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Hello everyone,
I hope I can find some insight in this forum..even though I'm not a doctor. I'm in the US, but I'm not a US citizen...I'm someone on a student visa. A year ago, I graduated with a bachelor's in Nuclear Medicine Technology. In a matter of years, the market for this profession went down and I haven't been able to find a job. I was not a bad student, I got a 4.0 GPA and graduated with honors and got a couple of awards and scholarships. During my unemployment, I did volunteer work at a cancer center (mostly patient care).
I loved the field, and I loved doing my clinicals, but I think it might be time for me to change fields. I hear there is a master's in Nuclear Medicine now, but I'm not sure about doing that.
I was thinking about radiation therapy, but it seems that the profession is going through the same problems as nuclear medicine. I was also thinking dosimetry, but I haven't heard much of that and I'm not sure if they will accept me without any Radiation therapy experience. I have also been thinking about doing some sort of degree in physics, but I don't know how many years it will take, and money is a problem for me.
I would like to hear suggestions or ideas on what I could do.
Thanks
I hope I can find some insight in this forum..even though I'm not a doctor. I'm in the US, but I'm not a US citizen...I'm someone on a student visa. A year ago, I graduated with a bachelor's in Nuclear Medicine Technology. In a matter of years, the market for this profession went down and I haven't been able to find a job. I was not a bad student, I got a 4.0 GPA and graduated with honors and got a couple of awards and scholarships. During my unemployment, I did volunteer work at a cancer center (mostly patient care).
I loved the field, and I loved doing my clinicals, but I think it might be time for me to change fields. I hear there is a master's in Nuclear Medicine now, but I'm not sure about doing that.
I was thinking about radiation therapy, but it seems that the profession is going through the same problems as nuclear medicine. I was also thinking dosimetry, but I haven't heard much of that and I'm not sure if they will accept me without any Radiation therapy experience. I have also been thinking about doing some sort of degree in physics, but I don't know how many years it will take, and money is a problem for me.
I would like to hear suggestions or ideas on what I could do.
Thanks