| The field of X- ray technology has immense | | | | test. If you have completed your X-ray technician |
| career prospects for those who are interested in | | | | program from a quality training school, you should |
| making a mark in the allied health field. A student | | | | not find the exam difficult. Once you pass the |
| who aspires to be a radiologic technologist has to | | | | registry examination, the student can add the |
| undertake a course in X-ray technician program | | | | designation RT to his or her name which shows |
| for 2 years in an accredited college. With the kind | | | | that he or she is a registered radiologic |
| of training that is provided, an X-ray technician is | | | | technologist recognized by the state. |
| able to perform diagnostic X-ray procedures in | | | | The radiologic technologist has to interact closely |
| clinics, hospitals and outpatient imaging centers. | | | | with the radiologist (radiology doctor) and other |
| The X-ray technician program is such that a part | | | | physicians, and forms a crucial role in the medical |
| of it is in the form of class room instruction while | | | | team who are investigating a particular medical |
| the other is hands-on practical training in a | | | | case. There is so much scope for the radiologic |
| healthcare setting. Some of the skills that are | | | | technologist as he or she can work in various |
| learnt include thorough knowledge of the human | | | | departments like surgery, pediatrics, |
| body which includes identifying bone structures | | | | mammography, clinics, imaging centers and the |
| and soft tissue for diagnostic imaging, proper | | | | hospital’s general radiography. |
| patient positioning, dark room skills, radiation | | | | The employment prospects for radiologic |
| safety procedures, quality control and through | | | | technologists are high because of an emphasis on |
| information on radiographic physics. Other topics | | | | better health care needs and stress on health |
| covered in an X-ray training program include | | | | checks to be done in the form of x-rays. |
| infection control, body mechanics, sterile methods | | | | Employment forecasting has shown that the field |
| to be used, good communication skills and patient | | | | of radiology will grow faster than the average of |
| privacy. | | | | all occupations by the next five years. With new |
| On successful completion of X- ray training, the | | | | applications and imaging equipment coming in, the |
| X-ray technologist is supposed to take the | | | | field or radiology is constantly evolving and more |
| national examination conducted by the American | | | | dynamic which makes it all the more important |
| Registry of Radiologic Technologists. This is an | | | | for aspirants to enroll into an intensive, quality |
| all-inclusive examination which will put the skills of | | | | X-ray technician program. |
| X-ray technicians learnt at the training program to | | | | |