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One of the essential parts to our patient care are Radiologic Technologists, informally known as Rad Techs. Terrance and Liz help provide clarity to their day-to-day duties and how to get started in a career where the impact is immediate and lasting. Terrance: "A typical day as a rad tech consists of imaging inpatients and ED (emergency department) patients, and bringing portable X-rays to patients on floors for the majority of the hospital, including the cancer center, pediatric hospital, and psych patients. I also go to the OR (operating room) for surgery cases and assist the surgeons by using a C-arm, which can take still X-ray images or a series of live images via fluoroscopy, which can produce a real-time X-ray movie." Liz: "Becoming a rad tech has been such a great decision for me. It has opened up so many doors and opportunities for a bright future for me and my family. The Imaging Sciences Department is so large and dispersed over all areas of the hospital and off-site locations. There are so many opportunities to grow and train in different imaging departments as well. The U of R supported me through X-ray school with tuition assistance and by allowing me to work hours that wouldn’t interfere with classes and clinicals. I am thankful that the U of R gives me flexibility to be a full-time radiologic technologist as well as a full-time mom." Terrance and Liz discuss more about becoming and being a Rad Tech: https://lnkd.in/eRm85-ce And you can become part of the team, too: https://lnkd.in/e3UTdxKg