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SITE VISITOR WEBINAR
The JRCERT will be offering experienced site visitors a daylong Site Visitor Webinar via the
Zoom platform. You are invited to attend on Thursday, October 1, 2020. Registration for this
event is on a first come, first served basis. Please email Janet Luczak (jluczak@jrcert.org) to
register for this webinar.
2021 STANDARDS
Before the April 2020 meeting of the JRCERT Board of Directors, the Standards Committee
met to discuss comments received since the October 2019 meeting of the committee. The
committee received feedback from individuals through online surveys regarding Draft 3 and
Draft 3 Revisions. Additional comments and feedback were received during the past six
months from several national and state organizations including: American Society of
Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) - Radiation Therapy and Medical Dosimetry Chapter,
Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS), Medical Dosimetrist
Certification Board (MDCB), and The Association of Educators in Radiologic Technology of
the State of New York (AERTSNY). The JRCERT is very grateful for all of the comments and
feedback received throughout the duration of the Standards Revision project.
Based on feedback and comments, the Standards Committee made minor changes to the Draft
3 Revisions document. Some of the changes are as follows (underlined phrases note changes):
“The JRCERT is
Objective 3.1 (all disciplines) – Institutional policies and practices for faculty
very grateful for all workload and release time must be consistent with, and comparable to, faculty in
other health sciences programs in the same institution. Faculty workload and release
of the comments time practices must include allocating time and/or reducing teaching load for
educational, accreditation, and administrative requirements expected of the
and feedback program director and clinical coordinator.
received throughout A definition of comparable will be added to the glossary.
Objective 3.1 (Medical Dosimetry) - A full-time program director is required. The
the duration of the program director may also be identified as the radiation therapy program director.
Also, a full-time equivalent clinical coordinator is required if the program has more
Standards Revision than fifteen (15) students enrolled in the clinical component of the program. The
clinical coordinator may also be identified as the radiation therapy clinical
project.” coordinator.
Objective 4.2 (all disciplines) - A well-structured curriculum … variety of
situations and patient conditions. The well-structured curriculum is guided by a
master plan of education.
The JRCERT encourages innovative approaches to curriculum delivery methods that
provide students with flexible and creative learning opportunities. These methods
may include, but are not limited to, distance education courses, part-time/evening
curricular tracks, service learning, and/or interprofessional development.
Objective 5.4 (Radiography) - Students must be directly supervised during surgical
and all mobile, including mobile fluoroscopy, procedures regardless of the level of
competency.
The Standards Committee arrived at a consensus to adopt the 2021 Standards and brought
forth the recommendation that the full Board adopt the Standards during the April Board
Meeting. At the April 2020 Board Meeting, the JRCERT Board of Directors moved to adopt
the 2021 Standards with an implementation date of January 1, 2021.
JRCERT staff are making final editorial and grammatical revisions to the 2021 Standards
documents before the documents are copywritten. These documents will then be published on
the JRCERT website as soon as possible thereafter.