Fellow Radiologic Technologists and guest hosts Travis Winsett and Cade Little, join us on the open mic to ask questions as they consider advancing their career into the extender role.  We share on the various opportunities that are out there and how to assist in making the right decisions when looking at advancing your career in medical imaging.

In this episode we also share extensively on the RA role, the definition of supervision, how supervision is determined, and what RA’s can and are credentialed to perform.  We share on what life in the roles of Marcelene and Reece are typically like and what others considering this field can gain from these conversations.

Timeline:

• 00:51: Introducing our guests
• 03:25: What piques the interest in the Radiologist Assistant (RA) role.
• 05:41: Key factors to consider when looking at the RA role vs the PA (Physician Assistant) role.
• 11:17: The roles do the RA’s fill and how involvement of the Radiologist.
• 15:00: Defining supervision, how supervision is defined, and credentialing.
• 18:08: Billing components (Technical and Professional).
• 20:01: The extent of the scope of practice (image guided biopsies).
• 22:37: Different definitions; “Preliminary” and “Initial Observation”.
• 24:33: Working towards better recognition.
• 30:03: Dual role; Radiographer and Radiologist Assistant.
• 31:48: Open discussion on how others outside the podcast view the RA concept.
• 35:57: Post conversation and consideration for going the RA pathway.
• 39:10: Closing out the episode.

 We want to thank Travis and Cade for taking the time to come on with us and sharing about the many considerations that they have when looking to consider the RA pathway.  While there can be many answers to the same questions, we hope that we were able to give a little bit of clarity on what many of us considered when we went through the process.

Thank you everyone for tuning in and finding value in every episode!  We are grateful for the growing fan base and the elevation of each of our voices.