title: Education and career progression of imaging administrators.
abstract: The advancement into leadership positions for many administrators began as staff technologists moving up via interim management opportunities. New managers must develop supervisory skills while simultaneously assuming responsibility for the operation of the department. Mobility today is based primarily on a formal educational background. A transferable set of skills must be augmented with higher education. Those in the imaging sciences realize that an administrative position requires business and management acumen as well as technical skills. A shortage of imaging administrators is predicted due to an aging population and the rapid advancement of technology in healthcare. Institutes of higher education need to address and support the curricula and programs needed, which includes the CRA credential, for this growing field.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of South Dakota, USA.
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: South-Winter
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000193:education