TIR008 Q&A: How to Deal with Technologists you Don’t get Along with
Working in a healthcare environment can be stressful at times, not to mention if you are new to the environment and trying to learn. Students often approach me with questions about how to handle their...
View ArticleRadScope: Radiography Tips, Discussion and Q&A on Periscope
If you haven’t heard of Periscope yet, you’ve been missing out on something really cool. Periscope (owned by Twitter) is an app that allows you to stream live from your smart phone or tablet and...
View ArticleForensic Radiography: A Career Frontier?
This week, I traveled to the Medical Examiner’s office with our Radiography Program’s Director and Clinical Coordinator. We did so in hopes to identify some mutual benefits of providing our students...
View ArticleReturning to Radiography: 5 Steps to Restarting your Imaging Career
New Podcast Episode! In this episode, you’ll hear my top 5 recommendations to re-entering the field of radiography. Regardless of how long you have been away, there may have been many changes since...
View ArticleQuality Assurance Decline: The Need for Resurgence
Does your general radiography department have a Quality Assurance program? The last time I worked as a Lead Radiologic Technologist, I took it upon myself to restart an established (although somewhat...
View ArticleProduct Review: Magic X-Ray Markers
One of the every-day challenges we face as radiologic technologists involves maintaining an adhesive surface on our x-ray markers. Popular methods for doing this include double-sided adhesive footers,...
View ArticleHappy National Radiologic Technology Week 2015
On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen made a discovery that changed the practice of medicine forever. The details are fascinating regarding his discovery of these “new rays” and how he stumbled...
View ArticleCE Courses Coming to Topics in Radiography in 2016!
Since 2007, I have been creating content on this website with the primary goal to educate and inform not only radiography students, but registered technologists as well. Through Topics in Radiography...
View ArticleQuality Care For Patients With Autism
The Center for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 68 children have been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as of March, 2014. This is a statistic that has, according to the CDC, grown...
View ArticleNew ARRT Post-Primary Certification Requirements
If you are a Registered Radiologic Technologist thinking of becoming registered in a post-primary area like CT, Cardiac or Vascular Interventional, or MRI, then the requirements for ARRT Registration...
View ArticleThe Dose Creep Problem in Digital Radiography
One of the classes I have been teaching for over 10 years now is the Radiation Exposure Principles Lab. During the course of this lab, we cover the basics of film/screen imaging prior to jumping into...
View ArticleTopics in Radiography Website Disappearing Permanently
To all radiographers, student radiographers, educators, imaging leadership, and everyone else who has shown support for this website over the years: I just wanted to send out my thanks for your...
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