Power of

Education Path

M.B.A.

     Masters of Business Administration.  National American University

     Rapid City SD

B.S.

     Science.  Mount Mary College, Yankton  SD

Cert.

     Radiology Technician.  Sioux Valley Radiology School,

     Sioux Falls SD

 

 

Special Career Skills

• The ability to interact with all types of and ages of people. Communication is a big part of radiology. As a radiology technologist, you need to have a full understanding of the patient's’ health condition so that you can use your technical skills to create the proper image that would assist the radiologist in making a diagnosis.

• Good critical thinking skills like the ability to handle stressful or traumatic situations that are outside the norm or textbook.

• The initiative to seek excellence in the services you provide by continuing education after becoming a radiology technologist

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Benefits of This Career

• To have the opportunity to be directly involved with patient’s health care from the delivery of services to quality assurance.

• Being a part of the ever-changing technological advancements that allow me to visualize the human body in different dimensions with different modalities (CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine).

 

 

Career Choice Decision

What was your motivation?

“One day my uncle Larry Dubray, (RT9R), PA-C , took the time to introduce me to the field of radiology through textbooks and images that he took. In addition, my mother is a nurse who knew many physicians that provided me with encouragement.”

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2018 Update

Mr. Lafferty has completed several advanced degrees and is an administrator of his department.