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EP. 85 New CT Technologist to Confident CT Technologist · Cat Scan Guru Podcast

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  Hello, hello, welcome back, everybody.
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  Welcome back to the podcast. Can you believe we're at the end
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  of January already? Like we are moving along with
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  2026 and hopefully you guys are still tip top on your goals.
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  So don't give up on your goals because I know you know, those
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  New Year's resolutions like people are starting to taper
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  off. Make sure you stick with your
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  goals because that is super important when it comes to, you
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  know, saying, Hey, I'm going to be better myself for 2026.
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  Like I said in previous episodes, I know I talked about,
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  you know, all the good things coming not only for my 2 brands
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  that I have and for the podcast and the CT protocol book that
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  I've devised for all CT technologists out there.
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  That has been one of my greatest accomplishments and I'm super
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  proud of myself for creating that resource for you guys and I
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  am glad that it's helping a lot of people out there.
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  So if you want to go ahead and check that out, a link is in the
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  show notes for that protocol book is available as a PDF, so a
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  digital download, and it's available as a hard copy.
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  So make sure you guys check that out.
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  Also make sure you guys check out the YouTube channel.
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  Got some good educational videos and all the protocol videos are
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  on a playlist that you can view anytime and make sure you guys
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  check that out because those are the protocol videos that I do
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  post on my TikTok page. They are now available to you on
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  my YouTube channel. So make sure you guys subscribe,
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  subscribe to the show. Make sure you share with the
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  technologist that needs to listen to this.
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  Listen to the good points that I have or needs help on their CT
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  training. So make sure you share the show
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  and yeah it's good. All good things are happening
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  for 2026 for the CAT Scan Guru podcast.
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  So also if you need help to make sure that your CT training is
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  starting off on the right path. I have a course with just three
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  courses looped into one to get you there and get you tip top to
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  being a successful technologist. So in today's episode, I'm going
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  to be talking about going from a new CT technologist to a
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  confidence CT technologist, OK? So this topic of confidence is
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  really, really important because CT is overwhelming.
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  It's complex, it's a lot, and there's a lot of things to know
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  when it comes to this modality, OK?
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  It's very, very complex and it could really overwhelm you and
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  burn you out very fast. OK, so I talked about burnout in
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  two podcast episodes prior to this, so make sure you guys
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  check that episode out as well. OK?
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  So what I'm going to be talking about is what confidence really
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  is, how it's built and how we continue that long term growth
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  of confidence when it comes to CT.
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  OK. So what confidence really is is
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  is that you show up, you make sure that you hardwire your core
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  exams. You do a lot of repetition.
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  I know it's boring to do the same exam over and over and over
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  again, but it's highly necessary so that you learn those core
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  exams efficiently and you do them correctly every single
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  time. So practice, practice is another
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  one on what confidence really is.
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  Play. You use repetition, you practice
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  and you really put education like at the forefront where you
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  continue to educate yourself every day and you continue to
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  learn something. That's where true confidence is
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  built. OK, now you see a lot of texts
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  that may fake confidence and you know what?
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  The statement, fake it till you make it, especially if you are
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  afraid and you are just doing your best.
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  A lot of times that can work, but some people do fake
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  confidence and it's all for show, OK?
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  You can really see a person's true colors because they will
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  show you everything you need to know right up front, OK, It's
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  like if you're dating somebody new, OK, all the red flags, all
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  you know, everything you need to know about that person, you will
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  see it in their actions in the very beginning.
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  It's the same thing with confidence.
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  If you execute it, it's like a muscle.
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  It gets stronger and stronger and stronger if you execute
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  where you're doing, you know, repetition in exams and making
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  sure those core exams are hardwired.
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  Your patient centering is good and making sure you practice and
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  you continue your education and your learning.
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  Those are the things that are going to get you from being a
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  new, overwhelmed, scared CT tech to a confident CT tech in no
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  time. OK, now, like I said, how is it
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  built? I just explained it.
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  It's by repetition, lots of repetition.
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  Yes, that sounds fucking boring, but repetition is very important
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  because you need to know know how to do those exams correctly,
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  OK? I can't tell you how many times
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  I've seen technologists that don't know how to center a
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  patient correctly and they've been in the business 10 years.
