Laptop for Diagnostic Radiography & iPad for notes?

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DD starts uni doing Diagnostic Radiography in September. She qualifies for DSA and has been offered a choice of a few laptop upgrades.

I know nothing about laptops and would appreciate any advice on a general good spec for uni please? Also if anyone studies DR and has advice on what they need that would also be appreciated.

DD has mentioned students using iPads to make notes and wondered what type of iPad might be required too?

LAPTOP UPGRADES

£57.28
Lenovo V15 G4 AMN (82YU00U8UK)
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Processor (2.8GHz up to 4.3GHz)
15.6 inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare
Non-Touch, Narrow Bezel
8GB RAM (Soldered)
512GB SSD
Windows 11 Home
Black
1.7 kg
Narrow bezel and one extra USB port.
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£159.97
HP 255 G9 (9M3P6AT16GB)
AMD Ryzen 5 5625U Processor
15.6 inch Laptop (1920 x 1080)
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
Windows 11
Black
1.74 kg
With upgraded RAM, a thin and light design, and a big screen-to-body ratio, this is a great laptop for the money.
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Lightweight 13" & 14" Machines

£90.42
Acer Swift 3 14" AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 16GB 512GB SSD Win 11. Full HD 1920 x 1080p 16:9 Screen Ratio, Battery life: Up to 15 hours. HD Webcam, Backlit membrane keyboard, Fingerprint Scanner, Ports = USB Type-C x 1, USB 3.2 x 2, HDMI 2.0 x 1, 3.5 mm jack x 1, 1.19Kg Silver .
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£99.99
HP 14-em0016na
Windows 11 Home
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 7520UMemory
8 GB RAM
Storage 512 GB SSD
Display35.6 cm (14"), FHD (1920 x 1080)GraphicsAMD Radeon™Battery life
Up to 11 hours and 15 minutes Roundstooth texture matte cover and keyboard frame finish, textured base
1 USB Type-C® 5Gbps signaling rate (supports data transfer only and does not support charging or external monitors)
2 USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate
1 AC smart pin
1 HDMI 1.4b
1 headphone/microphone combo - 1.4 kg
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£104.31
MSI Modern 14 14" 14" Laptop Intel core i5-1335U (10 Core 3.4Ghz / 4.6Mhz), 16GB, 512GB SSD , Full HD Screen,Windows 11 Home plus,Military Grade durability, Hdmi Port , 3 x USB ports, 180 Degree Hinge, Wifi 6E and ethernet port. 1.33Kg Bluetooth 5.3, Usb-Type-C x 1 Usb 3.2 x 2 HDMI 1.4 x 1 3.5mm Jack x 1 Hi-Res Audio 1.5w speakers x 2 Full HD 1920 x 1080p IPS -Level screen with anti-Glare 250nits brightness Integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics, Integrated HD Webcam Kensington lock slot, Camera shutter Multi-touch trackpad with gesture control, White backlit membrane keyboard with Copilot Key, Platinum Grey

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£299.99
ASUS ZenBook 14" UX3402VA-KM468W OLED 14" Laptop - Intel® Core™ i5, 512GB SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Home - Silver
2.8K OLED screen — Enhanced image, contrast and motion
US Military-Grade toughness — Tested for durability
Dolby Atmos® — 3D surround sound adds height and depth
Harman Kardon Speakers

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£444.97
ASUS ZenBook S 13 OLED UX5304VA-NQ039W Intel Core i7-1355U (12MB Cache), 16GB LPDDR5-SDRAM, 1000GB SSD, 33.8 cm 13.3IN 2.8K 2880 x 1800 OLED, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, WLAN, Webcam, Windows 11 Home 64-bit

re the iPad and notes: basic iPad is fine (128gb wifi model) with an app such as Nebo. Cost would be about £275 for the iPad, £80 for the pencil, and £10 for Nebo.
I use that setup (with a sketching app and a mind map app at work for notes etc rather than paper notebooks now). Oh and £20 for a case with magnetic keyboard off Amazon.

My daughger has an iPad Pro, pencil and keyboard so it can be as useful as a laptop.

I would recommend these as hard copy. My university provided iPads for placement, worth checking (Exeter)

Also, we had online image exams and simulated learning and I found a large screen really useful for this.

Thank you @WhatdoIkno@SecretFerret@LaLaLandDreamsthat’s all very helpful. No iPad is provided by uni so we will need to purchase that before she starts. Thanks also for the book recommendations.

Our uni also provided us with x- ray markers but a few sets are useful as you tend to lose them very easily! Also, theatre shoes. Crocs with no holes are good, no splashing on your socks (hip replacements can be very gory).

@SecretFerretThanks for your recommendations which we’ve looked at. DD is now telling me she thinks she’s squeamish - she used to love watching all the hospital programmes and originally wanted to be a paramedic. I’m worrying now that she’s going to struggle with the gory side!

DD is currently in the middle of her hospital placements.

Students get a choice of which hospitals to do them in., but they have to cover all aspects of diagnostic imaging: x-ray, CT scans, PET scans, MRI scans, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and fluoroscopy.

She has had a placement in A and E, seen advanced cancer in children and witnessed a patient being abusive to a member of staff.

However, none of it has been gory.

I've just finished the degree and had three clinical placements. I've seen surgery involving lots of blood ( including the need to wash down the c-arm afterwards), as well as severed digits, open fractures, lacerations with foreign bodies in, as well as poo, snot, vomit etc. I've witnessed two patients pass away. It would not be fair to give the impression your child will not face gore and other unpleasant things. BUT the support provided to expect and cope with this was very good.