How can that be?

Posted By: PugetSound on 2006-06-01
In Reply to: The Community College I went to offers - sm

If you've only been a student, how can you get the 2 years of acute care experience to meet the CMT criteria for testing?

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Can you get a CMT from school or just through AAMT? - not so new but confused
- A woman told me this week her community college "certified" her as an MT. - MT Pro
- She is wrong--- you cannot even take the CMT exam -sm - XXX
  - No, she is right - you can be certified by anyone, anywhere, anyhow - - Michigan MT
    - You can, but it isn't honored by anyone but you and using it is not wise - HOM
    - but the employers are going to fire you when they find out you misled them - :)
      - will not - not if you're competent. If you're incompetent they will fire you anyway - nm
        Actually they will, because you were dishonest and mislead them - MT Supervisor
        You were dishonest and MisLED them. - Correcton: Sorry about that
- The Community College I went to offers - sm
  - If the school does claim it, it's false, unethical, and probably illegal - Please give details
  - How can that be? - PugetSound
    - As I said, I don't know all of the details... - sm
      - I do know at least 1 disreputable school that claims grads are CMTs - CMT
        One school tells you to put "MT" after graduation - Experienced CMT
  - That's cheaper than AAMT. Is a 3-part test, too? - not new
    - I'm not sure...I'll try to find out the details - sm

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