Mri Question,is It Best To Be Trained At A Hospital While Working There Or Go To School.?
Currently,i’m studying to become a xray technologist.I am wondering if its best to keep going to school another 2 years or start working and be trained at the hospital one works at.Are there advantages or disadvantages.thanks
I learned MRI and CT on the job. Going to a school to learn CT and MR seems like a waste of money and time to me.
One year after you take and pass the ARRT, you can take your CT or MRI boards. They do not require any additional training or schooling to take these advanced licensing exams. If your place of employment is willing to cross train you, go that route. Most facilities I have worked at are eager to cross-train you….they have more options for scheduling their workers when everyone can do everything! As you probably know, once you are licensed, your schooling is not going to impress any future employer. Best wishes…..
This is a personal choice question, I agree with the previous answer, on-the-job training is best. There is however a ” but”. I would have to ask you a couple of questions back. One, are you self motivated to study, yes you will need to take another registry. Two, do you want to work in radiology for a while first. One of my co-workers went to MRI school the first because she didn’t want to work in x-ray at all, she discovered that at her age the work was too heavy. The second because she wants in MRI and knows that by being already trained and registered she is first in line for a job when it opens, she has already been hired as a prn MRI tech at our hospital and will get the job opening once we install a new scanner at a outlying facility. I trained at the hospital but I work in x-ray at the facility for 15 years prior with a great work history. They did try and hire someone who was already trained first. I personally like hands on training for all imaging modalities.