From medical physics expert to diagnostic radiographer
13 of the 55 essential skills of a diagnostic radiographer are already essential for a medical physics expert — about 24% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from medical physics expert in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 42
- would be new
- 24%
- of the target job covered
- 55
- essential skills of a diagnostic radiographer
What a diagnostic radiographer does
Diagnostic radiographers plan, prepare and perform diagnostic imaging examinations and post processing, with a wide range of equipment and techniques using X-rays, strong magnetic fields or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and high frequency sound (Ultrasound).
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply radiation protection procedures
- assess radiation response
- calculate exposure to radiation
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate delivery of radiation treatment
- follow clinical guidelines
- radiation physics in healthcare
- radiation protection
- use treatment verification systems
What would be new
42 skillsEssential for a diagnostic radiographer and not for a medical physics expert. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- analyse X-ray imagery
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply medical imaging techniques
- apply organisational techniques
- apply radiological health sciences
- communicate in healthcare
- conduct cancer screening tests
- conduct preoperative investigations
- deal with emergency care situations
- determine imaging techniques to be performed
- determine medical images' diagnostic suitability
- determine patient's exposure factors
- empathise with the healthcare user
- evidence-based radiography practice
- first aid
- health care legislation
- health care occupation-specific ethics
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain imaging equipment
- manage healthcare users' data
- manage radiology information system
- medical contrast agents
- medical oncology
- medical terminology
- operate medical imaging equipment
- paediatrics
- perform bronchoscopy
- perform diagnostic imaging procedures
- pharmaceutical products
- post-process medical images
- prepare for diagnostic imaging procedures
- prepare patients for imaging procedures
- provide psychological support to patients
- radiobiology
- respond to changing situations in health care
and 2 more
Other moves from medical physics expert
2 roles- radiographer11 skills in common
- nuclear medicine radiographer10 skills in common
← medical physics expertdiagnostic radiographer →The other way round
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