
As well, there are the RSNA or the Radiological Society of North America, also has an education sponsorship in return of service program that they offer to students who are willing to work in a rural site once they leave the program. This only applies to the rural sites. Through their education sponsorship in return of service program for those rural, northern NY. Accepted students will receive a reimbursement for tuition and books for the 2-year diploma program, which is approximately that $8500. Provide any additional cross-training – and I’ll talk about that in just a minute – that is required and guarantee full time employment upon completion of the program in exchange for 3-year return of service commitment in a rural or northern facility. So, this is definitely an option if it is something that you’re considering coming into X-ray. And this is looking, you know, very nice to you and you are ok with working in a rural community outside after you graduate, you can definitely visit RSNA’s website and you will be able to get all the information from there. The cross-training that’s mentioned in there, a lot of the sites are so small that they don’t always have a laboratory Technologist and an X-ray Technologist at the same time working there, just because of staffing. So what they do is they do cross-train radiology technician to do very basic lab tests and lab Technologists to do very basic X-ray exams. So that they can have one person who can stay there and do both jobs at the same time. So that is where that cross-training comes in. It’s only offered through RSNA.