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Register now! The Spring 2023 Regulatory Education Symposium will be held online via Zoom on Saturday, March 18, 2023. The Symposium is a free, four-hour virtual event hosted by the College twice a year to provide registrants an opportunity to learn more about how regulation weaves into their everyday practice. Students and affiliated health professionals are also welcome! Register for Symposium Presentations First, hosts and ACMDTT’s Council Chair Steve DeColle and Vice-Chair Michael Piva will share the latest on the search [...]

Looking forward to the next Regulatory Education Symposium? The success of October’s event with over 500 registrants was terrific, and plans are moving forward to make the March 18, 2023, event even better! The Regulatory Education Symposium (RES) is a free virtual event held in the Spring and Fall hosted by the Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists (the College). The popular Saturday morning event typically features 3-4 subject matter experts presenting and engaging with attendees. RES provides MRTs [...]

Read article on the JMIRS website Regulatory links: Standards of Practice 1.1, 1.2 (a–k, m), 2.4 (a, b, c, d, f), 2.5 (b), 2.6 (a, b, c, d); Code of Ethics 1 (a, e), 2 (a, f, h), 2 (a) Reprinted with permission from the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences.

Register now! The Fall 2022 Regulatory Education Symposium starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 22, 2022. The Symposium is a FREE virtual event hosted by the College twice a year to provide regulated members an opportunity to learn more about how regulation weaves into their everyday practice. Students and affiliated health professionals are also welcome! Regulated members may declare up to four (4) hours of learning towards their Continuing Competence Program (CCP) requirements after completing a reflective practice [...]

Two new learning modules have been released! The following learning modules are all available now: NEW! Patient Consent for ACMDTT Regulated Members NEW! Social Media and Professionalism for ACMDTT Regulated Members Professional Communication for ACMDTT Regulated Members Professional Boundaries for ACMDTT Regulated Members Regulated members can claim up to 4 learning hours per Continuing Competence Program (CCP) cycle for each module. For more information, please visit the Learning Modules page.

Alberta Medical Association *College note: While this article is geared toward physicians, it outlines actions that can be taken by any health professional or suggested to management to prevent privacy breaches in clinical settings. Regulatory links: Standards of Practice 2.1 (d), 2.4 (a), 2.5 (a, c, d), 3.1 (a), 4.1 (b, c); Code of Ethics 1 (d, i), 2 (b, d, g), 3 (a, b) Read the article on the AMA website

Jocelyn is an MRT(R) working in the diagnostic imaging department. She has been asked to set up a patient onto the monitoring equipment (pulse oximeter, BP, and ECG) and monitor the patient’s vital signs using this equipment during a procedure. Is this within Jocelyn’s scope of practice? The College has approval for members to perform some/all of the restricted activities, as identified in the Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists Profession Regulation (the Regulation). Standard 2.1 (Legislation, Standards, and Ethics) in the [...]