• Question: what would you do with your money

    Asked by ellie3460 to Greg, Jen, Laura, Mobeen, Paul on 7 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by 947mede29.
    • Photo: Laura Haworth

      Laura Haworth answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      I would try to put on an open day in our hospital to allow students to be able to come into the department and get a really insight and hands on experience of vascular science and what my job really entails. They would get the opportunity to have a play with the ultrasound machine on jelly phantoms and to use hand held Dopplers to listen to their own arteries and veins. The event would also involve hands on demonstrations by other healthcare scientists to promote the diverse areas of science used within the hospital. The day would be a great opportunity to promote these growing areas of science, careers available to students once they leave school and the training programmes that they can go on and the routes to these. I would use the money to create educational resources i.e.- handouts, posters etc and audio-visual aids.

    • Photo: Paul O'Mahoney

      Paul O'Mahoney answered on 7 Mar 2016:

      I’d try to put on an exhibition or show at our local science centre all about how we can use light in medicine. I’d try and make it as interactive as possible so that people can really get in to it and hopefully people would learn something but also have fun!

    • Photo: Greg Melia

      Greg Melia answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      You can see what I’d do in my profile, go have a look! I’d create some resources like leaflets and posters to explain to people why some radiation is dangerous, like what you get from an atomic bomb, but most radiation, like what we get from mobile phones, microwave ovens and other electronic devices, is actually safe and useful. Too many people don’t know the difference, and they’re worried about using modern technology when there’s actually no need to be worried at all.

    • Photo: Jen Lowe

      Jen Lowe answered on 15 Mar 2016:

      Buy a model linac to explain radiotherapy – more info. on my profile.

    • Photo: Mobeen Ali

      Mobeen Ali answered on 15 Mar 2016:

      I am working on a model to show how MRI works. I have designed it and am building it so anyone from my department can use it.

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