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Guide me into becoming a ultrasound tech

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I take art and design btech level 3 in college I’m in my second year in college, my course is only 2 years, I’m starting my second year in a couple days and I’ve started to rethink my choices, im currently interest in working as a ultrasound technician. What steps should I take to be able to get into it for university?

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McGinger

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Do you mean 'technician' as in 'someone who fixes the machines' - a a Radiographer who takes, and interprets, the images?

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Mango14

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by McGinger

Do you mean 'technician' as in 'someone who fixes the machines' - a a Radiographer who takes, and interprets, the images?

Interprets images so like the person who scans pregnant women and tell them if they’re having a girl or boy.

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rfit

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you do realise scans on pregnant women arent about whether they are having a boy or a girl.

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McGinger

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by Mango14

Interprets images so like the person who scans pregnant women and tell them if they’re having a girl or boy.

Radiographers do an great deal more than just spotting if babies have a winky or not.
You might need to do some reading about the job role, and then possibly do some re-thinking.
Information on being a diagnostic radiographer - Degrees and Courses - NHS Careers (healthcareers.nhs.uk)

It requires science A levels, and a degree - Diagnostic Radiography BSc | University of Leeds.

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normaw

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by Mango14

I take art and design btech level 3 in college I’m in my second year in college, my course is only 2 years, I’m starting my second year in a couple days and I’ve started to rethink my choices, im currently interest in working as a ultrasound technician. What steps should I take to be able to get into it for university?

The traditional route into sonography is to take an undergraduate degree in diagnostic radiography, radiotherapy, nursing or midwifery, gain post-graduate work experience and then apply for a sonography position within an NHS trust and complete postgrad qualifications. It is very competitive. For any of the undergraduate degrees listed above, you will need at least one science A level or equivalent. If you are really keen to pursue this, another option is to take an Access to Higher Education Diploma in a science or health-based subject once you turn 19.

https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/course-finder
https://www.accesstohe.ac.uk/about-access

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HellomynameisNev

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by rfit

you do realise scans on pregnant women arent about whether they are having a boy or a girl.

This cannot be stressed enough! You are also the one that tells the pregnant mother that tells them their baby has no heartbeat. You are the one who tells the person with the lump on their neck that they have cancer.

Becoming a sonographer is hard work, and comes with a lot of responsibility - too many people have an idealised opinion of the job, and see it as a fast track to a Band 7 wage.

Reply 7

McGinger

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You are the one who tells the person with the lump on their neck that they have cancer.

No Allied Health worker would ever deliver a cancer diagnosis directly to a patient.

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