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  You have to know how to do it correctly, OK?
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  So that is how it's built and by practicing, you practice every
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  single time. Know your protocols, pull out
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  your protocol book, write things down.
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  Those are super important. That is why I created a protocol
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  book for you technologists out there to guide you while you're
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  trained and making sure that you know everything that there is to
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  know when you're executing an exam.
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  So practice repetition and education is important.
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  Making sure those continuing education, make sure you pay
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  attention to those because a lot of those articles, seminars, you
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  know, things like that, you know, RSNAI actually live in,
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  well, I live in a suburb of the city that RSNA is hosted in
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  every single year, OK. And I've been to RSNA, it's been
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  10 years since I've been to RSNA, but I've been there and
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  I'm telling you, it's fabulous and you learn a lot, OK?
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  So education is very, very important.
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  You know, those seminars, those direct readings, those, you
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  know, there's a lot of CE providers out there that provide
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  a lot of educational material during rad Tech week.
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  You know, if you are, if you have GE systems, I know at my
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  hospital they offer a free educational portal for all of us
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  because we have a contract. I know at a previous hospital I
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  worked at, Phillips did the same thing.
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  So usually the vendors will do that and they'll throw that in
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  because they contract with the hospital for the CT units to be
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  repaired and serviced. OK, Use all of those to your
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  advantage. If it's free and your hospital
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  provides it, use it to your advantage because that is how
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  confidence is built and that is how you're going to be a more
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  successful technologist and a more knowledgeable one.
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  OK, so you have to educate your brain.
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  OK, There is a difference between being a textbook tech
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  and actually educating yourself and knowing what you're doing
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  out on the floor. So because I know some of them,
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  you're going to be like, Oh well, you well, no, a textbook
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  tech is a difference and you can spot them right away.
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  Remember when I said, you know, as far as you can read people by
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  their actions and they'll show you who they really are in the
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  beginning? It's the same thing here.
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  OK, so education is a very important piece.
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  So if you have all those tools, use them to your advantage
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  because it'll be worth it no matter what.
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  Now for long term growth and it's piggybacking off of your
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  education, go to those seminars. If your facility don't get those
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  three passes to RSNA, take advantage of it and do it.
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  There's a lot of, I know there is CT is US that is a great
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  resource as well. And they put on a lot of
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  seminars every single year that you can sign up for.
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  There's MTMI, there's all different kinds of, you know,
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  resources out there that you can attend the seminars, get your
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  learn on and learn something from that.
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  I also have courses and I'm in the process of building more
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  courses that can really help you.
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  And I put out a lot of educational material and you
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  know, there's auntminnie.com that's a great website to read a
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  lot of articles and things like that, you know, to kind of get
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  you in the latest and greatest when it comes to trends in
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  radiology and in CT. OK, so long term growth is you
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  got to make sure you educate your brain when their new
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  protocols learn them, OK, ask questions about them because
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  lots of new stuff come out, it comes out all the time, you
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  know. So make sure you learn them and
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  you educate yourself on them, OK.
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  And like I said, if your facility has, you know, from the
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  different vendors, you know those online educational
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  portals, take advantage of those.
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  Those are free CES guys. So take advantage of that.
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  You know ASRT does a lot of good stuff as well.
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  So make sure you guys take advantage of that to continue
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  your long term growth. OK, so that is what I have for
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  today's episode. So what I want you to take away
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  from this episode is, is I want you to stop guessing.
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  Stop guessing in your CT training because that's not
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  going to help you Start learning with structure.
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  And how you do that is I have an entire course where you can
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  learn that structure. OK, I have a protocol book where
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  you can learn that structure. OK, so make sure you check out
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  the show notes. It is LinkedIn there.
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  So that is what I have for today's episode.
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  So make sure you guys subscribe to the YouTube channel, check
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  out all the links in the show notes.
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  Get in the course, get the protocol book.
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  Make sure you follow on TikTok for all your protocol and CT
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  educational needs. So thank you so much for joining
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  me on this episode. I will chat with you guys in the
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  next episode.