title: Role of a radiologic technologist trained as a physician assistant in diagnostic radiology.
abstract: This article describes a program for physican assistants in diagnostic radiology at the University of Kentucky, currently the only one in the country. Available only to graduates of AMA-approved radiologic technology programs who have two years of field experience, it consists of two additional years of intensive education in many aspects of radiological medicine.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education*; D011859:Radiography / Q000193:education; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education*