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.

Treatments In The News

Every wonder what’s going on in the world of medicine? We recently ran across a few great articles that we felt were worthy of sharing.

The Robesonian wrote an interesting piece on Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Basically, “It generates tightly focused photon beams or X-rays that can be specially molded to conform to the shape of a tumor - or even target specific points inside a tumor.” In essence, it causes less damage to tissues and offer a speedier recovery. To learn more check out the full article…
Robesonian

The Cincinnati Business Courier discovered that local radiation treatments for brain cancer have “less devastating side effects” than whole brain radiation treatments and have had good success rates—with only 1 in 26 patients having a reoccurrence. To learn more check out the full article…
Cincinnati Business Courier

The Shanghai Daily reports that modern radiation therapy treatments for breast cancer are less destructive on the heart, causing significantly less heart damage.
To learn more check out the full article…
Shanghai Daily

The Shreveport Times shares the story of one woman’s victory over breast cancer using a new technique known as MammoSite. “MammoSite is a partial breast radiation treatment comprised of a balloon catheter that internally delivers radiation to the tumor. Treatment is completed in five days. And radiation exposure to the rest of the breast, skin, ribs, lungs and heart is minimized.”
To learn more check out the full article…
Shreveport Times

Come back on Friday as we discuss medicine and the world we live in.

More On College Interviews

Over the past week we’ve discussed Preparing for College Entrance Interviews, What To Say During An Interview, and Questions College Admissions Officers May Ask.

Today, we thought it would be fun to have you take an Internet tour of several websites with valuable information geared towards helping you ACE your college entrance interviews.

Deborah Walker of Quintessential Careers offers great advice for Avoiding 10 Interview Bloopers. While the article is geared towards jobs, the advice is too priceless to pass up.
Click here to learn more.

Katherine Hansen of Quintessential Careers offers great advice for teenagers who are nervous about being interviewed in a series called, Job Interview Strategies for Teenagers.
Click here to learn more.

Weyerhaeuser offers advice on why it’s important to know yourself and who you are before you step foot into the interview.
Click here to learn more.

The Committee of Concerned Journalists wrote an article on the 10 Tips For A Better Interview. While the article is geared towards journalists interviewing people for their articles, the information offers great advice on keeping eye contact,.
Click here to learn more.

The important thing to remember is that first impressions only happen once!

Come back on Wednesday as we discuss medicine and the world we live in.