http://www.radiology-technician-schools.com/radiology-schools/becoming-an-mri-tech-before-xray-tech/ How To Become a Radiology Technician Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.radiology-technician-schools.com/radiology-schools/becoming-an-mri-tech-before-xray-tech/comment-page-1/#comment-254 karmenmr Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:59:36 +0000 http://www.radiology-technician-schools.com/radiology-schools/becoming-an-mri-tech-before-xray-tech/#comment-254 I went to a 2 yr xray program, that is typically how long they are. I had no idea at the time that i would be interested in mri. I learned a lot about patient care and anatomy that really helped me to grasp mri. I did cross train to mri in the hospital that i was doing xray in. I trained for 2 months in the mri department and then just studied on my own and took the mri boards. It is great to have both degrees under your belt, as rt jobs are always available versus mr. Mri is becoming more advanced as it has only been around since the last 1970's. It is an awesome field and i highly recommend it. If you are only interested in mr, i would not waste my time with rt, as it is a very intense program. Just make sure the mr school you choose focuses not only on the knowledge of mr, but patient care and satisfaction. You can be highly intelligent with the knowledge factor, but if you don't know how to give excellent pt care you will never be a good tech. I went to a 2 yr xray program, that is typically how long they are. I had no idea at the time that i would be interested in mri. I learned a lot about patient care and anatomy that really helped me to grasp mri. I did cross train to mri in the hospital that i was doing xray in. I trained for 2 months in the mri department and then just studied on my own and took the mri boards. It is great to have both degrees under your belt, as rt jobs are always available versus mr. Mri is becoming more advanced as it has only been around since the last 1970′s. It is an awesome field and i highly recommend it. If you are only interested in mr, i would not waste my time with rt, as it is a very intense program. Just make sure the mr school you choose focuses not only on the knowledge of mr, but patient care and satisfaction. You can be highly intelligent with the knowledge factor, but if you don’t know how to give excellent pt care you will never be a good tech.

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