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THE IMPORTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL VALUES FROM RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS' PERSPECTIVE

Kelli Welch Haynes

A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty of the College of Arts, Education, and Sciences at the University of Louisiana at Monroe in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education (Health Professions Education)

May, 2018

Approved by: Jessica Dolecheck, Ph.D. Major Professor Laura Aaron, Ph.D. Committee Member Annette Tommerdahl, Ph.D. Committee Member Nicole Vaux, Ed.D. Committee Member

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are many people who have helped me complete this journey and to whom I offer thanks. Dr. Laura Aaron, my mentor and dear friend, has provided her expertise and support every step of this journey. Words are not adequate to express my gratitude. I thank you, Dr. Aaron, for your patience, encouragement, persistence, thoroughness, and positive attitude. I always felt better after we talked. I thank my committee members, Dr. Jessica Dolecheck, Dr. Nicole Vaux, Dr. Annette Tommerdahl, and Dr. Laura Aaron, for their support, expertise, and timely feedback. Developing the methodology was an adventure in itself. I thank my radiologic science colleagues for their assistance and encouragement. I also appreciate the encouragement and support from my colleagues at work, especially, the Radiologic Technology faculty; Dr. Tammy Curtis, Jennifer Michael, Dr. Joel Hicks, Becky Farmer, Dr. Ben Wood, Kendall DeLacerda and Kari Cook. Perhaps my greatest cheering squad has been my family, not only my husband and children, but also my parents, grandmother and sister. They have all given the gift of support, encouragement, and a listening ear.

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ABSTRACT Kelli Welch Haynes The Importance of Professional Values from Radiologic Technologists' Perspective (Major Professor: Jessica Dolecheck, PhD.) Research on professional values in radiologic technologists is practically nonexistent. Though learning professional values is important, professional values have not been identified and articulated by the radiologic technology profession. The purpose of this study was to determine radiologic technologists' perception of professional values and determine if radiologic technologists feel it is important to articulate professional values. No original research indicating the perception of professional values of practicing radiologic technologists was identified. The purposeful, convenience sample of 716 American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) members represented a cross sectional view of radiologic technologists. The Radiologic Technologists' Perceptions of Professional Values Scale (RTPPVS), adapted from the Professionalism in Physical Therapy Core Values Self-Assessment developed by the American Physical Therapy Association, was used to collect quantitative data regarding the importance of professional values from a radiologic technologists' perspective. Results indicated that professional values are important to radiologic technologists. The RTPPVS revealed that radiologic technologists perceived the seven professional values, accountability, altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, integrity, professional duty, social responsibility as important. Overall, altruism indicators were chosen as the most important professional value and social responsibility was chosen as

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the least important professional value. A sample of American Society of Radiologic Technologists members perceive it is important for the profession to explicitly articulate professional values.

The results from this research did not indicate a statistically significant difference among the demographic characteristics. There were no differences in perceived importance of professional values based on gender, age, state of residency, education level, years of experience, or job title. Implications for practice indicated a need for the profession to adopt and articulate professional values.

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