Episode 10, Double Digits!! Thanks for all the support, on the pod and the social media Follow us on all social media at Rad_Talk_DG   1 -  13 minutes: Gage is officially an attending radiologist via a couple weeks ago!!! He talks about why he chose radiology versus another specialty of medicine. Find out if Gage is an introvert or an extrovert?  He goes over the big benefits of radiology that made it the right fit for him, and maybe for someone else out there as well. Learn how close he was to thinking about going into pathology. 13 - 21 minutes: Why did Dennis choose to get into sonography versus other parts of radiology. Find out what Dennis Initially went to school for straight outta high school.    21 - 23 minutes : We briefly touch on about the longevity of working in radiology. Musculoskeletal issues that may happen doing sonography. Also issues being a radiologist just being sedentary and sitting while reading all day.    23 - 28 minutes: We answer if we would take the same career path again. Does the years of college and debt incurred weight on you as your going through school? 28 - 30 minutes: Which modality is the outlier of radiology aka red headed step child.   30 - 32 minutes: Traveling during covid, and traveling after covid. Dennis goes over why the pay is changing for travel jobs. The status of the market with travel jobs.   33 - 41 minutes: Other jobs are popping up that are not travel but people can fill specific job shifts that need filled. Could this be a future of medicine for full time people just looking for making quick money needs?   Question of the episode!!! Gage's favorite part!! 42 - end of episode: What is the ideal podcast format we would want to have?

Episode 9 1- 5 minutes: Beginning your healthcare career after you graduate. In sonography when should you take an image and when not. Don't be afraid to ask for help!! 5- 8 minutes: What it was like when Dennis went through school with competency to how it has changed. Doing competencies at various programs for sonography. 9- 10 minutes: A great B mode scanning tip for kidneys and stones. (try it out if your a sonography with stones and you wont do it another way again). 10- 12: Different ways to get students scan time and make the sonographers comfortable. 13- 20: Tips for new sonographers enter into the workforce. Gage gives great tips new rads and sonographers. Treat every patient like the people you love. 22- 24: Having to put the sonographer impression papers into the patient's medical records. Pros and cons. 25- 30: We have all missed things on accident and made a mistake. Different skill levels make a difference in everything you do. Experience is key. 30- 36: The amount of exams we do in the duration of a year, whenever you do something over and over it creates more opportunity to miss something. 36- 42: Once you are a new grad the amount of growth happens in the first 5 years is huge. 42- till the end: One or two things in general that you have learned since starting the podcast

Episode 8 Follow us on all social media at RAD_TALK_DG Email us at [email protected]   1 - 11:30: Have a premade spiel when your messaging people on furnished finder, Airbnb, VRBO, Facebook. 11:30 - 20 minutes: Travel healthcare staying in your camper vs staying somewhere else. Big tip for first time camper buyers. Dennis traveled for 3 years in a camper so he offers tons of tips and tricks to help anyone thinking about doing this It's a campground not a trailer park. 26 - 27 minutes: Funny story of how using your credential might not be a good idea 27 -  34 minutes: going through an ultrasound exam from start to finish so you know what to expect. 35- 37 minutes: Getting a second opinion from another healthcare professional happens and it is common. 38 - 46 Thoughts on MyChart for patients that have issues when trying to read it themselves. 47- the end: What type of charity would each one of us have, if we could have a charity. (These charities are very close to both our hearts)

Episode 7 Welcome everyone to where medicine and sports collide. 1- 25 minutes we go over about the full body MRI scans. Our opinions on getting these and things you should think about prior to getting one yourself. 25- 49 minutes. We dive deep into our Miami Heat vs. Denver Nuggets picks.

We dive deeper into the questions we have received from social media platforms.   1- 4 minutes: Gage talks about a hair experience you don't wanna miss. 5- 10 minutes: will an advanced sonographer practitioner exist? Why should it, and what would it look like if it did? 12- 15 minutes: Would an advanced sonography practitioner be something that radiologists would give up? 16- 18 minutes: When your name is the only name on the bottom of that report it changes your opinion and feelings when you take the responsibility.  18- 20 minutes: Liability of an advanced practitioner, or it would be a glorified resident. 22- 26 minutes: Advanced practitioner could help so much with radiologists by doing procedures. Gage talks about his optimum way of how he likes procedures done.  28- 30 minutes: Setting up protocols and who should take the phone calls from answering questions. 32 - 36 minutes: moving up the ranks in nursing world vs radiology world. Nursing world in comparison to radiology. 37- 40 minutes: Sonography is not just a gender reveal party. We are diagnostic not just for fun. 41- 44 minutes: Sonographers know what we are doing, we just can't tell the patients 45- 48 minutes: Exams that can be uncomfortable for some patients based on who is doing the exam. 49- 50 minutes  Traveling with pets 51 - end of the show: Gage's favorite segment. We changed it up from questions to a new "This or That".

In this episode Gage dives deeper into what medical school was like for him, and how you can set yourself apart in different aspects. Gage talks about beginning to prepare for your residency. How things have changed with schooling since he first did his.   Dennis goes over more travel information and sometimes why contracts can just end and people can get let go :(   Don't forget to stick around as we also answers questions you asked :).

This episode we are talking about Gage's path through becoming a radiologist.  We go over the beginning process of getting through undergrad, taking the MCAT, and the beginning of medical school. Dennis touches on the travel world and the per diem stipends. Lots of crucial travel info you don't want to miss. Don't miss the ending where Gage gets to ask one of this fun questions to learn more about us.

We talk about our NBA playoff picks and how if you want to win on any games you take just make sure you bet the opposite of Gage. Gage has been on a rough patch of picking game winners but he hopes after this episode he turns that around.   We also brush up on the NFL and some relevant contracts. We didn't forget the number one NFL diva either.

1- 17 minutes. We go over our picks for the NBA playoffs tonight and for some of round two of the playoffs.   17 minutes until 46 minutes. We go over a broad spectrum of the travel healthcare world including some travel Sonographer/ Tech/ RN info. Stay tuned as we will dive deeper into more things about this with future episode's. 46 minutes until the end of the show we play a fun game of who we would like for future guests on our podcast.

Welcome to Rad Talk where Sports and Medicine collide. In this episode we introduce ourselves as your hosts Dennis and Gage. You get to find out how we met, why we are doing this podcast and the inspiration behind it.   We also briefly talk about the future we see for this podcast. Feel free to reach out to us on social media at Rad_Talk_DG