Are R.T.s embracing the RA role?

摘要

Because of increased patient demand, a growing shortage of professionals and the rapid expansion of imaging technology, the radiologist assistant (RA) has been introduced as a radiologist extender. This new role offers a career progression opportunity for practicing radiographers.1 A recent study suggests that radiologists have embraced the RA in Arkansas, Massachusetts and New Hampshire,2 but are practicing radiographers as accepting?