Assist Me with My Future Career.

[anne1707]

I am still really excited about dealing with people feet. Nothing anyone tells me is lessening my drive to study it.

 

 

 

On the other hand, a bachelor of medical radiation science (therapy) degree is my.second choice in terms of my interest level.

 

 

 

Perhaps the medical radiation degree would be a better fit if I become squeamish about four feet?

 

So you are happy with dealing with corns, verrucas, athletes foot, ingrown toenails,...... day in, day out? - this is the bread and butter of podiatry at the level you are studying.

[Leigh 87]

For months I have been looking into careers that lie within the health sciences.

 

 

 

I have been interested in a few of the degree programs in that field.

 

 

 

That is why I have talked about other health science degrees of interest to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right now, I am doing more extensive research. Medical radiation science therapy sounds like the most interesting but the hardest degree on offer, while while podiatry is still of great interest to me academically speaking AND it is located very close by.

 

I would just need three day a week physics tutoring and probably math also if I am to select radiation therapy........

 

 

 

 

Occupational therapy sounds fantastic but it is four years rather than three and it is not specific enough for my liking.... I want to focus on one thing such as ONLY feet or ONLY medical imaging.........

 

 

 

 

 

After months of.research, this is where I am.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am trying to pursue my dream career at age 28 rather than do an easier yet less fulfilling degree. I want to go for gold.

[Leigh 87]

Are you talking about becoming a xray tech? I would prob choose that over feet if it was me..

 

Well I am more interested in x ray imaging or medical radiation science but it is offered two hours away, a five hour round trip.......

 

I am also more academically compatable with podiatry. I could likely get good marks, and it is located near my flat.

 

 

Radiation therapy is a lot harder sounding, plus I am not a natural at physics. Or maybe I am not so bad but simply havent learnt physics yet to determine whether I am bad?

 

 

 

I am probably not a natural at the physics side of things so radiation therapy would prove very challenging for me.......... Maybe I am not smart enough for it.

[TigerLilly78]

You shouldn't say your not smart enough for anything anyone can do almost anything if they work hard enough at it.. Did you ever speak to that job councilor what were his thoughts on things?

[Leigh 87]

So you are happy with dealing with corns, verrucas, athletes foot, ingrown toenails,...... day in, day out? - this is the bread and butter of podiatry at the level you are studying.

 

Excuse me?

 

 

Don't undermine the level at which the university of Newcastle offers podiatry...its podiatry students are highly regarded.

 

 

It is only three years but you are a qualified podiatrist. It is not just an easy degree and you start on 55 K a year. My friend failed every year with her subjects and her GPA is terrible yet she got offered a job upon graduating........

 

 

So the three year degree is not lowly or inadequate. It is a legitimate professional job that students go into....

 

 

 

 

 

And by the way, the day in the life of a podiatrist outlines that many podiatrist do not deal with fungus all day. They deal with a wider range of ailments on a daily basis. It can be gross but it is not ALL fungus and athletes foot.

[Leigh 87]

You shouldn't say your not smart enough for anything anyone can do almost anything if they work hard enough at it.. Did you ever speak to that job councilor what were his thoughts on things?

 

I did.

 

 

She said that I know far more than the degrees on offer than they did. The counsellor couldn't even tell me about the future job prospects, I found out myself through intensive online research from government sources or from forums and websites dedicates to the profession at hand.......

 

 

The career counsellor couldn't tell me more about the degrees that I didn't already know. The simple urged me that they could tell that I was pursuing my true academic area of most interest to me...a medical based health science style of degree........

[anne1707]

Excuse me but I am not undermining any degree whatsoever. What I am pointing out you however is that there will be a LOT of routine work of the nature I described. You are not going to be a top, specialist podiatrist dealing with all the most interesting, challenging cases the day you graduate from university. You still have to put in hours of work on the routine cases. Pretty much like everybody else when they start a new career.

[Leigh 87]

You shouldn't say your not smart enough for anything anyone can do almost anything if they work hard enough at it.. Did you ever speak to that job councilor what were his thoughts on things?

 

Well apparently radiation therapy doesn't need you to be good at the hard physics in the traditional sense but that other poster from Australia said that being naturally good at physics was a huge plus in her field...

 

 

 

The degree and also the job at hand, I have been told doesn't contain physics in the every day job of retrieving medical xray images and helping to analyse the pathogens present. No hard physics involved in the day to day jobs according to other students and grads u have asked.....

 

 

 

I know i COULD do it..... It just sounds like an immense challenge. It sounds exceptionaly hard.

