Nuclear Medicine is a major strand of the Medical Radiation Science family. However, what is it? What are you getting yourselves into? 

Special Thanks in this episode to:

Kirk Rostron (Nuclear Medicine Technologist)

Kevin Rayment (Audio Tech)

DISCLAIMER: Views and discussion within this podcast are not of the institutions or organisations who the speakers work for.

You have navigated your way through tertiary education. Where to from here?

Pass your exams, submit your case studies and complete enough clinical placement to mean that you reach capabilities to graduate. However are you really ready for the last year of uni and first year out? Are you fully aware of being consciously incompetent? 

This episode talks to Casey, a new graduate radiographer who managed a social life, university demands, and a job all whilst compiling a professional CV and preparing for interviews post graduation.

Special Thanks in this episode to:

C. Sweeney (New Grad Radiographer)

K. Rayment (Audio Tech)

DISCLAIMER: Views and discussion within this podcast are not of the institutions or organisations who the speakers work for.

We are a family of Medical Radiation Practitioners, however what do each of our strands actually do? We are all let loose and in charge of safely using radiation, so how do our roles differ so much? Meg is a Radiation Therapist at a NSW Health Hospital and joins us from her control room to help give us some insight into her chosen Medical Radiation Science.

Special Thanks in this episode to:

M. Thompson (Radiation Therapist)

K. Rayment (Audio Tech)

DISCLAIMER: Views and discussion within this podcast are not of the institutions or organisations who the speakers work for.

We deal with patients in their most vulnerable state. We see the world differently to everyone else. We learn to communicate effectively and to interact professionally with our patients at all times. We utilise a myriad of paralinguistic cues as well as verbal and non verbal communication techniques however, what happens when your patient's don't answer your questions, or cannot give you a clinical history?  What is it like to image the deceased all day long? 

Medical imaging is commonly used in the collection of forensic evidence around deceased people. Medical imaging autopsies are increasingly being used to determine the cause of death of patients. The deceased are bought into the medical imaging suite in a 'body bag'; sometimes it needs to be opened, sometimes it does not. In this episode we talk to a Radiographer who has worked clinically and then transitioned into the like of forensic medical imaging.

Special Thanks in this episode to:

R. Beh (Forensic Morgue Radiographer)

K. Rayment (Audio Tech)

DISCLAIMER: Views and discussion within this podcast are not of the institutions or organisations who the speakers work for.

Let's take a glimpse into working within and creating a safe environment for our colleagues, our patients and their families.  Imaging is essential in the initial diagnosis and monitoring of many disease processes. In January 2020, the World Health Organisation declared the novel coronavirus met the criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. With imaging at the forefront of diagnosis, measure of severity and monitoring of disease, radiographers are healthcare professionals who are exposed to the front line. 

During this episode, we talk to Orla, a trained MRI specialist, who talks to us from her flat in London as the UK heads into round two of lockdown during a global pandemic.

Special Thanks in this episode to:

O. Culligan (Band 7 Radiographer)

K. Rayment (Audio Tech)

DISCLAIMER: Views and discussion within this podcast are not of the institutions or organisations who the speakers work for.

This brief episode features only myself as I briefly discuss some Frequently Asked Questions as you are introduced to the Radiation Sciences.

References:

Radiation | What is Radiation? | ANSTO. (2021). Retrieved 10 February 2021, from https://www.ansto.gov.au/education/nuclear-facts/what-is-radiation

DISCLAIMER: Views and discussion within this podcast are not of the institutions or organisations who the speakers work for.