radiologic technologists perform examinations
examinations that produce images for radiologists
radiologists to interpret the public no would
would have as x-rays and that is what they
they are and we teach students how to perform
perform examinations where patients are positioned
positioned and the correct technical factors
factors are made so that you have an x-ray
x-ray for a doctor to look at radiologic technologist
technologist could work in a hospital could
could work in a doctor's office could work
work in an urgent care center could work as
as a travel tech which means they would travel
travel to different parts of the country or
or the world even where they may be needed
needed where there's a shortage of radiographers
radiographers or they can also bring x-rays
x-rays to like nursing homes where the patients
patients can't leave they'll bring in a x-ray
x-ray unit and take x-rays there so there's
there's lots of different environments so
so if someone was interested in this particular
particular field of diagnostic imaging those
those people who are interested in working
working in healthcare number one really enjoy
enjoy working with patients but also enjoy
enjoy working with technology who enjoy fast
fast pace environments where things are not
not necessarily a typical nine-to-five day
day you have to be patient patient with the
the patient's especially with your peers you
you have to be tolerant because not everyone
everyone is like you obviously
obviously
obviously you
you have to be able to listen and then know
know when to not talk you have to be able
able to work in the team you have to be very
very independent when you need to be one of
of the core values that are required in this
this is to critically think because not one
one patient's gonna be the same not one situations
situations that will be the same and you're
you're gonna have to deal with it on your
your toes you're taught one way to take an
an image but maybe the patient can't do that
that but you still have to get the image so
so you need good critical thinking skills
skills
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students become radiologic technologists by
by enrolling in a program such as the ones
ones that we have here at Montgomery College
College is a two-year program it's pretty
pretty intense basically
basically you have to put everything off to
to get in this program it's it's a challenging
challenging program but it's rewarding when
when I got in the program I was like this
this is great like you know you get to help
help people like whether it's most laudable
laudable and to me and it's nothing like the
the laureate like that it requires a lot of
of clinical hours as well as didactic or classroom
classroom courses that prepare you to take
take a national registry after you take the
the national registry you can be hired as
as a radiologic technologist anywhere in the
the country for a first-year radiologic technology
technology student they'll come to classes
classes on Mondays and Wednesdays and then
then they'll go to their clinical sites Tuesdays
Tuesdays and Thursdays as the student progresses
progresses to become a second year student
student they will have classes on Tuesday
Tuesday and clinicals on Monday Wednesdays
Wednesdays and Fridays their second summer
summer with us they are in clinicals every
every day for nine weeks I did my clinical
clinical rotations at Holy Cross Hospital
Hospital here in Silver Spring as well as
as Georgetown Hospital as far as my clinical
clinical rotations I went to Holy Cross Silver
Silver Spring and then I went to holy
holy cross in Germantown I went to a Children's
Children's Hospital for a month and I went
went to Georgetown University Hospital for
for my second clinical experience was very
very good they're very familiar with us they
they actually and the hairier for Montgomery
Montgomery College they hold you to a certain
certain standard the worksites did know that
that montgomery college students were well-rounded
well-rounded students not only in book wise
wise but with patient care and they did exceed
exceed that so I definitely know that that
that helped me the radiologic technology students
students get 1560 hours of clinical time so
so when they complete this program they're
they're very well trained and the site's know
know this this is why they like to hire our
our students our graduates because they know
know the number of hours that they have actually
actually seen them work when a student graduates
graduates from the program then they sit for
for the american Registry radiologic technologists
technologists or as known as the AR T national
national certification after they passed that
that and this program has a hundred percent
percent first-time pass rate for the past
past seven or eight years we're very proud
proud of that but actually past that then
then they go ahead and depending on the state
state they decide to work in they do have
have to apply for a license so if you wanted
wanted to work in the state of Maryland you
you would apply for a license when she became
became registered as an AR RT certified radiographer
radiographer what's really exciting about
about the field of radiologic technology is
is foundationally allows a radiographer to
to go in many directions if they want to stay
stay in diagnostic imaging they can cross
cross train and CT and MRI and they don't
don't go back to school for that most of the
the
the it's
it's the clinicals are taught on the job and
and you might take a few courses on your own
own to pass the registry but it's not a dedicated
dedicated two-year program so you can move
move in that direction or you can go administrative
administrative Lee and become an administrator
administrator go on and get you a four-year
four-year degree in Healthcare Administration
Administration or you go into education which
which is what I did so it's a really great
great starting point of a good career that
that is sustainable for many many years Montgomery
Montgomery College program I believe helped
helped me because not only did it does it
it have a good reputation but it was a stepping
stepping stone for me as a student to be able
able to get land a good job it's rewarding
rewarding jobs the job Security's there you
you get to learn it's you're always learning
learning something you're always advancing
advancing your there's always room for improvement
improvement there's always room for promotions
promotions there's always room to divert it
it into a different you know areas in the
the medical field so if I did it I think anyone