Radiography

Malikhemming

I'm considering studying radiography in UCD after school but I don't do physics..will this be a disadvantage to me? And also would anyone who has done this course recommend it? Do you find the job itself interesting?

Victor

You could do it outside of school.

Good maths would also be very important.

Physics or Physics and Chemistry would be the most useful, followed by biology and chemistry. Otherwise any of the science group of subjects would be useful. http://www.curriculumonline.ie/Senior-cycle/Curriculum

iWin1010

Malikhemming wrote: »

I'm considering studying radiography in UCD after school but I don't do physics..will this be a disadvantage to me? And also would anyone who has done this course recommend it? Do you find the job itself interesting?

I'm just coming to the end of my second year in Diagnostic Radiography at the moment. You'll be grand without physics, well I was anyway. In my opinion the biology is the most important to have going into it, I'm not sure I would have got through my first year without it.
I'm doing the course in the U.K and I would recommend doing the same, but they have cancelled the NHS funding for new applicants starting in 2017 so you'd be looking at £9,000 a year :eek:
An advantage of the U.K is that the points are a bit lower, you have an option in English and Welsh universities to do the course in 3 years (less holidays however) and from what I've heard it's more practical based learning in the U.K with more hospital placements.

As for the job, it's great if you like science/ working with people. You need to be able to deal with vulnerable patients who can act unpredictably (aggressive, nervous etc.), also the environment can get a bit hectic sometimes but it's very rewarding and interesting. Also if you can't handle blood, vomit, urine or other bodily fluids don't go near a healthcare course haha . It's not as clean as you'd think.

Great options for career progression as well, you can specialise in C.T, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound and even recently image interpretation. Definitely try get some shadowing in your local radiology department and see what you think.

If there's anything in specific you want answered let me know.

Malikhemming

iWin1010 wrote: »

I'm just coming to the end of my second year in Diagnostic Radiography at the moment. You'll be grand without physics, well I was anyway. In my opinion the biology is the most important to have going into it, I'm not sure I would have got through my first year without it.
I'm doing the course in the U.K and I would recommend doing the same, but they have cancelled the NHS funding for new applicants starting in 2017 so you'd be looking at £9,000 a year :eek:
An advantage of the U.K is that the points are a bit lower, you have an option in English and Welsh universities to do the course in 3 years (less holidays however) and from what I've heard it's more practical based learning in the U.K with more hospital placements.

As for the job, it's great if you like science/ working with people. You need to be able to deal with vulnerable patients who can act unpredictably (aggressive, nervous etc.), also the environment can get a bit hectic sometimes but it's very rewarding and interesting. Also if you can't handle blood, vomit, urine or other bodily fluids don't go near a healthcare course haha . It's not as clean as you'd think.

Great options for career progression as well, you can specialise in C.T, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound and even recently image interpretation. Definitely try get some shadowing in your local radiology department and see what you think.

If there's anything in specific you want answered let me know.

Thank you so much! That's really helpful!
i do HL maths at the moment but im not sure whether to drop or OL or not. Is good maths skills needed for this?

iWin1010

Malikhemming wrote: »

Thank you so much! That's really helpful!
i do HL maths at the moment but im not sure whether to drop or OL or not. Is good maths skills needed for this?

I'm not sure if it's a requirement in UCD to have HL maths or not, but as for the actual course you should be fine with OL maths. There's some basic geometry, algebra and statistics but that's about it. It's mostly linked with the physics as you won't have a dedicated module to mathematics.