If you ever thought about becoming a medical imaging technologist, this article if for you. This article will talk about everything you need to know about a medical imaging technologist. You'll learn about what it's like to be a medical imaging technologist, what do they do, what is a typical day, how much money do they earn, what is the additional training, what are the dangers and also what age do radiology technologist retire at.
Being a radiology technologist is a very thrilling and intense work because you can have many patients to do in a day, and it can be very demanding. Also, you can work in the day, in the evening and at night.
Radiologist technologists are medical professionals who specialized in the human anatomy. The type of specialties is x-ray, Mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, fluoroscopy and bone densitometry.
The first thing a radiology technologist do in a typical day is checking the list of patients they need to do. After, they check the instructions that were given by the doctor requiring the part of the body that requires the images. After, they need to make sure that all of the equipment in the room can function correctly. Then, they need to prepare the patient for the exam by asking questions like taking certain clothes off to make sure the images are good. After taking the images, you need to make sure all of the x-rays are good for the doctor. After taking care of the patient the radiology technologist need to clean the space to be ready for the next patient.
Radiology technologists can work at many places. Most of the time they work at the hospitals, but they can also work in private clinics. They can also work in a doctor's offices and in certain therapy center
The prerequisites to become a radiology technologist are the enriched sciences of grade ten and the physic of grade eleven. You also need obviously to graduate high school. After, you can apply in a cegep that offers the Medical Imaging program. After you got in the program, you get in the Medical Imaging program you have 3 years to do all of your courses. Then, when you finish you internship you can apply for the exam of the OTIMROEPMQ and if, you pass it you can go work in your field finally.
In Montreal, the average wage per hour is $31. But, this amount of money can depend if you work in a private clinic and a hospital. They can make approximately $63 000 in a year and this can go up to $78 000 at the maximum.
In this field there is a lot of additional training to do because a lot of different machines can appear. So, each time you need to be kept updated. For example, you need to follow continuing education requirement every two years. Also, each ten years you need to get qualifications to stay up to date to the new technologies.
The most important danger of being a radiology technologist is being exposed to the radiation each day. For example, if you don't pay attention to the radiation you could be at risk of developing a cancer. You have a dosimeter that can check the total of radiation received in 3 months.
The chances that radiology technologists will be replaced by robots soon are very high. The technology is a big part of this field of study and the technologists are more likely in risk of being replaced by robots. But of course they will never be able to replace the technologists completely because they will for sure never be able to move physically move the patient for example. An other example is that the robots will never be able to be there emotionally with the patient to reassure them.
They usually retire at the age of 60 years. But, when they start getting tired of the job the technologist can become a teacher with some other extra courses. So, they can teach students that are currently in the medical imaging program.
In conclusion, the medical imaging program is a really interesting program that can make you a better person and also can make you discover some new things every day. Currently I'm in my second year in the program and next year is my last year and also my internship.
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