Radiologic Technologist

 Duties and Responsibilities: Radiologic Technologists use x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician.  They are responsible for explaining and getting patients ready for radiological tests and treatment that will be performed.  They place the equipment at the right distance and right angle from the patient to make the appropriate images for the physician. 

Salary:$24,000 - $36,000

Education: Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school. To become a registered radiologic technologist, students must complete a two year training program in a hospital or school.

Reflection: i think i would like this job because it does interest me.(:

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities: The Nuclear Medicine Technologists prepare an administer radiopharmaceuticals (radioactive substance) to detect and to also treat disease.  They also then position equipment over the patients to make images.  These pictures allow the physicians to identify any abnormal areas.  This helps in diagnosing illness. They also perform on laboratory tests on tissue samples. They must follow the strict safety regulations due to the dangers in radiation effects to their bodies and organs.  

Salary: $28,000 - $42,000

Education: Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses that are available in high school. Nuclear medicine technology training in programs vary in length from one to four years.

Reflection: I don’t think I would like this job because it is very risky and knowing me I would be kind of bad doing this job and I would put people in risk and maybe I wouldn’t pass the training or entering exam.

Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist

Duties and responsibilities:

Electroneurodiagnostic technologist use electronic graphs to determine if patients are suffering from a central nervous system condition or disease like epilepsy, tumors,stroke, or trauma. The graphs are records of thebrain’s electrical activity.Electroneurodiagnostic technologists usuallywork in hospitals, laboratories, or physicians’ offices.

They:

·      Prepare medical records.

·      Apply electrodes and select instrument settings.

·      Perform electroneurodiagnostic test.

·      Adjust and maintain their equipment

·      Record test results

·      Identify patients abnormalities

Average salary: $20,000 - $35,000

Educational requirements:

Electroneurodiagnostic technologist must have a high school diploma and some courses in computer technology before beginning specialized training.Electroneurodiagnostic training can be obtained through vocational schools, community colleges, and in some cases hospitals. Training takes one year and is followed by another year of supervised experience. Before beginning practice electroneurodiagnostic technologist must pass written and oral examinations.

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Would you like to be a electroneurodiagnostic technologist?

No I would not like to be one because it just doesn’t interest me.

Clinical technologist

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Clinical technologists perform more complex laboratory test and procedures than technicians. They also supervise technicians, conform there test, and manage laboratory quality control programs.

Most clinical laboratory specialist work in hospital, but they are also employed by private practices, medical groups, research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and universities.

Average salary: $20,000-$28,000(Clinical laboratory technicians)

$25,000-$40,000

Educational requirements:

Students should take most challenging high school courses in, science, math, and English.

An associate’s degree in the field or completion of a specialist in-house training programs is required to become a clinical laboratory technician.

A bachelor’s degree in the field is normally required to become a clinical technologist; however some employers accept an associate’s degree and extensive clinical experience as a substitute. Many technologists pursue additional graduate educational or specialist training to advance their careers in clinical chemistry, blood banking, and microbiology.  

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