Three faculty and three senior students from Oregon Tech’s Medical Imaging Technology programs attended the 50th-anniversary Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the beginning of February. The event brought together over 850 attendees, including 568 students, to advocate for and advance the medical imaging profession.
Two Oregon Tech faculty members and one student presented at the national conference, sharing insights with medical imaging faculty and students from across the country.
Radiologic Science Student Participants:
- Callie Brown, a senior extern at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Washington, Brown presented “Evolution of Leadership: A Long Conversation” alongside faculty and a student from another radiology program.
- Kasey Goslow, a senior extern at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Izabelle Pool, a senior extern at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare in Tallahassee, Florida.
Faculty Participants:
- Wendy Rogers, Radiologic Science Clinical Coordinator and Oregon Tech alumnus.
- Rick Hoylman, Professor and Program Director of the Nuclear Medicine program, Oregon Tech alumnus, presented “Global Health Equity Medical Imaging Opportunities with RAD-AID.”
- Don McDonnell, Professor and Program Director of the Radiologic Science program, Oregon Tech alumnus, presented “Physics Review and Patient Care – Let’s Talk Real World.”
Professor McDonnell shared that Oregon Tech was one of the founding colleges for ACERT and that it is important for the Oregon Tech Medical Imaging Technology department to continue being a pace-setting imaging program in the medical arena.
“Faculty and students attending and presenting at the annual conference demonstrate our dedication to excellence and constant improvement in the medical imaging profession,” McDonnell said. “This is also an opportunity that can help set students up to become future leaders in the field. The Oregon Tech Medical Imaging Technology programs are highly respected across the country.”
For more information about Oregon Tech’s Radiologic Science program, visit www.oit.edu/academics/degrees/radiologic-science.
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