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kamille_a
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 Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject: future Radtech..? |
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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. 
Ohh, and i also have to write a personal profile, anyone can give me some pointers? |
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papa
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| Quote: | | 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. |
the best way that i can describe it to you is kind of like photography of the inside of your body. but a better way for you to see what it's like is to meet up with your cousin at his/her work, and just follow them around for a day or two.
| Quote: | | 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. |
ok, maybe it's because i'm doing my night shifts now, but you lost me here...
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kamille_a
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| Quote: | | ok, maybe it's because i'm doing my night shifts now, but you lost me here... |
Ohh sorry if that didn't make sense. I've read somewhere that this person took up radiology in his 3rd year in med school, so are the people taking up the course mostly... older? Just curious. hehe |
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papa
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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
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ohh, i thought they were the same thing. I was interested in being a rad tech. |
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papa
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| Quote: | | ... Michener Institue in TO Canada |
i just noticed that you're not in the US. Canada's regulations may be different, but there's still a difference between a technologist and a radiologist.
check with the school to see what is offered, and try to find out what your regulatory agencey would be.
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