future Radtech..?

kamille_a · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Canada, ON

Hi, I'm new here.. so hello. I was just wondering how the profession in being a Radtech is? My cousin is one, and my parents are hoping me to become one too.. haha yeahh pressure. I'm in first year university taking up science courses because the school i'm going to apply to is Michener Institue in TO Canada, and they need at least one year university in Bio, Math and Physics. Is it too early to get into rad techs? Cause i'm not really familliar with that school, and I was thinking that it's where people who have completed any form of degree or something. Any feedback or comment would be great! Thanks. Smile

Ohh, and i also have to write a personal profile, anyone can give me some pointers?

papa · Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject:

kamille_a · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Canada, ON

papa · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:52 am Post subject:

you may be thinking about a radiologist. rad techs or radiological technologists (radiographers) are the ones that make the images. we don't attend a "med school" per se, however we are somewhat trained in medicine. i'm not 100% sure about the radiologist training, but i know that they attend at least 4 years of med school before they become a resident.

for the technologists, it's a seperate program, and most likely a seperate school.

which were you interested in?
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kamille_a · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 3 Location: Canada, ON

ohh, i thought they were the same thing. I was interested in being a rad tech. Smile

papa · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:36 am Post subject: