CAMRT

Canada’s certifying body for medical radiation technologists turned textbook and PDF professional development courses into interactive, bilingual eLearning

CAMRT interactive continuing professional development course
Peer-reviewed textbook and PDF courses rebuilt as bilingual eLearning, with advanced interactivity that’s designed to help learners build deep comprehension of complex content.
The Challenge

Clinically sound content that couldn’t do more than a textbook could

The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) develops self-directed distance education for continuing professional development across four disciplines. The courses were authored by subject matter experts and peer-reviewed, and members received them as PDFs and textbooks. Online, that meant the same hard-copy content on a screen.

The courses had two jobs: to sustain continuing competence in practice and improve how technologists work. A static document does neither well. The rebuild also had to run in both official languages, deliver through a SCORM-compliant LMS, and draw on content from several experts.

Two medical radiation technologists reviewing CT brain scans on monitors beside a scanner suite

From reading to practice

PDFs and textbooks could only be read. Rebuilding for interactivity let members work through cases, get feedback on wrong answers, and compare images side by side.

Competence in both languages

Courses had to sustain continuing competence and improve work performance across radiologic technology, nuclear medicine, magnetic resonance, and radiation therapy, in English and French, with several assessment formats delivered in HTML5.

One standard across many experts

Content came from multiple subject matter experts with varying comfort with online delivery. A shared project plan and templates gave every course the same look and behavior regardless of author.

The Solution

A ground-up rebuild that turned reading into practice

A drag-and-drop activity in a CAMRT professional development course

Interactivity built for clinical content

Click-to-reveal diagrams, drag and drop activities, flashcards, image sliders, knowledge checks, and case scenarios, with 50 to 100 layers per slide in Articulate Storyline.

An image slider letting a learner compare two scans of the same case

Images that work together

Scan images, once scattered throughout a textbook, were grouped into sliders, and learners can switch between CT and CE scans of the same case to see what changes. CAMRT highlighted this.

A case scenario screen from a CAMRT professional development course

A plan that held across experts and years

A clear project plan, individual onboarding for each expert, and shared templates kept every course consistent as new ones were added during a two to three-year build. The result is that it is easier for CAMRT to manage and update, and it kept delivery running through the pandemic.

The Work

See the professional development courses in action

CAMRT’s peer-reviewed content didn’t change. What changed is what a member can do with it: work through a case, compare two scans, get a wrong answer, and learn why. That is continuing competence in practice, and the program kept growing without a rebuild.

Project Details

Instructional Design

Level 2

Content Readiness

Existing, SME-authored, and peer-reviewed PDFs and textbooks

Creation Software

Articulate Storyline

Interactivity Level

Level 3: Complex

Outcomes

Interactive bilingual CPD courses SCORM and HTML5 delivery Case-based scenarios and knowledge checks Grouped and comparable scan imagery Easier updates and course additions

About CAMRT

Professional Association / Healthcare

The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists is the national professional association and certifying body for four medical radiation technology disciplines: radiologic technology, nuclear medicine technology, magnetic resonance, and radiation therapy. Medical radiation technologists provide the imaging and therapy that healthcare teams rely on for diagnosis and treatment, and CAMRT supports them through certification, advocacy, and continuing professional development.

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