title: Using athletic training clinical education standards in radiography.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The selection of clinical education sites for radiography students is based on availability, access to radiographic examinations, and appropriate student-to-technologist ratio. Radiography program directors are not required to evaluate sites based on their educational validity (eg, the clinical instructor's knowledge of basic teaching and learning principles, how well the site communicates with the program, or the clinical instructor's involvement in professional organizations).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine if a set of 12 clinical education standards used in athletic training would be applicable and beneficial to radiography program directors when selecting clinical sites for students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey concerning the applicability of the athletic training standards to radiography site selection was completed by 270 directors of radiography programs accredited by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survey results indicated the athletic training clinical education standards were considered applicable to the selection of clinical sites for radiography students and would be beneficial to radiography program directors when selecting sites.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Imaging Program at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, USA. shelley.giordano@quinnipiac.edu
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D010806:Physical Education and Training / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011859:Radiography; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States