Professional Organizations and the HARP Act Flashcards
What are professional organizations?
Groups that represent members of a profession
Work in the best interest of its members
Responsible for the professional certification of members
Have standards that members must follow
what services do professional organizations offer to its members?
Continuing professional development (CPD)
Job guidance
Leadership training
Networking
Mentoring
Awards
Scholarships
Benefits/Perks
What were the first professional organizations for medical radiation technologists?
Britain: Society of Radiographers
USA: American Society of X-Ray Technicians
What was the first MRT association in Canada?
Manitoba, 1929: William Doern and Claude Bodle form the Western Canada Society of Radiographers
- Evolved to MAMRT, then CAMRT-MB
Ontario first MRT association?
Ontario, 1935: Ontario Society of Radiological Technicians
(OSRT)
Second MRT association in Canada
Technologist vs. technician
Many fields used the term technician
Technologist: in general more knowledgeable and more responsibilities
Technician: often works in a more limited role; also a term used for those servicing equipment
Needed to recognize non-x-ray radiation workers
What did the OSRT become the OAMRT?
1984 OSRT became Ontario Association of Medical Radiation Technologists
What is the ISRRT?
The ISRRT encourages the exchange of information between individuals, to help members keep abreast of advancing technology and;
assists countries to form their own radiation medicine societies; co-operates with the World Health Organization and other international bodies and organizations in improving standards of health care;
assists in the development of training curricula and determines the need
for ongoing education;
Is actively engaged in the promotion of improved radiographic services
and in the development of protection against radiation and other hazards encountered in radiation medicine; recommends quality assurance programs and standards by producing
basic-level quality control guidebooks; promotes radiation medicine through conferences, seminars,
publications, and specialized advertising; awards educational and research scholarships; and acts in an advisory capacity when requested
What are the CAMRT and OAMRS?
Both are professional associations
Responsible for advancing the interest of technologists
across Canada and Ontario
CAMRT uses the term disciplines, OAMRS uses the term
specialties
Voluntary membership
What is the CAMRT?
Serves the interests of MRT’s across Canada
Grant you your license to be an MRT
- Must graduate from an accredited program
- CAMRT exam
- Decides what skills newly graduated technologists should be competent in
Advocate for more recognition of our role
MRT Week, etc.
What is the CAMRT competency profile
The knowledge/skill/behaviour requirements that an entry
level technologist must be proficient in
Each role covers an aspect of our practice
Different companion documents for different disciplines
You must be 1. professional 2. communicator 3. collaborator 4. care provider 5. leader 6. scholarly practitioner 7. clinical expert
CAMRT Code of Ethics and Professional conduct
- patient centered care
- maintaining competence
- Evidence based and reflective practice
- providing a safe environment
- acting with professional integrity
5 specialties of the OAMRS
Radiation Technologist
Radiation Therapist
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Diagnostic MEdical Sonographers
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist
HARP history
1979: Advisory Committee on Radiology
Recommended x-ray safety legislation
HARP Act passed in 1980
Updated in 1990
Applies to all MRT(R), MRT(T), MRT(N) using an x-ray
source
Overexposure Definition
- Irradiation of a fetus as a result of the examination of a woman with an unsuspected pregnancy.
- An incorrect examination, or examination of the wrong
patient, where the Effective Dose Equivalent to the patient
is greater than 5 mSv. - An operation error or malfunction of the equipment during an examination which results in a skin entrance
exposure for an individual projection greater than 10
times the HARP guidelines for the body part, or with
fluoroscopy, an Effective Dose Equivalent greater than 5 mSv
