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Diagnostic Radiography 2015

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Reply 20
Original post by bumblebee_
Hi everyone, I'll be applying to do Radiography in 2015.

I think at Liverpool, Leeds, UWE, Cardiff, and either Portsmouth or Exeter. I'll be a mature student technically (I'm 22, not that old I promise) because I've already done one degree.


What degree do you have?

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Another newly qualified radiographer here subscribing to this thread. I applied to uni as a mature student but I'm here if anyone has any questions feel free to quote me here otherwise I may miss your post :smile:
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Original post by dreaminchicken
Another newly qualified radiographer here subscribing to this thread. I applied to uni as a mature student but I'm here if anyone has any questions feel free to quote me here otherwise I may miss your post :smile:


How did you stand out in your personal statement?

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Original post by Sandra1
How did you stand out in your personal statement?

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I don't know really, I guess I had relevant qualifications and life experience and lots of skills that were transferable to diagnostic radiography. Plus I'd already done a degree that was very heavy on anatomy and physiology and had kept my knowledge up to date.

So I think to make your PS stand out you probably need to make sure you read up on/have a think about what diagnostic radiographers do and how any skills or experiences you have are transferable/could be applied and how so.

I can't exactly remember what I wrote in my PS to be honest other than what I've mentioned - transferable skills.
Original post by Sandra1
What degree do you have?

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Zoology!
Reply 25
Original post by bumblebee_
Zoology!


why did you decide to do a degree in diagnostic radiography
Subscribing, Applied last year and my place at University of Exeter just got confirmed for Diagnostic Radiography.

I'll do my best to help answer any questions on the application process/interviews :smile:
Original post by JammyGit07
Subscribing, Applied last year and my place at University of Exeter just got confirmed for Diagnostic Radiography.

I'll do my best to help answer any questions on the application process/interviews :smile:


Hi, im currently doing btec applied science (first year) which I got distinctions in this year and A2 health and social care which I found out i got an A so really chuffed!

I hope to apply to uni in 2015 for diagnostic radiography and I'm struggling to get work shadowing/experience in a hospital and you wouldn't believe how many hospitals I have tried! I do however have a radiography open morning at a hospital which shows me the department equipment etc and the role of a Radiographer. I am also filling out a form for a 1 day work shadowing at another hospital. I am worried that this is not enough, do you DESPERATELY need work shadowing? ? :dontknow:

Thankyou :smile:

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Original post by FXX
Subscribing. I've been a radiographer for a couple of years now, had 'senior' prefixed to my job title earlier this year. Also happy to answer questions about the course, but perhaps more relevantly the job and the 'real world' in general.


Hi FXX

I hope you can help me or any of the other graduates. I will be applying for diagnostic radiography for 2015 and I'm interested in specialising in ultrasound or MRI. I wanted to know do you need to do an extra year as in a masters to specialise in MRI, or can you do it in year 3 of the undergraduate degree? I know I need to do an extra year for ultrasound but wasn't sure if that's the same for MRI.

The other question is if I decide to do an extra year to specialise in either one, would it best to work for a bit after graduation then go into postgraduate education, or can I start as soon as I finish the undergraduate degree?

Thank you 😀
Just curious, what's the career prospects like for Diagnostic Radiography? Is it becoming over-subscribed like pharmacy or is there still likely to be a demand in three years (when this new batch of undergraduates finish)?

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if I was you I would be phoning every institution that has vacancies showing on UCAS to see if they can help you.

good luck
Original post by JessicaSoles
I hope to apply to uni in 2015 for diagnostic radiography and I'm struggling to get work shadowing/experience in a hospital and you wouldn't believe how many hospitals I have tried! I do however have a radiography open morning at a hospital which shows me the department equipment etc and the role of a Radiographer. I am also filling out a form for a 1 day work shadowing at another hospital. I am worried that this is not enough, do you DESPERATELY need work shadowing? ? :dontknow:
Thankyou :smile:


I managed to get into the course with only one day of work experience, but more is obviously better. Don't panic overmuch, I think that the interview is what they grade the most - if you clearly know what a radiographer does then they should be fine. Always worth trying to get a second placement too, though!

Original post by HeavyTeddy
Just curious, what's the career prospects like for Diagnostic Radiography? Is it becoming over-subscribed like pharmacy or is there still likely to be a demand in three years (when this new batch of undergraduates finish)?

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The NHS manages the bursary places to try to meet demand, so the market shouldn't be oversaturated. Of course you might have to travel, though. Probably want someone who's qualified and knows more to be a bit clearer here, though.
Original post by JessicaSoles
Hi, im currently doing btec applied science (first year) which I got distinctions in this year and A2 health and social care which I found out i got an A so really chuffed!

I hope to apply to uni in 2015 for diagnostic radiography and I'm struggling to get work shadowing/experience in a hospital and you wouldn't believe how many hospitals I have tried! I do however have a radiography open morning at a hospital which shows me the department equipment etc and the role of a Radiographer. I am also filling out a form for a 1 day work shadowing at another hospital. I am worried that this is not enough, do you DESPERATELY need work shadowing? ? :dontknow:

Thankyou :smile:

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Hey firstly congrats on your grades! :smile:

I ended up having 3 days work experience, and that was more than enough for every uni I applied to (Exeter,Cardiff,Portsmouth,City,CCU). Uni's know its not always easy to get experience and having 1 days experience with the addition of the radiography open morning shows uni's that you have experience and understand what the job entails, therefore I wouldn't worry in that regard. However do check that the uni's you've applied to don't require a clinical feedback form as it's a lot easier to get it signed on the day rather than mailing it to them later. :smile:
Original post by HeavyTeddy
Just curious, what's the career prospects like for Diagnostic Radiography? Is it becoming over-subscribed like pharmacy or is there still likely to be a demand in three years (when this new batch of undergraduates finish)?

