Sonographers students are required to complete an associate’s degree or postgraduate certificate program from an accredited program to be applicable to take the…
Radiology Tech Admissions Essay When I was seventeen years old, I took a professional medical careers course at New Market Skills Center in Washington to make up for some credits that I had missed for maternity absence. I continued the program my senior year. We prepared for the Certified Nursing Assistant exam and had clinical rotation for two weeks at Panorama City, a nursing home.…
1 When I was in elementary school, I knew I wanted to be something in the medical field. I didn’t know what, but I knew that was the field I wanted to be in. I wanted to do something that would help other people. Now, as a sophomore, I have decided to be a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer or Ultrasound Technician. I like everything about the job and think it is a great choice for me.…
Radiology is advancing in today’s world. This paper will address what an actual radiologist is and what they do, the requirements to become a radiologist, the salary and the benefits a radiologist will receive, the careers that one can go into with radiology, the jobs one can get with being a radiologist, and many more things. Being a radiologist, or something involved in radiology, helps many people. It not only can tell what bones are broken but can also tell if something is wrong with you on the inside.…
First off, the most important verification to consider is if the program is an accredited program. Most employers will only hire sonographers who have attended an accredited program. There are two-year colleges that offer an associate degree program, which usually follows a completion of an X-ray program or some other allied health program. There is also a four-year bachelor’s degree program that CNM offers, which gives students the ultimate exposure to the various ultrasound specialties and a strong knowledge of other imaging modalities.…
To be a successful diagnostic medical sonographer, one must have knowledge of what the candidate is doing. One would have to be an intelligent and hard working person. Those entering this field need to be keen to be doing hands on things because it will be used during training. A favored goal in this career is to become really good at this profession and would be the preferred sonographer for the people when they come to get ultrasounds. Candidates that want to be in this career should be able to handle to see the different things inside the body, for example, how the fetus develops inside.…
To be successful, to be intelligent, to be a change. Those are the three main reasons I want to attend college. In this day and age, many jobs require a higher level of education to be able to work. Those jobs that don’t require a degree, depend upon more manual labor, backbreaking work and lower wages. I would rather remain in school longer, expand my knowledge, and get a career on everything I have learned, than go straight to the work field to earn less and do more.…
In order to become a Radiology Nurse Practitioner there is needed education, course work, job planning, and career vision. Radiology Nurse Practitioners have at least four years of a bachelor’s degree, pass the RN exam, and obtain a nursing license. You also need at least two years of nursing experience…
Part One: Career Search I am interesting in becoming an ultrasound technician because it sounds like an easy job, that wouldn’t be too stressful. It is also a job that you wouldn’t have to worry about when you go home, your day ends when you get off work. The job pays well but when I have done a little bit of research on it before it has said that it depends on where you work, if you work in a hospital or an office. I don’t know much about being or becoming an ultrasound technician…
Many people enter adulthood undecided of their career choice. Even as a child, I knew that I wanted a career that allows me to help people. I have looked into being a surgeon, specializing in pediatrics, and becoming a physical therapists; none of those options interested me. After looking into my career options further, I decided that a radiologist is the career that most interested me. Becoming a radiologist requires many years of education and training.…
What would be an amazing dream job? A teacher, a firefighter, a cop, a vet? Becoming a surgical technologist is a dream job. Knowing a future career interest is very important. A surgical technologist requires a postsecondary degree and the ability to work long hours.…
For my three health careers I chose radiologist, pediatric oncologist and athletic trainer. I do not necessarily want to go in the medical field, but if I were to I would want to work in one of these three careers. All three jobs require skills, reasoning and intuitive thinking. You might find yourself in a situation that demands fast thinking and problem solving, so you need to be prepared.…
When I was a freshman in highschool, my mom went to the doctor and promised me that everything would be okay, so when she came home crying because she might have breast cancer, I didn’t know how to react. The doctors said they couldn’t help her and she had to go to a radiologist. I immediately thought, what is a radiologist? A radiologist is a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries by using medical imaging technologies. Dr. R was my mom's radiologist, and after numerous test, she helped my mom and told her she didn't have breast cancer.…
Emily Foster February 16, 2015 Radiation therapists are an integral part of the oncology team. Along with using radiation to destroy cancer or other diseases, they offer compassion and faith to people fighting. Radiation therapy would be an extremely fulfilling career choice. Radiation therapists are able to begin the process of recovery for many people. The one on one connection with patients combined with the impact a radiation therapist has on their life will inspire me on a daily basis to be the best healthcare provider for those in need.…
I want to become a physician-scientist because I want to work at the interface between basic science research, which has the power to elucidate new knowledge, and clinical medicine, which has the ability to translate scientific discoveries to a deliverable form that can directly help the patients in need. For three years, I studied the role of tumor microenvironment on breast cancer metastasis in Dr. Semenza’s laboratory at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. As I studied the role of Hypoxia-inducible factor on integrin expression and subsequent cell motility, I learnt that cancer is a multi-faceted disease that consists of a web of multiple biological mechanisms as well as other arenas of science. Having exposed myself to…