The Student Radiographer

This sixth instalment of the podcast is all about leadership and what leadership could look like as radiography learners. Join host Alice and guest Gill Harrison (Professional Officer for Ultrasound and Student Leadership Mentor at the SoR) as they discuss the importance of leadership in radiography, what makes a leader and how all learners are leaders! Alice and Gill also chat about their personal leadership journeys in their current roles, before contemplating wider leadership opportunities that may be available for radiography learners.

In this episode CJ is joined by 3rd Year Radiography Charlotte Hayward for a conversation all about Therapeutic Radiography clinical placements. They cover common student concerns, share tips sent in by students and radiographers and from their own experience, and discuss how best to prepare, survive and thrive.

In this episode Rebekah is joined by 3rd Year Radiography Student Poppy Ulett for a conversation all about Diagnostic Radiography clinical placements. They cover common student concerns, share tips sent in by students and radiographers and from their own experience, and discuss how best to prepare, survive and thrive.

Essays – love them, loathe them, or just ambivalent - you can’t escape them on this student radiographer journey. In this episode Rebekah and Alice chat about all things academic writing and radiography course assignments. We discuss different ways of approaching the task, how to stay engaged, how to overcome common barriers and concerns, how to ‘action’ the advice given by lecturers, share some of your top tips, and try to answer some of your questions. As part of this episode we make reference to SSHINE - the Staff & Student Healthcare Initiative for Neurodiversity & Equity.SSHINE creates resources to raise awareness and support neurodivergent healthcare students and professionals. For more information go to: https://sshinestudents.wordpress.com/

In this episode Rebekah chats to Nichola Jamison - the Student & New Professionals Officer for the Society of Radiographers (SoR). A conversation about who the SoR are and all about the many ways that they can support you as a radiography learner, and all the benefits of student and apprentice membership. Discover more about the SoR Student Network (where this podcast was born), and all the exciting and helpful SoR student events and opportunities available to you. We also find out about Nichola’s journey into this role, her experience as a student Therapeutic Radiographer, her top tips for today’s students, and her answer to the question we ask all our guests: “How do you use your voice?”

An introduction and massive welcome to 'The Student Radiographer': the brand-new podcast for student radiographers, by student radiographers. Get to know the podcast team - Rebekah, CJ, and Alice. A big friendly chat about who we are, how we've found ourselves here, our student radiographer experience so far, and our vision for the podcast.