BECOME AN ARRT RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST

ARRT CERTIFICATION

In order to become a radiologic technologist or x-ray tech, there are a few things that must be done in order to earn your credentials. Most students often earn their first ARRT Certification or credential after completing an accredited Radiology Program. This route is known as the primary pathway and happens to be the route I took to obtain my credential in Radiography. Most programs are 2 years and often times require some prerequisites before being accepted. Do your research because every program is different. I would highly recommend completing all prerequisites before applying to any program.

Primary Pathway Requirements

  • Education – Earn an Associate’s degree or higher, complete an ARRT approved educational program
  • Ethics – Must demonstrate good moral character
  • Examination – After the education and ethics requirements are completed, you will need to pass the ARRT registry in Radiography in order to earn your ARRT Certification credentials in Radiography (R). If you are looking for a radiography registry review, this website is a great starting point. This website is filled with recommended books, study guides, and websites that will definitely help in preparing for the ARRT registry.

Radiography Study Material – ARRT Radiography Registry Review

ARRT CONTENT SPECIFICATIONS

When I studied for my Radiography Registry, I was not aware of the examination content specifications. I cannot stress this enough, go over the specifications and know the material that it outlines. From my experience, the content specifications work great as an ARRT Radiography Registry review. The content specifications definitely helped prepare me for ARRT Certification in both MRI and CT. This will give you information on the types of questions on the exam and what key areas they will cover. Rather than studying all your books, I would definitely focus on the 4 key sections listed on the radiography content specifications. These sections include:

patient care, safety, image production, and procedures. The content specifications also list the number of questions to expect from each section (patient care, safety, image production, and procedures). When studying, DO NOT take the patient care and safety sections lightly. Some people tend to overlook these areas and they later regret it. About 83 questions total will come from the patient care and safety sections. These two sections make up a little less than half the entire exam. Just an FYI, the actual ARRT Radiography exam has 200 questions.

Appleton and Lange Review for the Radiography Exam 5th Edition

I used this book as a radiography registry review to help study for my registry in 2004. This book came with two practice tests and over 1000 questions that were very similar to the questions on the ARRT exam. The book also had explanations for both the correct and incorrect answers. This book may be hard to find now but Lange Q&A Radiography Examination 12e is made by the same author and is very similar.

E-Anatomy

When it comes to anatomy, in my opinion, E-Anatomy is hands down the best anatomy website around. I have used it over the years and it has been very helpful in identifying anatomy in all three modalities (Radiography, CT, and MRI). There is plenty of free content and there is premium content as well. The premium content can be purchased in a monthly and yearly subscription.