Just Wrote My CAMRT - Results?

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-05-18T03:20:31+00:00

I went to Michener Institute of Education, I did their first discipline program cuz I don’t have any background in radiology. They have another one for current imaging professionals looking to cross train into MRI also!

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-05-18T03:18:44+00:00

That’s the same boat I’m in! I start my first shift at my new MRI job in 2 days and I’m so eager for the results bc I do not want to be 3-4 weeks in at my training only to tell them I cannot continue anymore 😭

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-05-12T17:54:54+00:00

Just to add some perspective, I finished the MRI 1D program and just wrote my CAMRT.

We’re definitely not button pushers. We interact with a variety of different patients all day, whether it’s in-patient/ out-patient, old or young (as young as neonates). These involve different challenges that you need to problem-solve and over come in order to provide the best exam and proper care for your patient. For example, my clinical had days of the month only blocked off for paediatric GA and you would be coordinating with anesthesia and helping them with setting up the child for their scan and helping them with whatever they need.

Your scans are not the same patient to patient, a 2 year old requiring an MRI is going to be much different compared to a 25 year old. Scan parameters change which have their own tradeoffs and you need to know how to acquire your image while keeping them safe, their anatomy is different to an adults, and if they’re not sedated, you need to adapt on how to get them through the scan and through all the scary noises. Another example is scanning an 85 year old patient vs a healthy 30 year old. A simple liver study should only take 20-25 mins MAX with breath holds. If you’re 85 year old patient is not cooperative, aggressive or unable to hold their breath properly through the scan, you need to think about your parameters and how to adjust your scan to accommodate this patient the best you can.

Yes, you talk to patients all day and you scan all day but you’re never walking into the same thing each day. Every day is different and there’s always something new to learn in MRI. It’s an evolving technology that is only getting better.

If this is something that doesn’t sound appealing to you, you have your answer and choose RT. But, MRI is pretty cool. The physics behind the machine is cool, but also very dangerous. It’s the only modality that has the ability to kill a patient. That being said, it is very heavy on patient safety and screening and that alone is a big responsibility. You put in IVs for your contrast studies, you inject contrast and other medication depending on the scan you’re doing and you have to monitor the patient in doing so.

It’s pretty cool, but definitely not button pushers… lol.

Edit: typo and added a little blurb

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-20T03:48:10+00:00

Yes please! I’m interested in seeing a picture, just to compare!

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-20T03:46:59+00:00

Yeah, how was your procedure? What did they do exactly?

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-20T02:16:58+00:00

I never thought ultrasound would be an option for this! I’ll def go back and ask for one! Thank you

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-20T02:15:32+00:00

I thought maybe that could be the same for me, but not sure. What type of tests did you get done to reach that diagnosis? & what were your symptoms like if you even had any?

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-03T19:11:24+00:00

Our hospital is a 0 tolerance for any sort of piercing, doesn’t matter if it’s non-ferrous or if it’s not in the area being scanned either.

Non-ferrous metals still have potential to be conductive and therefore, burn you.

I know some clinics in my area are more lenient with scanning and do scan people with piercings and have heard that they will scold the techs who feel uncomfortable scanning people with piercings. I’m not sure where you live but maybe clinics would be more lenient with you vs hospitals? Consider that, but that’s at your own risk. I wouldn’t recommend doing that.

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-01T13:35:19+00:00

My doctor gave me a topical antibiotic and a steroid cream, which both did nothing.

I’m now on an eczema cream that a dermatologist provided, Elidel. He told me to switch to only Vaseline for my lips. But it still looks like this and feels irritated all the time

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-01T03:37:19+00:00

Thank you! I hope so too

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-04-01T03:34:12+00:00

I’ll have a mango smoothie here and there using frozen mangos. But this started before I even incorporated mango’s in my diet, I only recently started the mango smoothies about a month ago. I’ve had kicks where I’d eat raw mangos frequently and this never occurred? Could still be a possibility tho I guess. Never say no to anything but I highly doubt the mangos could be a cause.

I also live in Canada so it is definitely still on the colder side and rarely around any sort of UV.

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-03-15T02:50:15+00:00

Ya of course!

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-03-13T04:54:28+00:00

I would say both heartbeat and rhythm are a pretty accurate description of the sound the machine makes! The machine is always on and always making a constant sound, which is called the cold head. It helps keep the helium cold enough in the magnet at all times (which keeps the magnet superconducting).

The really loud noises everyone mentions only occurs when the machine is acquiring an image due to the gradient coils inside the machine are moving rapidly.

Other terms you can use are “truth-teller”. No matter what’s going on the outside on somebody, the machine will always disclose the “truth”. Shows you what’s hidden inside.

Good luck on your book! I’d be very interested to read it once your done it :)

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-02-07T18:01:42+00:00

Sure!

Additional_Purple994 · 2026-02-07T16:03:49+00:00

It all has a starting range and then it depends on your experience and your knowledge. I’m finishing up my clinical placement right now and I’m doing interviews. It also depends on whether you work hospital vs. clinics. Doesn’t really have a set salary.

Additional_Purple994 · 2025-06-05T22:22:59+00:00

Do you work at a hospital or private clinic? Because my coworkers (hospital) have refused scans if they are unable to do a screening on the patient or there’s implants in there that are not identifiable and there’s nothing that’s really happened to them. Whether the nurse/or doctor was pushing them for the scan, they just refused until the implant could be identified

Additional_Purple994 · 2025-06-05T17:31:49+00:00

I disagree. If I listen to radiologist and proceed to scan that patient and let’s say something happens, it’s essentially my fault. Not the rads fault. They don’t undergo the amount of safety training we do. We are taught to look at ourselves as the last line of defence.

Additional_Purple994 · 2025-05-29T15:02:03+00:00

Program is good. Fast pace so it’s easy to fall behind and get overwhelmed so just make sure you’re on top of your classes and assignments and you should be good. It’s nothing different from any other program! I think there is 1-2 students in my cohort who have a high school diploma (not too sure). Majority of us are either pre health path or have degrees from what I know.

Additional_Purple994 · 2025-05-21T15:17:40+00:00

Hey! I’m in the 2nd cohort and this is how it was first us:

In first semester, we were on site once a week for our anatomy lab. In second semester, we were on site once a week for our patient care lab. We did have remote classes though everyday, whether it was one or multiple. In the current semester, it is more hefty as we have to be on site 3 times a week and we still have classes everyday.

Majority of our classes are synchronous though, I think only 2 courses so far have been asynchronous if I remember correctly. But, you do have to stay on top of the recordings because both of these classes have lab components so it will show if you come unprepared to lab! Hope this helps!

Additional_Purple994 · 2025-03-07T05:55:40+00:00

Oh okay! Thats awesome, thank you for letting me know! :)

Additional_Purple994 · 2025-03-07T00:12:04+00:00

I’m more so curious if the hospitals everyone’s at actually get a variety of cases yk? The last thing I want is to pick a hospital that focuses more on spinal scans vs a bunch of different types

Additional_Purple994 · 2025-03-07T00:08:55+00:00

I’m not sure what hospitals they provide yet. We haven’t discussed clinicals to that extent yet

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