...Career To accomplish anything in life there needs to be plan and a path to get there. Especially to the career I attend to pursue. Anything in life that i plan to achieve i must predicted a way to get there. I must have to created start goals, that will get me throughout my careers path that will help me successfully become who I dream to be. The career that i have in mind when I first began college was nursing, however, today want to become technician radiologist. Which I mind pursuing in further path of career. I chose to pursue this career because my early childhood I knew that I wanted to be in the healthcare industry, but entering my adult life never new what exactly i wanted to be. So i choose nursing, than physical therapy, than medical...
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...6th X’Zorriyah Golston What are your plans after graduating from high school and how will knowing math help me in what I plan to accomplish in life? My plans after high school are to go to college, right? That’s what everyone says. After high school I honestly do plan to attend college. I have no other special talents or anything in that manner so I feel this is the only way I’ll be able to make my way unto success. My college choice is Northwestern State University where I plan to pursue a major in Radiology. I feel knowing math will help me to accomplish my career in Radiology in a few ways. Of course you need math to count money, add up bills, household supplies and just daily when you trying to decide which is a better...
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...thousand dollars a year (careeronestop.com). The employment rate for this career is increasing rapidly (careeronestop.com). Moreover, it is predicted that there will be an increase of twenty percent in radiologist from the year 2008 to 2018 (careeronestop.com). On average, radiologist that are employed full-time receive about forty vacation days in a year, and another ten days to further educate themselves (acr.org). A career in which one working full time works an average of fifty hours a week, and receives a plethora of money is hard to say no to. In order to become a radiologist, one must have a four year college degree, and spend four years in medical school (jobshadow.com). Afterwards, one must get an internship, get a four-year residency, and spend one to two years under fellowship (jobshadow.com). It does not seem like much in two sentences, but it is in fact much more difficult than just that. One must sacrifice much of their time in order to perform well in school, and to receive a good score on the entrance examinations (jobshadow.com). “You have to stand out. In order to get into medical school, one has to show dedication and commitment” (Telleria, Juan, interview, October 12, 2011). The problems do not stop at medical school because everyone will be taking general classes to become a doctor (jobshadow.com). It is up to the individual to be responsible for finding out information about radiology because of the lack of exposure to the material (jobshadow.com). On top...
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...Jennifer Boice Charles Dold ENG-0900-83053 30 October, 2010 Work/Career Essay-Radiologists Salaries Radiology is a field of medicine that uses medical imaging techniques to assess patient conditions and administer treatment. To become a radiologist, one must complete a great deal of schooling, but the job rewards, both personal and financial, may be well worth it. Radiology techs are not only high in demand in most communities, but also highly paid relative to other allied health professionals. As with any job, there are many variables that will determine how much money people can expect to see not only at the start of their job, but throughout their entire career. The amount of schooling, experience, and location are the three main variables that will determine annual salaries. The amount of schooling is one of the important variables needed to raise ones yearly salary. This includes whether or not graduates received their education from an accredited school, along with what kind of degree or certification earned. Most radiologists will need the standard four years of undergraduate study, followed by medical school and residency. In most cases, radiologists must be board certified, which means taking and passing an exam to earn approval to practice from the American Board of Radiology or other governing bodies. Not only does schooling have an affect on ones salary, experience does as well. The experience a student has is the second important variable....
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...The Journey to Radiology I have never been one to be called “graceful.” In the first grade, I had dreams of becoming a ballet dancer, so I was enrolled in dance classes. As much as I tried to channel my inner grace, I could not hide my clumsy ways. On one particularly rainy day, my ballet slippers were wet, and I slipped and fell on my right arm, causing it to break. I was taken to the doctor, who put a bright orange cast going from my wrist up to my shoulder. The whole experience of that day is a foggy memory; however, I remember distinctly how fascinated I was by the x-rays taken of my arm, and the machine’s ability to look inside of me. As I entered middle school, I developed a love for soccer. During a game, the ball was kicked high in the air, and an opponent and I collided trying to gain back its control. Unfortunately, the only thing I gained that day was my second broken arm. I was taken to the hospital and examined, again getting x-rays taken to determine the location of the break. As the doctor held up the x-ray to the light, a thousand questions came to my mind. “What bone is that?” “Where is the break?” “Why is the bone showing in the picture, but not the skin?” There were so many things I wanted to know; questions that I didn’t know how to ask at such a young age with my first broken arm. The doctors were all very nice, however, their answers might as well have been in French, because I had no idea what their anatomical lingo meant. At that time, I had no cares...
