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At the beginning of this course, I expected to learn more about how technology can be used effectively in education and how leadership supports that process. The timing turned out to be especially meaningful because I attended the Technologist Leadership Academy hosted by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging at the start of the term. The Academy brought together nuclear medicine professionals from across the country to focus on leadership, communication, and

I took both the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the DISC Assessment. Since I didn’t purchase the full versions, I relied on the summaries. I felt like the MBTI looked at a wider range of traits. According to the MBTI, I’m an INFJ, or “The Advocate” (MindScope, 2017). With the DISC Assessment, my highest score was in steadiness, although I actually related more to the influence description when I listened to the explanations (Pham, 2023). I can be chaotic and messy at t

You’d think that after twenty years in nuclear medicine, I’d have the whole "learning" thing figured out. I spent two decades as a nuclear medicine and PET/CT technologist, working in fast paced clinical settings where you just….do. You absorb the information, you master the equipment, you perform the exam, you care for the patient and you do it all from muscle memory. I never really stopped to ask how I learned these skills. But shifting into higher education last semester c