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Cat Scan Guru Podcast
Welcome to the Cat Scan Guru Podcast! A podcast for CT technologists, X-ray technologists, and radiology professionals who are ready to level up their CT skills, tired of inadequate CT training BS and learn how to scan the right way. Hosted by a working CT tech who knows the highs, lows, and how to make yourself a CT pro with tech tips, education, mental health, career growth, and all the raw information they don’t tell you in CT programs. Cuss words? Yeah. Truth bombs? Hell yeah. If you're…
Episodes
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EP. 52 Understanding CT Physics Without the Headache.
This week, I talk about CT Physics and some principles that you can learn without all the headache behind it. I give you some important terms that apply to the…
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EP. 51 The Steps I Took To Succeed After a Failed First Attempt.
This week on the podcast, I talk about my experience as a new CT technologist taking the CT registry for the first time. I describe how I felt when I failed on…
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EP. 50 8 Week CT Training Checklist for New CT Technologists: Simple Steps To Apply in Your CT Training.
This week's episode, I go into some simple steps that you can take as a new CT technologist with an easy checklist that I created that you can apply in your CT…
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EP. 49 Multi-Modality Technologists: Tips on How to Become One and Be Successful in This Role.
Happy Rad Tech Week!!! This is a bonus episode in honor of celebrating radiologic technologists around the world! This episode was requested by one of my…
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EP. 48 CT Trauma Stories: The Knife in the Temple
HAPPY RAD TECH WEEK!!! This week's episode I bring you another interesting case from my CT vault of CT Trauma Stories. I go into detail on a case with a trauma…
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EP. 47 Troubleshooting in CT: When Equipment Fails and What to Do.
In this week's episode, I talk discuss when CT equipment fails due to high capacity and usage, I give you some simple steps that you can take to fix some…
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EP. 46 Mastering the Basics: What They Don't Teach You in Your CT Training
This week's episode is all about mastering the basics in your CT training. I discuss the foundational pieces that are often missed when new technologists are…
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EP 45. Transition to CT: What X-ray Techs Need to Know
The transition to CT can be a scary but very rewarding opportunity and I give you some tips in this week's episode on how to make your transition to CT a…
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EP. 44 Being a PRO Behind the Console: How to Excel in CT as a New or Experienced Technologist.
This week on the podcast, I talk about being a pro behind the CT console and how to excel in your training regardless if you're new or experienced. I give you…
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EP. 43 New to CT With Zero Guidance: How to go from surviving to thriving. The reality of being a new technologist with little to no direction, training or checklist.
This week, I dive into being a new CT technologist with zero guidance and the reality of being a new technologist with little training and how you can go from…
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EP 42 IV Access With Confidence: How I Overcame My Fear
This week's episode I share my story on how I overcame my fear of learning to start IVs when I was a new CT technologist, the great advice I received from the…
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EP. 41 Three Mistakes CT Techs Make That Can Be Avoided
In this episode, I go into depth on some common mistakes that as CT technologists we see or make when scanning patients and some tips how I corrected them and…
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EP 40 Day in the Life: CT Tech Edition
This week's episode, I dive into a day in the life of a CT technologist, and give you some tips on how to make your day on the shift as simple as possible. I…
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EP. 39 This Might Shock You... But You Don't Need a College-Based CT Program to Learn the Basics.
This week, I talk about why I believe college-based CT programs are not necessary to learn the basics and give you better alternatives to accelerate your CT…
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EP. 38 Be Seen as a Professional: Why Advocacy and Our Voice Matters
This week, I talk about the recent buzz about the Office of Management and Budget with them reviewing the Standard Occupation Classifications for Professions…
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EP. 37 The World of CT: The Role of a CT Technologist
On this week's episode, I dive into the role we as CT technologists and the importance of that role. I give some points on the demand of our modality, how…
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EP. 36 The "July Effect" The Incoming of New Residents
This week's episode I discuss the "July Effect" this phenomenon that occurs every July where we see a new group of residents and the high volume of ordering…
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EP. 35 How I Became a CT Technologist
This week's episode, I discuss taking some time to regroup as I've been away and tell my story on how I became a CT technologist, how I got interested in the…
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S 2 EP 34: The Price of NOT Investing in Coaching as A CT Technologist.
This week on the podcast, I go into a deep discussion about the cost of not investing in coaching and mentorship whether you're a beginner or an experienced CT…
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EP. 33 CT Trauma Stories: The Flying Baby
This week on the podcast, I have another interesting case on the series CT Trauma Stories. This was a case that happened last winter where several patients…
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EP. 32 CT Scan Stories: The Violent Patient In CT
This week, the series CT Scan Stories is back with another CT story from my vault that happened to me recently with an ICU patient that chose violence when…
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EP. 31 The CT Educator Program: What is it and How it Can Elevate Your CT Training
This week's episode, I talk about my new CT coaching program that helps new CT technologists excel in their training to prepare them for the CT registry and…
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EP 30. What's Going on Here!? How Not to Be a Button Pusher
Some technologists fall into the typical stereotype of being a button pusher. This is due to lack of proper training, education and learning bad habits from…
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EP 29. Excel In Common CT Exams: How to Execute Them Correctly
This week's episode, I continue talking about becoming the GO-TO CT TECH with excelling in the common CT exams we do daily and how to execute them correctly. I…
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Ep 28: The A to Z For CT Techs: Mastering Your CT Skills with 4 Simple Strategies.