 

It is only the physics I am scared of. The other subjects I know I could do well in.

 

 

 

The physics professional I consulted with said he had a gut feeling and an instinct about me where he strongly thinks that year one of physics would be very challenging for me. He then went on to say that he thinks I will actually do well in physics in second year and beyond........

 

 

 

 

He senses I can be dense at times due to mental road blocks I have however, he also thinks I have a lot of potential with physics and/ or math.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He lives close by and has agreed to tutor me I'd I do radiation therapy....

[MidwestUSA]

Leigh, you went from social work, to nannying, to aged care and now podiatry! You're choosing a degree for all the wrong reasons - ease of getting thru the course work, projected starting pay, location of university.

 

You can sit behind your computer and see all these glorified occupations (in your eyes), doing neato things and helping people. Bottom line, it's called WORK. Most of us end up doing something we sorta like, can tolerate, and we're semi good at. It's not this bed of roses that you've created from your youtube and internet browsings.

 

 

Have you taken a career aptitude test that will define your likes and areas of strength? That's something a counselor can help you with.

[Leigh 87]

Excuse me but I am not undermining any degree whatsoever. What I am pointing out you however is that there will be a LOT of routine work of the nature I described. You are not going to be a top, specialist podiatrist dealing with all the most interesting, challenging cases the day you graduate from university. You still have to put in hours of work on the routine cases. Pretty much like everybody else when they start a new career.

 

Oh of course. We all have to start at the bottom.

 

 

That is why am considering things that drive me enough to want to learn more about and yet feel.strongly enough about to do the hard yards and secure a more professional standing as time passes.

 

 

I am picking the degrees I am inspired by academically... And that would challenge be sufficiently for me to want to put in the years in a repetitive job before gaining access to higher and more interesting levels of study.

 

 

 

If i want inspiration u can go and read the latest science journals. Your job isn't the key to fascinating times I am very aware of this.

[Leigh 87]

Leigh, you went from social work, to nannying, to aged care and now podiatry! You're choosing a degree for all the wrong reasons - ease of getting thru the course work, projected starting pay, location of university.

 

You can sit behind your computer and see all these glorified occupations (in your eyes), doing neato things and helping people. Bottom line, it's called WORK. Most of us end up doing something we sorta like, can tolerate, and we're semi good at. It's not this bed of roses that you've created from your youtube and internet browsings.

 

 

Have you taken a career aptitude test that will define your likes and areas of strength? That's something a counselor can help you with.

 

 

 

I did nanny work because it was the only job I can get. That was not a career based job. That was me not being able to get waitresses work and choosing any job I could get.

 

 

Social work I picked because it was easy.

 

 

 

Lately, I am genuinly the most Interested in the health sciences degrees.

 

 

 

I got high distinctions in all my chemistry and biology subjects and science is where my interest has always lied.

 

 

 

 

 

I am picking a career that stimulates me academically and that is a field I am passionate enough about to want to live and breath.

 

 

 

 

I am picking my degree for the right reasons.

[Leigh 87]

Trust me, an aptitude test would find I am most into and suited for the science based degrees.

 

I cannot stand essay writing because I hate degrees without science involved.

 

 

Humanities are not for me.

 

 

Any field without science is not for me. I want to live and breath a degree. Not my just don't due to it being easy or high paying.

 

 

 

If i was concerned by the pay I would just go on to get a masters in HR. Great prospects, great pay. But BORING! I would so much rather learn sciences and the application of them in my work.

[anne1707]

But only a few days ago, you stated that you were going to do biomedical science and that your mind was made up, that you were going to get back to us in a few months to let us know how it was all going for you.

 

You change your mind from post to post almost about what you are sure you will do. It really is so hard to know what you want and will stick to.

[MidwestUSA]

Trust me, an aptitude test would find I am most into and suited for the science based degrees.

 

I cannot stand essay writing because I hate degrees without science involved.

 

 

Humanities are not for me.

 

 

Any field without science is not for me. I want to live and breath a degree. Not my just don't due to it being easy or high paying.

 

 

 

If i was concerned by the pay I would just go on to get a masters in HR. Great prospects, great pay. But BORING! I would so much rather learn sciences and the application of them in my work.

 

 

 

Very few people live and 'breath' a degree. We work to get the money to live and do the things we love OUTSIDE of work. Friends, family, hobbies, pets, you name it, those are the reasons we drag ourselves in to get a paycheck.

 

 

Can you live and 'breath' feet?