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Radiography's good in this regard as the NHS only funds a limited amount of places :smile:
Original post by JammyGit07
Hey firstly congrats on your grades! :smile:

I ended up having 3 days work experience, and that was more than enough for every uni I applied to (Exeter,Cardiff,Portsmouth,City,CCU). Uni's know its not always easy to get experience and having 1 days experience with the addition of the radiography open morning shows uni's that you have experience and understand what the job entails, therefore I wouldn't worry in that regard. However do check that the uni's you've applied to don't require a clinical feedback form as it's a lot easier to get it signed on the day rather than mailing it to them later. :smile:


Thankyou for your help, I will definitely carry on trying to find more work experience. I will also do my research.

Thank you again :biggrin:

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Original post by Daisy pearl
Hi FXX

I hope you can help me or any of the other graduates. I will be applying for diagnostic radiography for 2015 and I'm interested in specialising in ultrasound or MRI. I wanted to know do you need to do an extra year as in a masters to specialise in MRI, or can you do it in year 3 of the undergraduate degree? I know I need to do an extra year for ultrasound but wasn't sure if that's the same for MRI.

The other question is if I decide to do an extra year to specialise in either one, would it best to work for a bit after graduation then go into postgraduate education, or can I start as soon as I finish the undergraduate degree?

Thank you


Hi

There are a few ways to specialise in MRI:

1.) Most NHS hospitals with MRI services can train you in-house. However, they may need you to get a certain number of years experience before they will let you, and while skills are transferable between jobs and experience is well valued, you won't receive a formal qualification from it. This won't be a problem in the short term but employers are attracted to people with post-graduate qualifications when they're looking for new managers.

2.) You can do post-graduate study but you need to be based in an MRI department that is willing to give you the study time and experiences you need. That means you're highly unlikely (although not impossible) to be able to walk out of the undergraduate course directly into the post-grad. Another thing to bear in mind is that as you're also working at the same time, you're unlikely to get a full MSc within a year (I'm looking at doing a post-grad in CT and even a certificate would take 9 months). On the flip side, being sponsored means your employer will pay course fees and you for your time spent at university, and at the end of it, if they don't want to give you a pay rise to reflect your additional knowledge and skills, you become more employable elsewhere.

3.) A mixture of 1.) and 2.). Get trained in house, then do a post-graduate. That way you have sound background knowledge and experience which should settle you into the course much more easily.

4.) Private companies like Alliance Medical and InHealth recruit a lot of undergraduates and train them in MRI. You don't get a PgC/PgD/MSc but the courses are pretty intensive and should be recognised elsewhere.

You can't specialise during the undergraduate degree, but focusing your dissertation on an MRI-based subject is a good start to proving your interest.

If you have absolutely no interest in x-ray then you may as well get into MRI as soon as possible. That's an entirely personal decision though. I'll be doing option 3.) eventually, but there's no rush for me to get a post-grad qualification as my employer has been kind enough to offer all of the training I wanted when I qualified.

Ultrasound is quite unique in that you have to do a post-graduate course to get into it. All other modalities can be taught in-house, which allows you to take a rotational role where you work in multiple modalities, which I find helps break up the week a little bit.
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Original post by Daisy pearl
Hi FXX

I hope you can help me or any of the other graduates. I will be applying for diagnostic radiography for 2015 and I'm interested in specialising in ultrasound or MRI. I wanted to know do you need to do an extra year as in a masters to specialise in MRI, or can you do it in year 3 of the undergraduate degree? I know I need to do an extra year for ultrasound but wasn't sure if that's the same for MRI.

The other question is if I decide to do an extra year to specialise in either one, would it best to work for a bit after graduation then go into postgraduate education, or can I start as soon as I finish the undergraduate degree?

Thank you ������


Hi ,

Are you a newly qualified Radiographer?? or just applying to start a degree in Radiography ?

I'm just curious as to how you know that you would like to specialise in MRI or Ultrasound ? Have you experience in these modalities ?

I'm a senior radiographer.
Original post by Sandra1
why did you decide to do a degree in diagnostic radiography


I really enjoyed all of the anatomy and pathology related modules in my degree and at the end of my 2nd year knew I'd like to have a career in a medical/healthcare-type environment. I spent quite a while looking at different career areas within the NHS and radiography seems really interesting and something I'd love to do :smile:

How about you, what got you interested this type of degree?
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Original post by bumblebee_
I really enjoyed all of the anatomy and pathology related modules in my degree and at the end of my 2nd year knew I'd like to have a career in a medical/healthcare-type environment. I spent quite a while looking at different career areas within the NHS and radiography seems really interesting and something I'd love to do :smile:

How about you, what got you interested this type of degree?

I'm interested in diagnostic radiography because i want to become a sonographer...sonographers are the people who will take ultrasounds...i found it interesting that a sonographer can detect problems that a fetus/baby has...
Original post by Sandra1
I'm interested in diagnostic radiography because i want to become a sonographer...sonographers are the people who will take ultrasounds...i found it interesting that a sonographer can detect problems that a fetus/baby has...


The same goes for me,I would love to become a sonographer, I have always been interested in this line of work.

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