Be prepared to meet the ARRT competency requirements! These procedure checklists make it easy. To qualify for your certification exam, you must demonstrate your competency in all 36 mandatory procedures and in at least 15 of the 30 elective procedures—and your instructors must verify your proficiencies.

First, you can use the checklists to review the procedures in preparation for the exam and to develop decision-making skills that will produce the highest quality radiographs while considering the needs and limitations of the patient. Then, your instructors can use them to record their evaluation of your competency for each procedure. And, finally, program directors can use them to verify to the ARRT that the you have demonstrated the required competencies and proficiencies.

The Radiography Procedure and Competency Manual is designed to help students become competent, meticulous, conscientious, confident, and professional radiologic technologists. I’m sure that other radiography educators have experienced frustrations similar to my own in trying to find a comprehensive, organized, and practical method to teach and track performance and competency. I hope this text will fill that void.

Contents

Chapter 1 Clinical Equipment
Chapter 2 Abdomen
Chapter 3 Chest
Chapter 4 Upper Extremities
Chapter 5 Lower Extremities
Chapter 6 Spine, Pelvis, and Trunk
Chapter 7 Head
Chapter 8 Mobile Studies
Chapter 9 Gastrointestinal/Urinary
Chapter 10 Miscellaneous