Mammography - Madison Area Technical College

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Program Format: Campus Program Level: Certificate

Mammography from Madison Area Technical College is a Campus Certificate Medicine degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. About: The mammographer is a registered radiologic technologist who produces radiographic images of the breast. Duties include: obtaining a thorough patient history, providing a specific explanation of the mammographic procedure, providing information and/or demonstrating the procedure of self breast examination, positioning of the patient to obtain proper projection and a quality mammographic image, making exposure factor selections, processing the image, storing and retrieving images, performing quality assurance tests and maintaining a quality control program to meet the standards of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and American College of Radiology (ACR). This certificate provides the student with ample opportunity to meet the ARRT requirements to enable the student to write the mammography certification examination. Students will be involved in screening, diagnostic and interventional procedures. Students will review mammographic images with radiologists to gain experience in evaluating radiographic techniques, breast anatomy, pathology and to obtain an appreciation for the importance of good positioning techniques. Technologists who completed the Advanced Technical Certificate in Mammography will meet the requirements of the MQSA and will be eligible to sit for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) certification examination in mammography (the technologist must have been a R.T.R for at least 12 months before one is eligible to write the mammography certification examination). Requirements for the Advanced Technical Certificate in Mammography: 1) A registered radiologic technologist; 2) a student radiographer enrolled in an accredited radiography program in their second year, second semester. View more details on Madison Area Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Medicine courses.

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Madison Area Technical College details

Madison Area Technical College address is 3550 Anderson St, Madison, Wisconsin 53704. You can contact this school by calling (608) 246-6100 or visit the college website at matcmadison.edu .
This is a 4-year, primarily associate's, Public, Associate's--Public Rural-serving Large according to Carnegie Classification. Religion Affiliation is Not applicable and student-to-faculty ratio is 13 to 1. The enrolled student percent that are registered with the office of disability services is 7% .
Awards offered by Madison Area Technical College are as follow: Less than one year certificate One but less than two years certificate Associate's degree Two but less than 4 years certificate Postbaccalaureate certificate.
With a student population of 16,405 (16,347 undergraduate) and set in a City: Midsize, Madison Area Technical College services are: Remedial services Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus day care for students' children . Campus housing: No.
Tuition for Madison Area Technical College is $3,654. Type of credit accepted by this institution Dual credit Credit for life experiences Advanced placement (AP) credits . Most part of the informations about this college comes from sources like National Center for Education Statistics

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