Introduction: The new challenges for the profession of "X-ray technician" create a need for well-trained X-ray technicians. Initial training and qualifications must serve for continuous professional development, which is essential for maintaining and further developing professional competence, practicing the profession, specializing, and acquiring the adaptability so necessary for laboratory assistants to be able to continuously support progress in imaging and changes in healthcare.
Aim: The aim of the present study is to investigate the attitudes towards professional realization of future X-ray technicians.
Materials and methods: An analysis of literature sources and a survey method (a direct, anonymous group anonymous survey) are attached.
Results and discussion: The results reflect the attitudes of future X-ray technicians toward professional realization: one third of the respondents are adamant in their decision to work in Bulgaria; very few have chosen abroad; and the rest are still hesitant. The surveyed students have a clear idea of their future realization: most of them express a desire to work as an X-ray technician in the departments and clinics of imaging, dental clinics, or offices' radiation clinics, motivating their choice with opportunities for professional development to help patients and compliance with their own knowledge and skills. More than half of the respondents are aware of the need for continuous professional development and improvement, expressing readiness to continue their master's degree and to attend various forms of postgraduate education. The leading motives for this are the desire to increase professional competence and raise the prestige of the profession in our country.
Conclusions: University education creates opportunities for the training of X-ray technicians to meet the new societal needs with high professional self-awareness, purposefulness, and motivation to improve as individuals and professionals and contribute to the development and establishment of the profession of X-ray technician in Bulgaria.
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