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<\/a>Tsai\u2019s academic background in anatomy and physiology is part of what made them realize they wanted to go down the radiography path.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was definitely my favourite part of the course,\u201d says Tsai.<\/p>\n
Because of the nature of the job, someone practicing the profession could be the first to see a severe health ailment on a scan, which puts radiographers in a unique position, says Tsai.<\/p>\n
\u201cRadiographers are the first people who see what\u2019s on the x-ray before any of the doctors, really, and then at the same time, we\u2019re not trained to diagnose. Radiographers\u2014we have a poker face.\u201d<\/p>\n
If they see something alarming on a scan, Tsai says they try to cope with that by thinking about what is best for the patient.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I see something that\u2019s really serious, or something that really needs immediate attention, I would, in that case, actually go to the radiologist and I\u2019d tell them that there\u2019s a scan they should be seeing right away, so that way the patient isn\u2019t going home with this really serious condition,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n
During their time as a student, Tsai spoke up a couple times about LGBTQ2+ issues; around the time of graduation, the opportunity came up with CAMRT. Inequality in general perpetuated with colonization, says Tsai, but now people can find different views on gender and sexuality.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got to meet other technologists that are also really passionate about this issue, and we\u2019ve connected more people, because during the program, that really wasn\u2019t a thing,\u201d says Tsai.<\/p>\n
A really simple thing that we can all do to help progress equality in society is introduce ourselves with our name and our pronouns, says Tsai.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t make assumptions, on a general basis. You don\u2019t know someone\u2019s gender,\u201d they say. \u201cYou don\u2019t know what their pronouns are just by looking at them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tsai worked hard on their studies, about six to eight hours a day\u2014a fairly normal day, they say\u2014but they would also multitask and work during class.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would work during class, as well as once I got home. In between breaks I would be looking at my notes; also at home I would be studying for tests or making notes trying to stay on top of the course material.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because of the pandemic, says Tsai, there is a little more recognition in general about the importance of the health-care system.<\/p>\n
\u201cRadiographers are people who are in very much essential [work], and they\u2019re willing to do a lot to get the best quality images possible,\u201d says Tsai. \u201cAnd also, at the same time, taking care of the patients. Part of being a radiographer is really being able to adapt, so I think those things have been put to the forefront.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three of Camosun\u2019s recent Medical Radiography diploma program graduates have been awarded the Governor General\u2019s Collegiate Bronze Medal. The medal is awarded to students who have the highest overall average at graduation of a diploma-level, post-secondary program. The students\u2014Kelsey Houston, Kasi Schnablegger, and Mel Tsai\u2014achieved a 9.0 grade point average, the highest possible. Tsai\u2014who volunteers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-campus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20381,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20378\/revisions\/20381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}