Eligibility

1.  Radiologic Science, Radiation Therapy, Ultrasound, and MRI students in an accredited Radiologic Science or Medical Imaging Program are encouraged to enter this competition.  

2.  The students/RTs must be a TSRT member by January 15, 2012 and at the time of the 2012 Annual Meeting.  TSRT applications can be found at www.tsrt.info.  Mail your TSRT membership application/payment to

TSRT

806 Woodlawn

Kilgore, Texas 75662

3. The following individuals/groups are prohibited from entering this competition: Companies, school employees, faculty members, or educators, TSRT Board Members, Judges, Scientific Display Competition Committee Members, and companies or individuals with TSRT contracts.

4.  TSRT reserves the right to limit the number of speakers for this competition due to time constraints.  Educators and students will be notified via e-mail by January 31, 2012 of any limitations.

Application

1.  Students wishing to enter must complete the 2012 Application for Student Leadership Competition form listed below using Microsoft Word only.

2.  E-mail to tsrt@runbox.com: 1) application form, 2) an outline of the presentation (Microsoft Word only),

3) a letter from your Program Director verifying your student status.  E-mail dates must be between January 16 and January 27, 2012. 

3.  E-mails should be labeled with the student’s name and competition name in the subject line.  The e-mail should include the competition application, presentation outline, and verification letter as separately labeled documents.

4.  Presentations submitted for award consideration must not have been shown at any previous TSRT or ASRT meeting/convention and must be done entirely by the student speaker.

Presentation

1.  Only one student per presentation.

2.  The outline of the presentation must cover the entire subject matter.

3.  The PowerPoint presentation must be PowerPoint 2000 or greater.

4.  The speaker’s presentation time must be between 10 and 20 minutes.  Judges/designee will time the presentation and their decisions are final.

5.  The topics must relate to the Radiologic Sciences or Radiation Therapy such as Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology,      Ultrasound, Interventional, CT, Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology, MRI, etc.), Radiation Therapy, Radioactive      Events, Patient Care, Medical Diseases/Syndromes, and/or Professionalism.

6.  The student will bring their PowerPoint presentation to the Annual Meeting on a CD, DVD, or Jump Drive and submit it to the Student Leadership Chairman at the beginning of the competition.

7.  TSRT Officers, Educational Alliance Chair, and/or Judges may disqualify/stop a presentation if they feel the speaker is presenting false, copied, or offensive information.

Judging

1.  Three judges will be appointed by VP and/or Educational Alliance Chair from the membership attending the 2012 TSRT Annual Meeting.

2.  The judges are the responsibility of the Vice-President and their decisions will be final.

3.  Presentations will be judged using the Judges Scoring Sheet listed below:  1) Originality: New approach, procedure, or technique, evidence of research,  and knowledge and level of difficulty of subject matter; 2) Value and Interest:  Practical value/interest to technologists/students and educational value to technologists/students; 3) Presentation: Proper credit given where warranted., speaker followed previously submitted outline,  orderliness and clarity of thoughts/ideas in the presentation, and evaluation of PowerPoint presentation including structure, spelling, and operation.

4.  Total maximum points a presentation can receive will be 405 points per judge.  The total number of points accumulated for each presentation will be known only by the Vice-President and Educational Alliance Chair.

Questions

Any questions regarding the eligibility of an applicant’s presentation that cannot be settled by the Educational Alliance Chair or VP must be submitted to the President of the TSRT.  If not satisfactorily settled by the President, eligibility status will be decided by the TSRT Board of Directors and Officers and their decision shall be final.

Presentation of Awards

1.  Awards/winners will be announced during the last business session of the Annual Meeting on Saturday afternoon.  Winners are encouraged to attend this meeting and accept their ribbons and cash awards.

2.  All cash awards will be mailed to the Director of the recipient’s educational or employment institution.  It is the responsibility of the director/institution to forward and distribute the award to the recipient.

E-Mail to:            tsrt@runbox.com 

(Subject line:  Student’s name and title of competition)

                             Office of the Vice President

E-Mail Dates Accepted:   Between January 16 and January 27, 2012

Use Microsoft Word and PowerPoint only