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...My Future Career By: Destiny Seitz 15 Year Plan…….. • • • • • 2015-2016: Graduate from High School. 2017-2018: Finish getting degree Graduate from College. 2019: Start my career 2020-2025: Stay at a lower level in my degree 2026-2029: Try to get a higher level in my degree Timeline • • • • • • September 26, have step 1-2 done. October 3, have steps 3-4 done. October 17, have steps 5-6 done. October 24, have steps 7-8 done. October 31, make sure project is complete. November 7, go back through project to make sure everything is in there. Roadblocks Priority Actions/Solutions Making bad grades Studying harder, getting Focusing and staying good nights rest, eating on top of school work. a healthy breakfast, and tutoring if needed Loss of a loved one Time for grieving. Talk to Keeping in contact with professors. professors Questions Pay? Who has a higher pay? Growth? Admission Requirements? • • • • Pay? The annual median salary for ultrasound technologists is $66,410 with a range of $45,840 to $92,070 according to the Labor Statistics of May 2013 Who has a higher pay? Technologists that work in a hospital tend to get a higher pay than technologists that work in other setting. Growth? The employment growth from 2010-2013 is 46 percent. What they do? They operate special imaging equipment to create images or conduct tests. These images and test results help physicians to diagnose medical conditions. Some technologists...
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...Career Paper February 22, 2013 A Radiographer is a certified technician that captures pictures of organs, bone, and tissue for patient diagnosis (Education-Portal 2012). There is a large scope under the radiology profession, and a Radiographer is one of these career options. A Sonographer and Radiology technician fall within this category as well (Education-Portal 2012). On a daily basis, a Radiographer works with radiation in some form. This may include x-rays, MRI, and ultrasounds (Education-Portal 2012). Radiographers also have the task of assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients for many different types of conditions and diseases (Education-Portal 2012). Radiographers must produce and read images in detail for the part of the body being examined (NHS Careers 2002). They may also have to have students shadow them or have interns that they are responsible for (NHS Careers 2002). The salary range for the typical Radiographer is $30,000-$55,000 (Radiographer Career Guide 2011). There are two types of Radiographers; diagnostic and therapy. Diagnostic Radiographers work with images to diagnose injury or disease. These are the Radiographers that work daily and promptly with x-ray, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, angiography, and ultrasound (Oldnall 2008). A Therapy Radiographer generally works with patients with cancer. They often treat the patients with radiation (Oldnall 2008). Although more people are involved in the team, the Therapy Radiographer is a key player in the process...
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...Running head: ETHICAL ISSUES AS A RADIOLOGY 1 Ethical Issues in Radiology Interview Paper Annelia Cyril Adventist University of Health Sciences 2 Abstract As a health care professionals we live through our career with sincere dedication to our patients. Ethics encompasses a variety of issues that all medical professionals, including medical imaging technologists must ultimately tackle. When considering ethics, medical imaging professionals need to take into account their responsibilities to patients, colleagues, employers, the imaging profession, and themselves. This interview will review these responsibilities with respect to medical imaging and the challenges that imaging technologists may face in approaching their work from the perspective of ethics. The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) has developed a Standard of Ethics in which radiologic technologists have to abide by. With the continual invention and improvement of lifesaving medical technology also comes the burden of ethical decision making. Radiologists today face more ethical issues than meet the eye. ...
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...What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'? In November 2023, I moved to the Radiology department at Naval Health Clinic Charleston to work in a more in-depth administrative role. Since then, I have scheduled over 200 radiology appointments for active duty, retired, and DoD beneficiaries, communicating directly with both patients and providers to ensure timely, quality care. Additionally, I wrote, edited, and organized five Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the radiology department, totaling over 300 pages. During my time with the Radiology department, I have become passionate about healthcare, and it is my desire to pursue a career in...
