Why Posts About The News

You may be wondering, “IAMP why are you sharing posts about industry news with us?”

Well, the answer is simple: Understanding what is going on in the world around you—especially when it relates to a career you’re interested in, can help you determine whether or not that career is truly for you before you’ve plopped down that cold, hard cash or spent many restless nights studying for tests—for a career you’re not even sure you want any more.

True Life Lesson

Several years ago a young woman, named Kim, wanted desperately to become a veterinarian. She spent many years dreaming about what her life would be like and how she was going to help make a difference in the world by caring for its animals. She even borrowed books from the library—with intense photographs showing blood, guts, and many live operations—to see if she could stomach the idea of cutting an animal open in order to save its life. Then she got busy with life and those books and that research became a thing of the past.

A few years later, she signed up for veterinarian school. A year later, she dropped out. She simply couldn’t handle the actual surgeries.

Another example, a young man, named Danny, spent years studying to become an accountant because the money was good and he was intrigued with numbers. He graduated top of his class, but after two years in the field of accounting he was miserable. The idea of being an accountant was more glamorous than actually being one.

Despite the fact that the money was good, he couldn’t spend another minute as an account. He quit his job and had to start his education all over again.

While your job, as a diagnostic medical sonographer, nuclear medicine technician, radiation therapist, or radiographer won’t involve cutting up a live being, you will have to deal with sick patients, scared patients, and angry patients. And while you won’t find life in the medical field to be as mundane as the life of an accountant, you will need to continue your education as newly improved procedures and updated equipment becomes available, you’ll be on your feet a lot, and you’ll experience a lot of physical strain.

In other words, knowing what you’re getting into and discovering what the real world is like is an important step towards success!

Come back on Monday as we discuss why nuclear medicine helps prevent heart attacks.