Comments on: Three Years After BS Medical Technology Graduation: Lessons, Wisdoms, and Thoughts

By: FROI

FROI — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:29:34 +0000

I ‘am a bs medtech for 20 yrs but i ‘am not bright or highly intelligent during my school days to my luck i was hired to work first into genetic lab. I was exposed on diff. work here like in molecular , genetics and biochemical it is hard but a good learning experience to me and happy to what I achieve as med. tech.. Don’t loose hope and idealism for your course cause you will not know where your are going to land as you graduate. Good Luck med techs.

By: djitz

djitz — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:49:43 +0000

@Yana, there a lot of ways how people know about BSMT, and that’s fine if you’re enjoying it.

Biomedical Engineering is different from Medical Technology, because the earlier involved engineering (designing and creating tools), that is almost non-existent in BSMT. Actually that’s probably why BSMT name is changed to Medical Laboratory Science, because Medical Technology name misleads people most of the time.

By: Yana

Yana — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:41:01 +0000

I am a freshman taking BS Medical Technology.
I didn’t know that the course existed until I learned it from my classmate who was to take it. My course in mind back then was something related to engineering but I have low confidence on myself, thinking it was a man’s job (since I heard most of those who take it are guys and they’re more preferred by companies [I was pretty scared on this part]), and I well, uhm, I’m not seriously good dealing with guys. I know it was a funny thing I considered this idea over my interest.
Anyway, although I never thought I’ll be taking a course under the medical field, I am doing great. I made it on the DL and I’m doing well in chemistry.
But I still have doubts in my mind. Am I on the right track?
By the way, what is Biomedical Engineering? Is it somehow related on our field?

By: DeX

DeX — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:26:35 +0000

hi,
I was researching my course and came across ur page , i thought it was fabulous, thankz for the advice ,
Im currently in 2nd yr in biomedical technology in south africa ,
im speculating my decision for taking the course. .
i think most people took the course becoz med school far frm reach n med tech is a stepping stone ,

im extremely passionate about being in the medical field bt not in the way medtech is offering , being n doc was n dream of mine n still is ,

there is alot of pressure in the field its true, honestly i cope quite well and my marks are not that bad ..

i neva thought that this course would b what i made out to , i knw ppl hd high hopes . . .

i think all im asking is for some advice …
passionately wanting to be n doc

mwaaaahz..

By: jao

jao — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:30:27 +0000

hi guys…

just to comment about low roi or being elite in the society for the reason of taking BSMT,,, I bet you were in a wrong course. In fact if you want to get rich and in line w/ the elite part of the society take the business course and start digging. I mean aren’t you proud of being a MT? Im in my 2nd year Med proper, and proudly to say everything that i’ve learned in my MT years gives me confidence and the ROI…. i bet it’s even more than you could ever think of.

for those who were still in their college years just dont take the pressure too much…. we all know it’s not easy…but that’s what makes it superior to any other course,,, it create a complicated self boosting confidence on our part.

Just imagine,,, doctors cannot diagnose w/o lab results,,, and sometimes they become paralize w/ their diagnosis if the results provided were wrong..

By: djitz

djitz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:16:28 +0000

@Svetlana,

Interesting, I never have someone asked me these questions. I will try to answer them.
- What did you expect from it?
> Considering the course toughness, I was expecting a better job opportunities with higher pay to be fair.

- Was it very different from what you thought it was?
> In fact, I didn’t thought anything about job and salary when I took BSMT, I took it because of the challenges (that definitely hit me) and the course exclusive status. But before I graduated I realized it wasn’t like I expected.

God bless for your study!

By: Svetlana

Svetlana — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:09:39 +0000

To the author of the article,
I’m currently taking Medical Technology course. I did research about this job. So I knew what I was getting into I understood that you were disappointed because your expectations I guess were not fulfilled.. But I’m not sure what they actually were.. I mean the description of the profession is available. What did you expect from it? Was it very different from what you thought it was?

By: penelope

penelope — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:24:56 +0000

yeah this course is really hard i’m a sophomore now . and woah i’m really stressed .. i can’t imagine how stressful the last 2 years would be . but i really love this course <3 haha i wish we would have a bright future people haha

By: djitz

djitz — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:28:57 +0000

@hana,
Thank you for giving your comments and encouragements for the new med tech graduates.

By: hana

hana — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:32:07 +0000

to all fresh grads, dont rush thing guys, finding job abroad is not so difficult if u have any experience in the clin lab. Even f hospitals around the world are obviously understaffed, they will expectedly go for the experienced ones. local hospitals may have vacancies and may offer good salary too, but u will be subjected to a training of course coz every agency has their own protocol.
You will be a big help to the med tech community in the philippines for quite sometime before going somewhere else.