Now that the ARRT has put their Continuing Qualifications Requirements (CQR) into full effect for all R.T.’s receiving certificate and registration in 2011 and thereafter we have to look at what the future of CE holds for everyone.  There has been a lot of buzz going around about the possibility that the ARRT might begin requiring a certain amount of the required 24 CE to be in specific content areas.  An unresolved question is if ARRT makes this change will state licensing boards adopt this requirement?

Currently, the ARRT has no specific guidelines for the content of your required CE other than the course must be approved by a RCEEM and that the CE relates to the R.T.’s area of practice and contributes to their competence and continued knowledge.  Some of the state licensing boards already mandate that a portion of the required CE be from specific content areas. For example, the state of Massachusetts requires that radiographers obtain 2 CE credits in Radiation Safety for renewal of their state certification.  So, it is not as if this move towards “Certificationizing Continuing Education” (as the ASRT labeled it in their latest journal) is really a new idea; but, it will definitely be something different when trying to find CE to fit the needs of the required categories.

One thing you can count on from X-Ray Lady is that we will follow these new trends and will make every effort  to ensure that the CE courses offered by our company will cover  the new ARRT guidelines when they are implemented.  We will also keep you as our customers posted about any new changes that we know about as soon as they come available.

In our last newsletter we mentioned that we are working on a new website.  As of now it is still in production and we are hoping that we will begin using the new site some time in March this year!  It has been a very exciting time for us getting to build our new website and adding several new details that will benefit not only us but most importantly you as the customer.  Once the site is up and running we will be sending out an email that will explain all the new and unique features.  We hope that your shopping experience with the new site will be smoother and much more explanatory.  Many of the new website features have been added due to your comments and suggestions. We welcome any and all suggestions for improvements or features that you as our most valuable customer would like to see.  You can email us your thoughts or information to xrayladyce@gmail.com.