Radiation Therapy Personal Statement

One of the things that does make radiation tech one of the greatest jobs in the medical field is that you can start a career with only two years of education, helping others and having multiple pathways for advancement. The security in the health care field is excellent and interesting and also have good work settings. Job benefits beyond salary include health, life and disability insurance. Since radiation techs are needed pretty much everywhere around the world they have the ability to travel, which also includes the option of military

What do cancer, radiation, and technology have in common? The links between the three are quite extraordinary. Cancer is a disease that accounts for 13% of all deaths in the world (Delfino and Day 1). The disease has an impact on patients, friends and their love ones. According to WebMD, radiation is energy that travels in the form of waves through radiation therapy. Through radiation therapy, radiation is used to stop, slow or cure the growth of cancer. With technology, radiologists can treat cancer patients through radiation and special computerized imaging (WebMD).

For as long as I can remember, I have always been interested in pursuing a career in the medical field. These interests were most likely brought to life from my desire to want to help people and learn more about the human body. The experiences I’ve had throughout my life have brought me closer to the belief that I can one day make a difference in the world through medicine. All though I am not completely decided on what I would like my future career to be, I have been able to narrow my options down to a few of the many choices available.

Cancer has played a huge role in my life recently. It started when dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer when I was a junior in high school. He tried to remain strong and act like he wasn’t scared, but you could tell he was terrified and depressed. On a few occasions I went with him to his radiation treatments and I was immediately impressed with the radiation therapists. They were always smiling, and trying to make the worst time of some people’s life better. When my dad talks about his cancer experience he always talks about how much of a positive impact his radiation therapist had.

The next part of my research I am discussing will be the salary. Radiation Technologists make plenty of money, believe me on that one. In some states,you may earn up to the range of $50,000 to $60,000 on salary! But, in order to get that much, you need to take certain classes, courses, optional career paths, and other voluntary options. In some states, like California, you can take time to get training from your employer’s company and that can earn really high money.

Cancer is an incurable and unpredictable disease that, if left untreated, will likely result in death for the men, women, and children who must fight it. Sadly, approximately 36% of people will develop cancer during their lifetime, and of that percentage, fewer than 15% will survive, according to the National Cancer Institute. Along with surgery and chemotherapy, radiation is one of the few known methods for treating cancer, but it does not come without harmful side effects. While radiation therapy is currently a proven method for treating cancer, dangers to patients often outweigh its benefits, therefore a safer method for effectively treating and ultimately curing cancer.

I have broken many bones and fractured different bones in my body. In order to heal the bone that is broken, they do an x-ray or scan to see how severe the brake is. Experiencing the x-ray and seeing how the radiologist reads it, interested me further in the field of radiation. I plan to apply to Pierpont Community Technical School in Fairmont to get an associate’s degree in radiation therapy. As I accelerate towards a bachelor’s degree to administer the radiation to patients, I will feel accomplished with my passion while assisting others with cancer to reach their goal of being cancer free. I plan to work at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown West Virginia because it has always been a dream of mine to work in an oversized medical environment. I picture myself being more stable living at home while I am in college to financially plan out my future for myself while working a part time

As there is alack of consensus as to what fitness to practise encompasses the authors described the need for the study and that is clearly shown in the literature review. This makes a good introduction as said an introduction should sate the aim of the research. The authors have gathered information from a variety of sources such as the Medical Radiation Practise Board of Australia and the General Medical Council which makes their information more reliable as it is from a credible source. The fact that they have also used references from different media e.g. books and journals also increases the validity of the article.

I have chosen Radiology as a career. Radiology is a specialty that uses imaging techniques to treat diseases and diagnose medical issues. A few examples include: x-rays, CT scans, MRI’s, sonograms, ultrasounds and many more. I am very intrigued by radiology because the human body fascinates me and I enjoy learning about how the body works. I also like radiology because of the amount of technology that is required for this career, radiology is basically dependent on technology. I have always like technology and there’s always something to learn in the medical field and with technology so the learning opportunities are endless. The medical field is a broad field and there are so many career options in the medical field and radiology especially

“You must go to business school and make lots of money later. That called successful”, my dad told me. Even though from the bottom of my heart, I hated it, I finally got accepted to the Saigon Tech Institute doing Business Administration. After two years, I dropped school because I knew that was not something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I finally realized that I need to have a job which I could help people. Therefore, I chose medical field, specifically radiation therapist. I wish I could be a nurse, but blood and open cuts are my problem. It would be entertaining if the nurse passed out in front of the patient from seeing blood. That’s why becoming a radiation tech would be excellent. I could work in the doctors’ offices or the hospitals where I could help people without causing myself sickness.

Radiation therapists are specialists who perform radiation therapy on cancer patients to stop the growth

Dr. Jordanov is the Assistant Professor of Radiology and Emergency Medicine and works at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. I shadowed him in the musculoskeletal and emergency radiology reading room. He quizzed me on different x-rays he had to analyze and then taught me how to dictate them. He would then refer me to a radiologist in a different specialty, such as cardiothoracic or abdominal radiology, to teach me other aspects of the job. These experiences were the first time I encountered an entire group of physicians so satisfied with their profession that they enthusiastically told students to pursue a career in medicine. Every physician Dr. Jordanov introduced me to encouraged me to become a radiologist because they were so fulfilled

Given that The Royal Marsden and The Institute of Cancer Research are part of the international consortium to develop MR-Linac technology, I believe that time spent within the Radiation Medicine Programme at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre will be useful as it has a dedicated 3T MRI unit on rails and would provide a unique opportunity to learn how to integrate MRI guided radiation therapy to improve outcomes for patients.

In 2007, it is predicted that almost 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States (Pickle et al., 2007). More than half of these cancer patients will undergo the use of radiation as a means for treating cancer at some point during the course of their disease (Perez and Brady, 1998). Cancer, a disease caused by an uncontrollable growth of abnormal cells, affects millions of people around the world. Radiotherapy is one of the well known various methods used to treat cancer, where high powered rays are aimed directly at the tumor from the outside of the body as external radiation or an instrument is surgically placed inside the body producing a result of internal radiation. Radiation is delivered to the cancerous regions of the body to damage and destroy the cells in that area, terminating the rapid growth and division of the cells. Radiation therapy has been used by medicine as a treatment for cancer from the beginning of the twentieth century, with its earliest beginnings coming from the discovery of x-rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen. With the advancements in physics and computer programming, radiation had greatly evolved towards the end of the twentieth century and made the radiation treatment more effective. Radiation therapy is a curative treatment approach for cancer because it is successful in killing cancerous tumor cells and stop them from regenerating.

In terms of education, enormous equipment and expensive yet high quality machines have always surrounded the College of Medical Radiation Technology (or CMRT). However, it is not just about the cost but also about their effectiveness and usefulness for the CMRT students. With these machines, students get to have hands-on activities that prepare them for when they take their internship in hospitals and as future health