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The education, work experience and interests in my life to date have been quite varied. I have lived and worked in Germany, Spain and France as well as in the UK. Recently, I have thought extensively about changing my career and been drawn to radiography as it offers attractive opportunities to apply skills and personal qualities that I consider I possess, to provide an immediately tangible and satisfying contribution to people’s health.

I have considered how diagnostic radiography applies highly technical science using complex equipment to generate detailed images of inside the human body in order to check for absence of or discover anatomical problems. Working in diagnostic radiography appeals to me primarily because I consider it will enable me to carry out important tasks with skill and precision for a directly visible benefit to people. Secondly, I am an active and physically fit person, I can work well with technical equipment, I like variety of tasks and I have a calm and composed approach to problem solving, four things which I think are important attributes of a radiographer. Furthermore, in my employment experience, I have developed and demonstrated effective communication skills and worked well as an individual in collaboration with a team, two staff attributes that are essential for a radiography department to function properly. I consider that my personality, personal qualities, attributes and transferable skills match me very well to the requirements of working in radiography.

The variety of work in diagnostic radiography with its potential career opportunities to specialise, is another aspect of the profession that highly appeals to me.

Having spent three days in hospital imaging departments, two at ***** **** and one at ******** ** ******, I have talked to different grades of diagnostic radiographers and observed and gained a very positive impression of their profession in action. With radiography students and staff, I attended a study morning of case studies. In x-ray rooms, I observed different positioning techniques being used with varied patient types according to the body parts being x-rayed and saw varying doses of radiation used according to tissue density to generate high quality images of bones to check their condition. I witnessed a difficult case of an immobile patient having neck x-rays taken when the radiographer obtained the best possible images under the physical limitations. I also saw other equipment, including dental x-ray and radionuclide imaging in action. I saw how radiographers carry out instructions of doctors and liaise with them over the results. It is evident that diagnostic radiography provides a vital support role in its own department with general out-patients as well as in Accident & Emergency, the Operating Department and on wards. Therefore I am aware that the work is flexible and varied regarding techniques, location and working hours to meet hospital needs. I am convinced that I would thoroughly enjoy a career in diagnostic radiography, finding it personally stimulating and rewarding.

Being a practical hands-on person who loves to apply his learning, I am very keen on the fact that diagnostic radiography courses are very vocational, spending about 50% of course time in practical clinical training. I understand the importance and benefits of reflective practice in learning from experience and continued professional development, as ways of producing highly capable practitioners that maintain and improve performance standards as well as progress with innovations in this dynamic health profession.

In preparation for university, I intend taking some Access to Science course credits to revise my prior knowledge of Human Biology, Physics and Chemistry. I believe that I will easily be able to relate to and build upon this in my study of radiography. Furthermore, before university, I am hopeful of gaining work experience as a bank imaging department assistant.

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• Personal statement advice: statistics
• Personal statement advice: teacher training and education
• Personal statement advice: veterinary medicine
• Personal statement: finance and accounting
• Filling in your application
• Staying safe online
• How to write a personal statement that works for multiple courses
• The new personal statement for 2026 entry
• How To Write Your Undergraduate Personal Statement
• Fraud and similarity
• How to start a personal statement: The attention grabber
• How to end your personal statement
• Introducing the personal statement tool
• Personal statement dos and don'ts
• Personal statement week
• What to include in a personal statement
• Using AI and ChatGPT to help you with your personal statement
• Using your personal statement beyond a university application
• Carers, estranged students, refugees, asylum seekers, and those with limited leave to remain
• Personal statement guides
• References for mature students

Your personal statement is arguably the hardest part of your application – knowing what to include, how to structure it, and finally, actually writing it.  

To help, we’re dedicating an entire week to supporting you with your personal statement across our social media channels – from 23 to 29 September 2024.  

Discover personal statement tools to get you started, ask your questions live, and get plenty of support and advice from the experts and students who have been there, done that. 

We'll be covering:

• TikTok Live Q&A to get all your questions answered: register now
• How to translate your skills into your personal statement so you can wow admissions staff
• Hear from current students to get their tips and advice
• How you can find virtual work experience and subject tasters, and how this can be used in your personal statement
• How to write a personal statement if you're applying to multiple different courses
• AI advice - how to use it to help you write your personal statement

Simply follow us online to get involved:

TikTok:   ucas_online

YouTube:   @ucasonlineofficial

Instagram:  ucas_online

Facebook:    facebook.com/ucasonline

X:  @ucas_online

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Tiktok live: personal statement q&a.

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