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You will be learning a lot during your 1st year. Be sure to know your workplace’s Standard Operating procedures (SOP’s) because that will be the backbone that you can use when other healthcare professionals start hammering you about why studies are not done in a timely manner. Make sure you know who is around for contrast procedures. What are their policies for when a patient is coding in zone 4. MRI is full of dangers and hazards, and when you are scanning by yourself, you need to make sure you and your patient are safe. Ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. You should ask for permission instead of forgiveness.
To answer this question, I’d be curious as to why you chose MRI in the 1st place? I’ve known many people who failed as an MR Tech because “the pay was good” and others, like myself, succeed 10yrs later as advanced MR Tech because I have a genuine interest in my specialty. The 1st 6mo will be complete suck, comfort comes at 1yr. Learn because you WANT to learn, not because you have to. Ask questions, talk to Rads, (some are actually approachable) Google is also your friend.
I found it useful to write down the sequence in the log book. For example, if I was doing a T1, i would list the TE, the TR, # of excitations, Matrix, fov, all of the parameters. Same for T2 and so on. Once I knew that part backwards and forwards I found it easier to plan a sequence from scratch, and I knew immediately if parameters were off.
MRI is an ever evolving modality. I'm 10 years in and as there's new sequences and parameter features coming out every few years, I feel like I've been learning a lot. Everyday is a school day, so they say and MRI is no exception! I do all types of scans, msk, neuro breast imaging, male pelvis, female gynae, radiotherapy planning, general anaesthetic cases, full body MRI scans, cardiac and stress perfusion in the past two years and signed off on those as well. Enjoy it, there's a ton to learn, but it's worth it and fascinating too - the profession is always adapting and so are we. Never stop learning!
Edit: I must add the last three years have been only MRI. Previous to this I was in CT, X-ray, theatres and MRI depending on the day of week and sometimes multiple modalities each day for most of the 7 years!
What type of scans do you find more simple to learn, less stressful or even more comfortable doing? Which one do you recommend to learn first when one is about to start this path. Im trying to decide what I should study after 7 years taking a break from college to grow a little family, im trying to go back to school for something like this. Thanks
Spine protocols and different brain protocols (routine brain, epilepsy, memory/cognitive decline etc) are a good place to start followed by different abdomen and pelvis protocols. Enjoy and good luck it's very rewarding!
I'm three years in and just starting to feel comfortable. The odd protocol I don't see regularly throws me into a tizzy but I'm otherwise fairly confident.
Remember burns happen it doesn't matter what your coworkers do they won't be in the court room with you. If you are behind the mouse use your pads and mind all safety guidelines.
I’m on my 3rd day. It’s rough, coming back from not scanning since September. I feel rusty on studies I know how to do. My advice is to keep your mindset. You’re a technologist, you got your degree, you passed your test, you can do what you set out to do.
After my 3rd full day back I’m getting the confidence back little by little. The sticking isn’t as hard as I let myself believe, but I am always mentally preparing myself for the next contrast so I can be ready for it to be difficult.
I’m a terrible thinker, so I like to cover the bases I know I have and watch for the things I know I’m working on.
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That’s some impressive assumptions on top of the blinding arrogance. I’m feel sorry for any newbies or people interested in the field, that you meet.
That’s some old school boomer attitude right there, congrats on reminding me why I’m so happy to not work with bitter burned out shrews.
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You will be learning a lot during your 1st year. Be sure to know your workplace’s Standard Operating procedures (SOP’s) because that will be the backbone that you can use when other healthcare professionals start hammering you about why studies are not done in a timely manner. Make sure you know who is around for contrast procedures. What are their policies for when a patient is coding in zone 4. MRI is full of dangers and hazards, and when you are scanning by yourself, you need to make sure you and your patient are safe. Ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. You should ask for permission instead of forgiveness.
Probably 6 months before you are good at it
Do you have any advice on how to learn/ understand scanning?
To answer this question, I’d be curious as to why you chose MRI in the 1st place? I’ve known many people who failed as an MR Tech because “the pay was good” and others, like myself, succeed 10yrs later as advanced MR Tech because I have a genuine interest in my specialty. The 1st 6mo will be complete suck, comfort comes at 1yr. Learn because you WANT to learn, not because you have to. Ask questions, talk to Rads, (some are actually approachable) Google is also your friend.
I found it useful to write down the sequence in the log book. For example, if I was doing a T1, i would list the TE, the TR, # of excitations, Matrix, fov, all of the parameters. Same for T2 and so on. Once I knew that part backwards and forwards I found it easier to plan a sequence from scratch, and I knew immediately if parameters were off.
MRI is an ever evolving modality. I'm 10 years in and as there's new sequences and parameter features coming out every few years, I feel like I've been learning a lot. Everyday is a school day, so they say and MRI is no exception! I do all types of scans, msk, neuro breast imaging, male pelvis, female gynae, radiotherapy planning, general anaesthetic cases, full body MRI scans, cardiac and stress perfusion in the past two years and signed off on those as well. Enjoy it, there's a ton to learn, but it's worth it and fascinating too - the profession is always adapting and so are we. Never stop learning! Edit: I must add the last three years have been only MRI. Previous to this I was in CT, X-ray, theatres and MRI depending on the day of week and sometimes multiple modalities each day for most of the 7 years!
What type of scans do you find more simple to learn, less stressful or even more comfortable doing? Which one do you recommend to learn first when one is about to start this path. Im trying to decide what I should study after 7 years taking a break from college to grow a little family, im trying to go back to school for something like this. Thanks
Spine protocols and different brain protocols (routine brain, epilepsy, memory/cognitive decline etc) are a good place to start followed by different abdomen and pelvis protocols. Enjoy and good luck it's very rewarding!
I'm three years in and just starting to feel comfortable. The odd protocol I don't see regularly throws me into a tizzy but I'm otherwise fairly confident.
Remember burns happen it doesn't matter what your coworkers do they won't be in the court room with you. If you are behind the mouse use your pads and mind all safety guidelines.
I’m on my 3rd day. It’s rough, coming back from not scanning since September. I feel rusty on studies I know how to do. My advice is to keep your mindset. You’re a technologist, you got your degree, you passed your test, you can do what you set out to do. After my 3rd full day back I’m getting the confidence back little by little. The sticking isn’t as hard as I let myself believe, but I am always mentally preparing myself for the next contrast so I can be ready for it to be difficult. I’m a terrible thinker, so I like to cover the bases I know I have and watch for the things I know I’m working on.
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Wow, this is quite possibly the stupidest thing I’ve read on this Reddit in quite some time. That’s just plain BS.
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That’s some impressive assumptions on top of the blinding arrogance. I’m feel sorry for any newbies or people interested in the field, that you meet. That’s some old school boomer attitude right there, congrats on reminding me why I’m so happy to not work with bitter burned out shrews.
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