AHRA announces 2004 Broadley Scholarship Program

The American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) Education Foundation is accepting scholarship applications for its new 2004 Broadley Scholarship Program. The deadline is May 15.

The program honors Louise Broadley, FAHRA, a long-time AHRA leader.

The scholarship is presented to AHRA members who are: current active AHRA members in good standing for at least three years; have been accepted into an initial undergraduate or initial graduate degree program; and hold a supervisory position within a medical imaging department or imaging center and have held the position for at least one year.

More details are available at www.ahraonline.org.

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