Martin is a hospital manual handling advisor and a radiographer at Swansea Bay Health Board. Martin advises medical staff on how to move and manage hospital patients to keep them safe during surgeries, MRI scans or X-rays. Martin battled through dyslexia throughout his education. He originally studied an Arts Degree at Swansea Art College before deciding to retrain as a radiographer, even though the head of Physics at the time told him he wouldn’t be able to pass the course.
Martin is a hospital manual handling advisor and a radiographer at Swansea Bay Health Board. Martin advises medical staff on how to move and manage hospital patients to keep them safe during surgeries, MRI scans or X-rays. Martin battled through dyslexia throughout his education. He originally studied an Arts Degree at Swansea Art College before deciding to retrain as a radiographer, even though the head of Physics at the time told him he wouldn’t be able to pass the course.
All of the negative things you might think about working in a medical profession like the blood and smells are irrelevant. You don’t even focus on that stuff. You’re so focused on the science and applying your knowledge to what you do."
Working in the health board you have to have that baseline knowledge. You need to know the basics of science and understand how medicine works and how drugs work. Everything comes into play on any one day, it’s a very high-risk environment.
I have dyslexia. It’s been a struggle my entire life, really. Junior school didn’t understand why I couldn’t read or write and weren’t able to help me because we didn’t have the systems then. At comprehensive school, my reading age was 8. Up until sixth-form I struggled.
All of the negative things you might think about working in a medical profession like the blood and smells are irrelevant. You don’t even focus on that stuff. You’re so focused on the science and applying your knowledge to what you do. Also, there are other routes to education – you don’t have to get A-levels and go straight to university.
All of the negative things you might think about working in a medical profession like the blood and smells are irrelevant. You don’t even focus on that stuff. You’re so focused on the science and applying your knowledge to what you do."
Working in the health board you have to have that baseline knowledge. You need to know the basics of science and understand how medicine works and how drugs work. Everything comes into play on any one day, it’s a very high-risk environment.
I have dyslexia. It’s been a struggle my entire life, really. Junior school didn’t understand why I couldn’t read or write and weren’t able to help me because we didn’t have the systems then. At comprehensive school, my reading age was 8. Up until sixth-form I struggled.
All of the negative things you might think about working in a medical profession like the blood and smells are irrelevant. You don’t even focus on that stuff. You’re so focused on the science and applying your knowledge to what you do. Also, there are other routes to education – you don’t have to get A-levels and go straight to university.