DIT: Clinical Measurement

roy harper

I am planning on doing clinical measurement next year at DIT. I am wondering; Is it hard? Whats the work load like? after the course can you work in medical devices if you wish? or just an overall view of the course! If their is any one doing the course or knows any thing about it please reply.

Thephantomsmask

I'm going into my 4th year, first and second have very full timetables, it's a school of physics course so first year involves two physics modules plus maths, chemistry and biology subjects. In second year there are 4 very heavily physics based instrumentation modules as well as maths and physiology subjects. Third year is out on placement while fourth year is a semester of lectures and a semester of placement. Basically first and moreso second year (probably the hardest year overall but easy to do well if you put the work in) have a heavy workload, third and fourth year involve 9 to 5 hospital placements in whatever combination of cardiology, vascular, neurophysiology and respiratory measurements that you choose but are easier overall as the work is more practical than study based. Summer jobs are also a possibility after second year, this is my second summer working as a locum ecg technician, which I found an advantage for third year placements, though it's getting harder to get them due to the recruitment freeze.

I'm not sure what you mean by working with medical devices, do you mean using them on patients, manufacture or medical device sales? Clinical measurement qualifies you as an X technician in whatever subject you choose from the four above which means that you are performing diagnostic tests on patients using techniques such as ultrasound, measuring lung volumes and picking up electrical activity in the brain. Some technicans move into being medical device or drug reps after a few years experience. If you are interested in medical device manufacture then medical physics is the course you need.

All that waffle is probably as clear as mud so feel free to drop a pm if you've any more questions! If think working in a clinical profession is for you and you like science then give clinical measurement a shot, it's very rewarding as you get to spend a lot of time with your patients. I'm doing my specialist subject in neurophysiology and my minor in cardiology, I did a previous science degree in anatomy so I knew what I wanted to specialise in before starting the course and can't wait to get out on placement again in january and hopefully a job in the department I'm training in.

Maria_S89

roy harper wrote: »

I am planning on doing clinical measurement next year at DIT. I am wondering; Is it hard? Whats the work load like? after the course can you work in medical devices if you wish? or just an overall view of the course! If their is any one doing the course or knows any thing about it please reply.

Heya! I'm starting clinical measurement in DIT in a week or so! Can you figure out the timetable??

White_Feather

hey guys! Im planning on applying next year for this course too as a mature student! Just wondering does anybody know the requirements for mature entry to this course? I have previous experience working as a student ecg technician from years back when I did it as a summer job so im sure this would be some sort of advantage...if anyone could share a bit of light on this subject, i would be very grateful!

KerrieM

White_Feather wrote: »

hey guys! Im planning on applying next year for this course too as a mature student! Just wondering does anybody know the requirements for mature entry to this course? I have previous experience working as a student ecg technician from years back when I did it as a summer job so im sure this would be some sort of advantage...if anyone could share a bit of light on this subject, i would be very grateful!

May I ask how on earth you got a summer job as an ecg technician without doing a degree? I'm very interested to know.
Where did you train? What studying/training did you do and where?
Sorry for being so pushy but I'd really like to know.

CarrieT

Anyone starting this course 2010/11??

Soho

I'm going into my 4th year, first and second have very full timetables, it's a school of physics course so first year involves two physics modules plus maths, chemistry and biology subjects. In second year there are 4 very heavily physics based instrumentation modules as well as maths and physiology subjects. Third year is out on placement while fourth year is a semester of lectures and a semester of placement. Basically first and moreso second year (probably the hardest year overall but easy to do well if you put the work in) have a heavy workload, third and fourth year involve 9 to 5 hospital placements in whatever combination of cardiology, vascular, neurophysiology and respiratory measurements that you choose but are easier overall as the work is more practical than study based. Summer jobs are also a possibility after second year, this is my second summer working as a locum ecg technician, which I found an advantage for third year placements, though it's getting harder to get them due to the recruitment freeze.

I'm not sure what you mean by working with medical devices, do you mean using them on patients, manufacture or medical device sales? Clinical measurement qualifies you as an X technician in whatever subject you choose from the four above which means that you are performing diagnostic tests on patients using techniques such as ultrasound, measuring lung volumes and picking up electrical activity in the brain. Some technicans move into being medical device or drug reps after a few years experience. If you are interested in medical device manufacture then medical physics is the course you need.

All that waffle is probably as clear as mud so feel free to drop a pm if you've any more questions! If think working in a clinical profession is for you and you like science then give clinical measurement a shot, it's very rewarding as you get to spend a lot of time with your patients. I'm doing my specialist subject in neurophysiology and my minor in cardiology, I did a previous science degree in anatomy so I knew what I wanted to specialise in before starting the course and can't wait to get out on placement again in january and hopefully a job in the department I'm training in.[/QUOTE]

Hi There, I am thinking of doing this course as a mature student. I love the physiology/biology aspect of it, but I have a bit of a concern about the Physics side of it and whether I will be able for it. Could you give me an idea of whether you need to have a physics aptitude for this course/job and with no background in physics, is it manageable to do? Thank you

emm92

hi, i am going into second year now, and i would say first year was tough, but i had no background in physics at all, but it is easy to grasp if u do the work, i ended up doing best in the 3 physics modules compared to the other ones, so physics is definitly not essential to have