I just wanted to start out with an intro to this blog.... my whole purpose for creating this is to contribute to any tricks of the trade, techniques, or best practices that radiographers typically have to learn over many years of practice.
I teach for a community college radiography program in North Carolina (and online for an advanced placement program in Arizona) and have found that school really only teaches the basics of our profession. The best programs offer formal instruction in the most common procedures performed in today's imaging subculture, but they offer it only once and at what seems like a rather accelerated rate. We all know that it takes many repititions and sometimes years of practice to feel confident during any exam or procedure, and that changes when you begin working at a new facility or if you spend time in another modality. School equips the student with basics... and direction for anything that is out-of-the-ordinary.
I do not want to make a blog geared toward the entry level student learning how to position for a chest x-ray (although you are more than welcome to contribute), but toward licensed technologists who are open-mindedly searching to better their skills and work toward mastery of their professions. I encourage anyone reading to offer advice or simply state what works for you. After all, I have definitely not seen it all, and it seems as if I learn something new every day in the Radiology department.
As my grandfather used to say, "you don't have to know how to do everything... just pick one thing, and do it well."
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