Royal Domingo Student Essay Competition

Please read the Eligibility Critera and Application form for more information

Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology

P.O. Box 150287

Ogden, UT 84415-0287

Radiologic technology student enrolled in a radiography program holding current institutional ACERT membership

Applications are available on the ACERT website and in the annual newsletter.
Applications must be forwarded to the ACERT Executive Committee, along with an electronic copy of the essay, on or prior to the submission deadline date (see application).

All essays must be original. (In the recipient’s own words)
Essay content must pertain to medical radiology or radiologic science
The body of all essays will be a minimum of _8_ pages with a maximum of _10_ pages. (Not including title page, abstract, reference page, or appendices)
The essay must follow either APA or AMA guidelines.
The body/running head of the essay must contain no evidence of the author’s identity, i.e., name, name of educational
institution, name of medical institutions associated with, photographs, reference to instructors and/or physicians.
Manuscript rights will remain with the author. ACERT may publish any and all essay entries in the ACERT annual newsletter and/or on the ACERT website.

Current institutional or associate membership with ACERT
Current or retired ARRT registered radiologic technologists
Current or retired radiologic sciences educators
Familiar with the subject matter to be judged. (It is acceptable for a judge to use resource persons to comment on the validity of the technical content.)
Rating will be done using the ACERT Essay Competition Grading Sheet provided
The judges’ decisions are final.

First
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Third
These awards are made from conference funds unless a sponsor is found and are subject to change annually.
Awards will be announced and given to the recipients at the President’s Luncheon of the annual ACERT conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.