Becoming a Mammography Technologist in California

If you are a radiographer in California, it can be a tricky process to come to be a Mammographer unless you went to a Radiologic Technologist school in California and completed a procedure straight through your school. California will not let you touch a patient to start any hands on training until you have completed 40 hours of chronic education in Mammography and passed a state test.

There are any ways to secure the 40 hours of chronic education:

There are a few society colleges which offer a Mammography procedure ordinarily a semester long. Some bigger hospitals such as Kaiser offer a training agenda a few times a year (a week or two long).

There are week long training seminars. Mtmi and Achieving Qi are great ones to look at. You may have to trip to attend these since they don't come to California often.

You can also order books and home study courses for 40 ceu's. I don't recommend this though because I feel the actual corporeal argument and training put in order you best to take the California State Test.

Once you have completed 40 hours of education and have proper documentation, you can apply to take the state test. The state Radiologic health office will send you a letter approving your education and give instructions how to agenda and how to pay your testing fees.

After you take the state test and successfully pass you will be a California State licensed Mammography Technologist and you can begin your hands on training. It is important to keep in mind that your greatest goal is to pass the Arrt national exam. Make use of the forms that the Arrt provides on their website to document all of your training.

When your training is unblemished and you feel sure enough, go ahead and apply to take the national exam.

After you have passed your national exam you can relax. Most likely you will never have to take that test again. If your license is kept current, most states accept the national Arrt license and do not make you re-take a state test.

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