[Leigh 87]

But only a few days ago, you stated that you were going to do biomedical science and that your mind was made up, that you were going to get back to us in a few months to let us know how it was all going for you.

 

You change your mind from post to post almost about what you are sure you will do. It really is so hard to know what you want and will stick to.

 

Yeah I love biomedical sciences as a degree. Unfortunately, it has no prospects unless you go on to study medicine or get a PhD.

 

Plus I decided I prefered very specific degree that's still medically based.

[Leigh 87]

Very few people live and 'breath' a degree. We work to get the money to live and do the things we love OUTSIDE of work. Friends, family, hobbies, pets, you name it, those are the reasons we drag ourselves in to get a paycheck.

 

 

Can you live and 'breath' feet?

 

Yes I am odd. I would like to live and breath a very specific area. Like feet or xray imaging.

 

 

 

If there is science in a degree then I am a lot more inclined to want to learn the material because I am far more interested in science than I am humanities.

[Haydn]

What about becoming a Vet? Animals seem to be your thing as well. I think it is a slightly longer degree.# but not sure.

[anne1707]

What about becoming a Vet? Animals seem to be your thing as well. I think it is a slightly longer degree.# but not sure.

 

Five years here in the UK

[MidwestUSA]

What about becoming a Vet? Animals seem to be your thing as well. I think it is a slightly longer degree.# but not sure.

 

Interestingly, that's what my aptitude test said I shoulda been! I still think about it from time to time.

 

What about a vet tech? Or an animal massage therapist or acupuncturist?

[TigerLilly78]

Excuse me?

 

 

Don't undermine the level at which the university of Newcastle offers podiatry...its podiatry students are highly regarded.

 

 

It is only three years but you are a qualified podiatrist. It is not just an easy degree and you start on 55 K a year. My friend failed every year with her subjects and her GPA is terrible yet she got offered a job upon graduating........

 

 

So the three year degree is not lowly or inadequate. It is a legitimate professional job that students go into....

 

 

 

 

 

And by the way, the day in the life of a podiatrist outlines that many podiatrist do not deal with fungus all day. They deal with a wider range of ailments on a daily basis. It can be gross but it is not ALL fungus and athletes foot.

 

Leigh your kind of all over the place at times and hard to follow some might be getting frustrated giving you the same advice over and over and you seemingly ignoring it? I think this is were some comments are coming from.

 

Now far as the course description of course they are going to try and make it sound exciting and challenging they want to fill the slots. My honest advice maybe talk to a actual podiatrist and see if they will be upfront with you about everything. Ide just hate to see you get into this and then decide its not the best choice after a year or so of study..

[Anela]

What do you love to do? What are you good at?

 

I understand wanting to be paid, "a crapload of money," but that shouldn't be your starting point.

[GorillaTheater]

Veterinary medicine is a great high-demand field. I think though it would be wise to specialize. Maybe veterinary psychology? Veterinary podiatry?

[Leigh 87]

I want an academically stimulating degre in the sciences.

 

 

And then i realise that money isn't a sure thing based on getting a degree since a retail manager gets as much as a graduate podiatrist.

 

 

 

I want a career that I feel good about and gives me a sense of worth. Things like medical radiation therapy and the daily job it involves would be far more meaningful for me.

 

 

 

Working on people's feet all day really apeals to me. Once I got into a routine, a few days years later I can always get a masters degree and advance my career.

 

 

 

 

Other careers which pay the same or more that I could do are all office jobs that involve incessant paper work all day.

 

 

 

I.would much prefer to deal with foot fungus all day or process medical radiation images all day, day in and day out, than sit in an office pushing paper.

 

 

 

 

A science lab using test tubes for the exact sms thing day in day out, dealing with stinky feet all day or processing medical xray images...... It all appeals to me so much more than humanities based jobs involving sitting in an office or teaching on front of students.

[Leigh 87]

Leigh your kind of all over the place at times and hard to follow some might be getting frustrated giving you the same advice over and over and you seemingly ignoring it? I think this is were some comments are coming from.

 

Now far as the course description of course they are going to try and make it sound exciting and challenging they want to fill the slots. My honest advice maybe talk to a actual podiatrist and see if they will be upfront with you about everything. Ide just hate to see you get into this and then decide its not the best choice after a year or so of study..

 

My good friend is a podiatrist. I really like her daily schedule.

[anne1707]

Excuse me but now you are the one who is criticising people doing office jobs. Some of us do more than just shuffle paper around.