Nuclear Medicine

[ayaz]

hey guys i need ur help with understanding what is necular med i got accepted through snap but unsure what the difference is between radiography and necular med

[crappy]

lol what the hell is necular med??

Do you mean nuclear Medicine? lol

[ayaz]

soz yeah nuclear medicine (bad spelling ) lol

[QuantumJG]

...necular med

lol

[ninwa]

I know someone doing nuclear medicine, this is what he said:

Radiography relies on machines generating radiation to create images on films
Nucmed is the reverse, the radiation is given to the patient and is detected by a 'camera'
Radiography also uses a different wavelength of EMR (xrays) where as nucmed relies on gamma rays
Radiography focuses moreso on the anatomy where as nuc med mostly looks at physiology

you get paid more as a radiographer, its less demanding, and easier to find a job

Also, he says:

It might be worth considering doing radiation therapy. It is an demand profession atm, whereas nucmed is suffering severe job losses
Radiography is an evergreen area, jobs are bountiful

[ayaz]

hey ninwa what do u mean "sever job losses" does dat mean its harder to find a job??? also dont hospitals always need medical staff so r u saying hospitals need less nuc med's???

thanks

[ninwa]

Apparently he means you are more likely to get a job if you do radiography, as compared to nuclear medicine. Don't ask me why, I don't know anything about it

[vitir]

where would you even study this?
I've never heard of it

[ayaz]

^ RMIT