Radiography Roadshow 10 (30 mins)

St George’s Student Mentors

It’s been around for over 100 years

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That’s 1904!!

Here’s a quick explanation:

There are 2 types of Radiography

DIAGNOSTICFilm records made to visualise internal structures

THERPEUTICUsed in therapy for cancer

THERAPEUTIC Radiography

The safe and accurate planning and delivery of radiotherapy to cancer patients

First you compute the precise location of the tumour

Then you beam radiation to kill cells – this shrinks tumours and stops them growing bigger

How do they do that?

DIAGNOSTIC Radiography

Produce high quality clinical images of the patient to detect and monitor disease and the effects of trauma

They produce images that are used to diagnose injury or disease.

Can you see the nerves?

XRAY

looks through tissue to examine bones, cavities and foreign objects

CT

computed tomography creates a 3-D image which can be split into individual slices

ANGIOGRAPHY

used to investigate blood vessels

ULTRASOUND

Uses sound waves to image babies, circulation, and other organs

BONE SCAN

Allows us to look at bones density by injecting a radioactive substance

MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging builds a 2-D or 3-D map of different tissue types within the body and is very detailed

Why are her eyes covered?

Julia Knight enters A&E complaining that she has been vomiting and recently has put on weight.

Julia explains that her mother was diagnosed with a cancer in her tummy 5 years ago. She is worried that she is showing the same initial symptoms.

Left Kidney

Dye injected into the ureters going to the bladder (IVU)

This is the right side of the patient

?It’s a baby!!

You will gain a challenging yet rewarding career within the NHS

Work with patients and members of the healthcare team to make a difference

3 Years – its practical, and its enjoyable!(BSc) Diagnostic OR Therapeutic Radiography

ALL TUITION FEES PAID!!!What’s the money like?

Doctor

Postman

Physiotherapist

£22,000+

£14,000

£21,000+Radiographers

You start at about £21,000 but can earn up to £54, 000!!

5 GCSEs: A* - C including Maths, English Language, Science or Physics

Get yourselves some good A levels – 260 points - BBBBiology and Chemistry are helpful

Get some work experience!!

Alternative qualifications such as BTEC, GNVQs and equivalent can be accepted

E mail enquiries@sgul.ac.uk

Tel: 020 8725 2333

(BSc) Therapeutic / Diagnostic Radiography

www.sgul.ac.uk

www.radiographycareers.co.uk

Bottom!

Head

Yawn

What’s this?

…careers

…interview preparation

…work experience

and games!