Also called: Registered Radiologist Assistant, RRA
Advanced-level imaging tech who performs some procedures under a radiologist's supervision.
Does fluoroscopy exams, places feeding tubes under X-ray guidance, and does joint injections, freeing the radiologist to read more scans.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 7 years after high school. Bachelor's plus radiographer experience, then a master's-level radiologist assistant program and ARRT (R.R.A.).
Ways in: Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Radiologic Sciences.
Growing faster than average. Small but growing role.
Low risk for 10 years. AI takes some reading workload off radiologists; fluoroscopy, tube placement and injections stay hands-on.
Classes: Anatomy & physiology, Physics, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-2099.
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