Her Story
About Jeanette
I have been in healthcare my whole adult life, with 28 years specifically in radiology and 8 years in the education industry. Historically, I was in interventional radiology at an academic university before I began teaching and transitioned over to education. As a program director for a radiology technology education program, I run the program and make sure students are getting the education that they need to graduate and then sit for their registry for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists. We prepare them to enter the real world and become x-ray technologists. I hold my master's degree in radiology science and radiology, and I just completed my Doctorate of Health Sciences in leadership education through George Washington University. I recently presented my research on a poster abstract at the George Washington University Research Symposium for the Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Health Sciences, and I submitted a manuscript for publishing that explores interprofessional education among radiologic technologists. I tell my students when they first get here, this is not a job, this is now your career. I like teaching because they're our next generation, and hopefully I can influence, motivate, and mentor others so they can step in my place when I'm stepping down.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Jeanette
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think the support system around you - you've got to have the support and motivation. You have to have something to work to. And I think that comes full circle with giving back. It's like, you want to give back. You want to add to your profession, you want to add to this life and this world around us. People are good at taking, but we have to also look back and see how can we give this and pay it forward.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
Keep learning. Step out of your role. Become, you know, step out of your role and learn others around you. We're all a team. Teamwork is where it is. Include everybody. Become a good leader, not a manager, a leader. There's a big difference.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say to keep learning, and that doesn't have to come with more education. You don't have to get a doctoral, you don't even have to get a master's, you don't have to - degrees don't - but keep learning. Join the societies, is what I tell my students, join these societies. Look back how you can give back. Be involved. Don't just make it a job. I tell my students when they first get here, this is not a job, this is now your career. You join the societies, you go to lectures, you keep learning, and you keep growing in this ever-changing, ever-evolving profession that we're in. And world, and you have to be adaptable. Keep growing and learning.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I think the challenges are to change with the times, change with the technology. Because we're, you know, everybody has AI, every field has AI coming in, and we have to - we can't escape it. We have to learn to adapt and grow. Learn how to work with it. It can enhance. I mean, don't be afraid to use it, because if you don't, you're gonna be out.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I think honesty, not only with other people, but with yourself. Kindness and giving back. We're all here to make the world better.
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