ARDMS

Im hearing from alot of people how hard it is for folks coming from unaccredited schools to get their first job.

Let me set the record traight. There are PLENTY of jobs available in California (southern and Northern) for folks who have a Bachelors degree and have graduated from EITHER an ARDMS accredited or non-acredited school. Bottom line net/net of it all is that with a bachelors degree you can sit and take the exam right after graduation and once you have your ARDMS certification what difference does it make about the school you went to. Its Mute! ARDMS has endorced you, and thats ALL the employers are looking for.

I am at a vocational school now for the certification for the DMS program. They said we have to work for a whole year and have a bachelors degree to sit for the ARDMS test and students are worried they will not find a job.

Any advice?

They should be. Employers want to see you endorsed by the ardms, its a status b/c some labs are ACR accredited or want to be, and that means they have to have certified techs to keep their status. If you dont have a bachelors degree, then you have to wait a year to sit for your boads provided you have been scanning for that year, and you have a sponsor to verify that. if you do have a bachelors degree, you can take the test straight away.

i will have my Bachelors degree by the time i am done with my one year of clinical experience that is stated by ardms as a pre-req. There are a few people starting to drop from my class. What would you suggest i do??

cool your in good shape then. good for you! I would tell them to just deal with it. School the the easy part believe it or not, if they can hack it in school they will never survie once their done, and thats a lot of $$ they wasted. When i was in school a long time ago half the class dropped out by the end of the first course A&P. crazy huh?