I am currently majoring in radiology technology in college. I really love science, math, and I enjoy helping people, and I have a part time job at an assisted living home that I enjoy quite a bit. So I thought radiology technology would be a good balance to all those things.
However, my school now wants me to have the COVID-19 vaccination to enter into the program, so it looks like radiology technology may no longer be an option. I am going to try to get exempted but I have spoken to people and the director of the program is very strict, so it looks unlikely that I will.
Does anybody know of any similar programs I could pursue, that hopefully wouldn't require the vaccine?
I was on that career path in college. My advice if you love science and math is to learn sql and go a dba certification route. Or if youre willing to work from the ground up, start at a hospital working a helpdesk and get promoted from within. Most hospitals are generous with religious exemptions. Find a hospitsl system that uses epic as their hospital emr. Get some epic certifications and after a couple of years, become a consultant. Dont work for epic, just get the certs by working for a hospital system that has it and get promoted to the point where you get a relevent cert.
This is decent advice. Hospital IT systems tend to be unusual and bespoke. And old.
Building on it, learn HL7 and learn how to use a few healthcare IT integration engines (I'm mostly familiar with Mirth, but there are others). It's always a pain getting the various systems and instruments to talk to each other, and each site is unique. Usually a good amount of custom scripting and the like to make it all work.
BBQ speaks truth. Get used to older OS like XP and 5. I've even seen 98 at times.