RBMA Educational Scholarships Now Available

Virtual Radiologic (vRad) and Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) have renewed their joint scholarship program for the third consecutive year, which offers RBMA members the opportunity to attend a RBMA conference by covering registration fees and other costs for attending. Since the program started in 2011, a total of ten scholarships have been awarded. For this year, vRad will provide six $1,500 scholarships. In order to qualify for the vRad Education Scholarship, individuals must be current members of the RBMA and must not have attended a RBMA meeting in the past 5 years. The scholarship is open to all employment levels in a practice. For the application, click here.

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