation therapy,

magnetic resonance, and medical dosimetry. The JRCERT is responsible for assuring that educational programs in
the radiologic sciences are providing quality education for their students and that the integrity of these programs is
not compromised.
Recognition by the United States Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA) as the only programmatic accreditation agency for radiography, radiation therapy, medical
dosimetry and magnetic resonance allows us to demonstrate our responsibility to programs, students, and the
profession.

The central issues addressed in 2022 that promoted our core values were:
• Continued to address the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2022. Board meetings were held virtually,
and staff worked remotely to assure that the business of the organization was maintained.
• Continued utilizing hybrid site visits to ensure a timely accreditation process. Hybrid site visits were
approved on a case-by-case basis.
• Continued to receive Interim Reports in a timely manner.

• Continued to review comments received from communities of interest in the Standards Committee and
voted during full board meetings regarding 2021 Standards.

• Continued to distribute the Pulse newsletter and conducted Town Hall meetings.
• Representation of the JRCERT at annual conferences such as ACERT, ASRT, AEIRS, AHRA, and
AAMD were performed, virtually when requested.
• Implemented major upgrades to the AMS Portal system in 2022 and we continue to monitor it and
update small fixes as needed.
• Continued to create numerous modules and courses for our Learning Management System (LMS) for
program support. The eLearning course, “Conducting a JRCERT Site Visit,” was approved for
Category A 3.5 credits and is not part of the online Site Visitor professional development plan. The
module, “MR Safety and JRCERT Standards,” will be available April 2023. The Interim Report and the
Self-Study modules continue to be utilized by programs and have received positive feedback from
programs and board members. Interpreting the 2021 Standards module continues to be instrumental in
providing clarity for programs.
• Conducted all accreditation seminars, outcomes assessment workshops, and site visitor workshops both
virtually and face-to-face.
• Represented the JRCERT virtually with Leslie Winter at the National Advisory Committee on
Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) in February 2022 to successfully defend the petition and
received the maximum award of five years from the USDE
• Updated JRCERT policies on distance education regarding substantive changes for programs that wish
to offer four or more didactic courses via distance education and dosimetry programs that wish to offer
more than 50% of their total clinical clock hours. These changes require programs to submit a
substantive change request.

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