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...Dave Jackson S. Thompson English I October 9, 2012 Radiology and other common medical imaging procedures Radiology is a very interesting subject and has a long history. X-Rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895. X-rays were first produced in a vacuum tube where electronics travelled at the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second. Electromagnetic rays have high energy and very short wavelengths, which are not visible to the human eye. In 1913, an American radiologist named Gustav Bucky made the very first radiographic grid. With one-hundred radiologists per million Americans, approximately eighty-percent of radiologists are men. Full-time radiologists average a fifty-hour work week. The top four areas of radiology consist of: body cross/abdomen imaging, interventional/vascular imaging, breast imaging/women’s imaging, and neuroradiology. Before your examination, a radiographer will explain the procedure to you and answer any questions you may have. A Radiologic Technologist is a skilled professional with specialized education of anatomy, radiation protection, patient care, radiation exposure, and positioning. It is part of their duty to determine how much radiation is necessary to produce a diagnostic image. Radiographic testing is a non-destructive testing that uses X-rays and/or Gamma-rays for detecting internal imperfections and for detecting corrosion. Over the years cardiac imaging has undergone revolutionary development during recent decades...
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...Welding and Radiology are to totally different fields of education, but they are the ones that intrigue me the most. People often give me strange looks when I tell them going to school for welding, then later on in life, I’m going back to school to be a Radiology Technologist. Welding can be a one or two year course depending if you want to expand into the robotics side of welding. If you want to just learn about welding, then you only have to take the one year course of welding. The starting pay for most welding jobs is pretty basic, especially right out of high school. But, with more experience, the potential to earn two or three times that amount is definitely there. And making $100,000 or more isn’t out of the question. But only if you...
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...pursue a career in x-ray technology. This decision could be made, because it is really amazing to see what x-rays actually look like, to learn what they are, and how they work. Sometimes it’s hard for even college students to figure out what they want to major in, to hear her say she knew at sixteen what...
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...DMC Career Website --- Tips on Use of Search Categories The search categories are as follows, with the job titles listed being examples of some of the most frequently posted jobs from that category. Note: The jobs listed are NOT a list of ALL jobs that may be in this category, only examples. |Advance Practice Nurses |Rehabilitation Therapy (PT/OT/SLP) | |Nurse Practitioner |Occupational Therapist | |Clinical Nurse Specialist |Occupational Therapy Assistant | |Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |Physical Therapist | | |Physical Therapy Assistant | | |Rehabilitation supervisor / management positions | | |Speech / Language Pathologist | |Nursing – Licensed |Respiratory | |Care Management Specialist |Certified Respiratory Therapist ...
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...modalities only involve scanning, ultrasound on the other hand offers the satisfaction of diagnosing the scans performed and following it through. This modality also offers close interaction with patients which involves more skill sets. Furthermore, having worked in the Radiology Department as a Radiographer at Kingston Hospital I have had opportunity to observe other specialties and I feel that ultrasound has attracted me the most. My enthusiasm for this modality led me to try out some hands-on sessions, the experience which I really enjoyed and it had left me with the genuine feeling that I wanted to do more of these. It also made me aware what the career entails. Having had the opportunity to scan and use the phased array probe was a great experience; it allowed me to understand the practical importance of hand-eye coordination that is vital to produce good quality images upon which critical medical decision could be based. I also attended presentations, such as anomaly, harmony testing advances and fetal echocardiology. During my present position I believe that I have ascertained the skills and motivation needed to pursue a career within this field. Working within various areas of the radiology department I have gained many skills which could be utilized to support me through the intense training needed to become a trainee reporting Sonographer. My present role involves working within specialist teams and I understand the need & importance of teamwork and interpersonal...
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...Radiology vs. Medical Examiner Radiologist Two different potential careers that I’m interested in are Radiologic Technologists and a Medical Examiner. I will cover the educational requirements, job responsibilities, pay scale, and the job demand for each of my potential careers. The educational requirements for a Radiologic Technologist include formal training programs in radiography that lead to a certificate, an associate’s degree, or a bachelor’s degree. Associate’s degree programs are the most common. Certificate programs typically last 6 to 12 months. Typical programs include both classroom training and clinical training. Coursework includes anatomy, pathology, patient care, radiation physics and protection, and image evaluation. The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) accredits educational and training programs in radiography. Completing an accredited program is required for licensure in some states. High school students who are interested in radiologic technology should take courses that focus on science and math. Suggested courses include anatomy, biology, chemistry, physiology, mathematics, and physics. Radiologic technologists must be licensed or certified in most states; requirements vary by state. To be licensed in most states, radiologic technologists must have graduated from an accredited program and must pass a certification exam from the state or from The American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (ARRT). To keep their...
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