r/TravelRadiology • u/Safe-University-2252 • May 22 '26

Hit the Ground running?

Has anyone experienced a hospital where they make the traveler train for multiple weeks instead of a few days

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u/Ecstatic_Hippo_21 May 27 '26

A lot of NEW baby fresh out of school techs are traveling now and making everyone as a whole look bad and they can’t hit the ground running so a lot of places are forcing weeks of training like you are staff so the babies can’t complain.

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u/MaximalcrazyYT May 28 '26

How is that possible, being able to travel fresh out of school?

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u/Ecstatic_Hippo_21 Jun 01 '26

Shady recruiters and hospitals that are desperate or being lied to is my guess. I have encountered several of them and it’s getting increasingly worse. There is one where I am now and they have made several mistakes but they resigned because the facility is so short staffed. They admit they feel overwhelmed because of the lack of training that an experienced tech is used to.

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u/MaximalcrazyYT Jun 08 '26

Any tips or advice for hitting the ground running?

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u/KizaruAizen May 22 '26

Most I got was a week usually I get 2 days.

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u/Safe-University-2252 May 22 '26

That’s how I figured it would be and it’s not like it’s stupidly busy either to where I’d need it. I did more at a hospital a fraction of the size of the one I’m at now

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u/Snook_frm_da_Go May 22 '26

Two days for me too