In today's episode, I give you four essential strategies for CT technologists that are new to master their skills while training. Strategy 1: Familiarize with…
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EP 27. CT Basics Simplified: Navigating Your Training With No CT Program Required
This week's episode, I talk about how new CT technologists can learn the basics without the expensive of paying for a CT program, the realities of the CT…
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EP. 26 Where the HELL Do I Even START!? Become a CT Expert
This week's episode, I talk about how being a new CT technologist can be overwhelming and 5 tips to lead you into becoming a CT expert. Topics discussed in…
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EP. 25 How I Became a Successful CT Technologist
This week's episode, I talk about my journey to becoming a successful CT technologist. I talk about my challenges, struggles and how my divorce led me to…
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EP 24. The New CT Technologist and 8 Weeks of Training
As a new technologist, you have to ask yourself... is 8 weeks of training really enough for you to learn the basics and work solo? In this week's episode, I…
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EP 23. CT Training Reality Check
When it comes to your CT training, a reality check is needed. This week's episode, I focus on this topic some more as I've talked about it on one of the first…
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EP 22. CT Scan Stories: The Psych Patient and Her Doll
In this week's episode on CT Scan Stories, I talk a case I did several years ago on a patient in her 20s on a 72-hour hold and freaked out while I was scanning…
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EP 21. Feedback and Embracing Constructive Improvement
This week's episode, I talk about feedback, and constructive criticism that we often get while on the job. I talk about how important it is to learn from…
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EP 20. CT Trauma Stories: Moving Bones
This week's episode in the series: CT Trauma Stories, I talk about a case that my coworker and I had where the patient was in a car accident and had fractures…
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EP 19. How I Struggled as A New CT Technologist
This week's episode, I talk about the challenges and struggles I came across when I was a beginner CT technologist and how I manage with mind drama and put my…
Cat Scan Guru PodcastEP 18. I Almost Quit CT!
In today's episode, I share a story when I was beginning my career in CT, the struggles I encountered and how I almost quit CT because I thought I wasn't good…
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EP 17. CT Scan Stories: Contrast Allergy Near Miss
Today's episode is a past recording from the series CT Scan Stories. I talk about a recent case that I had that with a patient with a contrast allergy that was…
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EP 16. Let's Be Real With The Challenges in CT
In today's episode, I take a deep dive into the challenges that new CT technologists face when starting their training in CT. I describes some of the…
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EP 15. IV Access in CT: What You Can and Cannot Use for Contrast Media
This week's episode, I talk about the various types of IV access that is typically seen when patients receive contrast media during a CT exam. I explain the…
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EP 14. How Mentorship Can Help You Navigate the Challenges in CT
This week's episode is an episode from the private podcast: Educate the CT Tech where I discuss the purpose and the need of mentorship when new technologists…
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EP 13. CT Trauma Stories: The Open Chest
This week's episode is the monthly segment CT Trauma Stories where I talk about the interesting CT traumas I have encountered in my career. In this episode, I…
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EP 12. Happy Rad Tech Week! Shoutouts and Comments
Happy Rad Tech Week! This week's episode is celebrating our profession and showing some love to my favorite peeps within the community. I also share some…
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EP 11. 6 Weeks of CT Training... Is That Enough?
This week I focus on when starting CT as a beginner, the time to train and learn seem very short. I talk about 6 weeks of training and if that is really enough…
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EP 10. CT Programs... Are They Needed?
I talk about CT programs that are used for technologists that are interested in CT as a career. I give my personal perspective if these programs are really…
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EP 9. The "Newbie" CT Technologist
In this week's episode, I talk about how starting out as a new CT technologist can be overwhelming, and I give you some tips how experienced technologists can…
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EP 8. CT Scan Stories Series: 9 Drains and 3 Chest Tubes
Another series added to this podcast with interesting CT Scan Stories that I have collected over the 20 years of being a CT technologist. This episode I talk…
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EP 7. Pet Peeves in CT
In this episode, I talk about some pet peeves that you may encounter when working in CT. I give you my personal pet peeves and my perspective on this. As…
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EP 6. CT Trauma Stories Series
This episode I introduce you to a new monthly series where I talk about the interesting trauma cases that I have seen over the years. This month's trauma story…
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EP 5. Patient Centering and Why it Matters
I talk about why patient centering is important to optimize your scans and administer the correct dose to patients in your care. I go into detail on why it…
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EP 4. CT Technologist Burnout
I talk about some of the situations that are resulting in technologist burnout in CT departments. This is something that is being experienced all over the…
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EP 3. Covid-19 and the Dynamics of CT Departments
In this episode, I talk about Covid-19, the dynamics of the pandemic and the shift plus changes to CT departments and Radiology in general. Have an interesting…
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EP 2. Is Your CT Training Adequate?
In this episode, I asked the question if you feel your CT training was adequate when you started the modality. I give my perspective on the education and…
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EP 1. Introduction to The CT Educator Podcast
The very first episode to the podcast. I give you details on who I am, my CT experience, what I do, who I help and some information on the podcast. Have an…