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Brandi
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What is the most difficult aspect of an MRI technologist's job? #Fall25
I am a freshman in a MRI program. I will start clinicals in early 2027 to gain more hands-on experience before I graduate. I was hoping to find out what the most difficult part of the job is now, so later on I will be better prepared.
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Michelle M.
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Hello, Brandi !
As a Freshman in college in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology Program, you are beginning to learn about the work and will have clinicals later on. These clinicals are not only for the experience with the work, they are also to give you experience with the environment of the work. Like yourself, many students want to know how their work will be, what the bad and negative aspects are, however, no one will be able to tell you that, not even a seasoned MRI Technician.
All of your experiences will be different from everyone else's. A lot has to do with your outlook on the work and your comfort level working with the patients and the machinery. It would also depend on where exactly you work, which town or city you work in and if you work part time at a couple of different providers. It's also perhaps going to depend on what else is happening in your life - all the things that affect any career.
I think hearing other people's bad days at a job sets a student up to be too much on guard when that is not the most effective way to approach studying or working. It is especially hard to predict how it will be because medical work naturally has expected and unexpected things that happen on the job. Your professors should be covering what to do in emergencies and any type of safety with using the equipment should also be taught within your program by your professors. Knowing other people's bad experiences or the bad things that could happen doesn't prepare you for your own specific career. You'll learn a lot during clinicals, though.
Stay with the format of your program and try not to overthink this career. If there is anything specific that you are worried about, your professors are there for you and you can go to them with your concerns as they are the experts in the field. Ask questions during and outside of class, but start to form a more positive mind set. There are always, in every career, good days and bad days. It all depends on how you look at it. You will have all different patients that have all different needs so your current program will teach you what you need to know.
Best wishes in all you do !
As a Freshman in college in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology Program, you are beginning to learn about the work and will have clinicals later on. These clinicals are not only for the experience with the work, they are also to give you experience with the environment of the work. Like yourself, many students want to know how their work will be, what the bad and negative aspects are, however, no one will be able to tell you that, not even a seasoned MRI Technician.
All of your experiences will be different from everyone else's. A lot has to do with your outlook on the work and your comfort level working with the patients and the machinery. It would also depend on where exactly you work, which town or city you work in and if you work part time at a couple of different providers. It's also perhaps going to depend on what else is happening in your life - all the things that affect any career.
I think hearing other people's bad days at a job sets a student up to be too much on guard when that is not the most effective way to approach studying or working. It is especially hard to predict how it will be because medical work naturally has expected and unexpected things that happen on the job. Your professors should be covering what to do in emergencies and any type of safety with using the equipment should also be taught within your program by your professors. Knowing other people's bad experiences or the bad things that could happen doesn't prepare you for your own specific career. You'll learn a lot during clinicals, though.
Stay with the format of your program and try not to overthink this career. If there is anything specific that you are worried about, your professors are there for you and you can go to them with your concerns as they are the experts in the field. Ask questions during and outside of class, but start to form a more positive mind set. There are always, in every career, good days and bad days. It all depends on how you look at it. You will have all different patients that have all different needs so your current program will teach you what you need to know.
Best wishes in all you do !