The professional duties of the ultrasound technologist in 2017 will expand as the healthcare industry continues to go through a transformation to become more inclusive and less invasive. It takes more than learning science and use of the sonography machine to be a successful sonographer. It also requires a type of personality. There are a […]
Archives for December 2014
Try a Sonography Career with Job Shadowing or Volunteering
Making a career decision in 2017 can be difficult when there has been no real-world exposure to a sonographer’s typical day at work. Wise students considering a career in Diagnostic Medical Sonography will make the effort to job shadow a professional sonographer or volunteer at a healthcare facility with an imaging department. These are both […]
Looking at the Lighter Side of Sonography
Research has shown many times that laughter is good medicine. It relieves stress and helps people keep events in perspective. Sonography students and professionals have important responsibilities, but that does not mean they never laugh while completing studies or while busy working in healthcare settings. From fetus images that look like anything except a human […]
Making the Right Sonography Scholarship Assumptions
Many students never apply for sonography scholarships, missing out on excellent sources of money to pay for tuition and fees. There are many reasons why this occurs, and often those reasons are based on false assumptions. They believe they will not qualify, or there is so much competition that it is not worth the effort. […]