The Topics in Radiography Podcast
Latest Episodes
Returning to Radiography: 5 Steps to Restarting your Imaging Career
New Podcast Episode! In this episode, you’ll hear my top 5 recommendations to re-entering the field of radiography. Regardless of how long you have been away, there may have been many changes since you’ve been gone,
TIR008 Q&A: How to Deal with Technologists you Don’t get Along with
Working in a healthcare environment can be stressful at times, not to mention if you are new to the environment and trying to learn. Students often approach me with questions about how to handle their clinical environment when they are assigned to tec...
TIR007: Advice for Passing the ARRT Registry Exam
As time draws closer to the end of the school year, second-year radiography students are approaching the end of their programs and are preparing for the ARRT Registry Examination. One of the most common questions I receive from students across the cou...
TIR006: Digital Radiography Image Critique – the eBook
With the upcoming release of my new eBook, “Digital Radiography Image Critique”, I wanted to provide some answers to questions I’ve been receiving about this new resource. There’s much to learn for those who haven’t had formal education in CR or DR ra...
TIR005: 10 Do’s and Don’ts for your Radiography Clinical Assignment
What you decide to do with time spent in your radiography clinical assignment could make a big difference when it comes time to apply for a job after school. In this episode, I will discuss 10 things that you should avoid while on-site in your clinica...
TIR004: Collimation Vs. Cropping in Digital Radiography
The importance of collimation was ingrained in my mind by my instructors and by the technologists who oversaw my clinical education. Radiologists used to grill me when I failed to collimate an exposure. To everyone critiquing a radiograph,
TIR003: The Radiology Job Market 2015
In my 15 years as a Radiologic Technologist, the radiology job market has seen its share of ups and downs. These peaks and valleys tend to reverse their polarity every 5-7 years, and we are on the verge of a great time of need in the medical field in ...
TiR002: How to Communicate Radiation Risk Factors to Patients
As a radiologic technologist, your patient may come to you and ask, “how much radiation am I getting with my exam”? They don’t necessarily want you to pull out a calculator and perform an actual radiation risk dose calculation to.
TiR001: Welcome to the Topics in Radiography Poscast: Introduction, Show Formalities, What to Expect
In my first episode of the Topics in Radiography Podcast, I wanted to give you all a little bit of insight into why I’m starting this podcast and how it can help you and connect you to the radiography community. In doing so,