The big change in medicine over the past decades has been in new methods of diagnosing disease. For example, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was so recently invented, and was such a wonderful new method, that the inventors, Paul Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2003. As you can imagine with a breakthrough like this, there is a need for people to operate the new machines and so there are schools to train people to do so. Most MRI Technician jobs are in hospitals (or any large institution that can afford the $1 million price tag), but more and more technicians work in diagnostic centers and physician's offices. Hospital workers can expect to do shift work and to be on call at short notice, while private office workers tend to keep to a standard 40-hour workweek. The MRI Technician's job is to prepare the patients for the scan, helping them through the process and making sure that the equipment is operating properly. Given the demand for MRI Technicians, training is a good investment. The actual courses can run from one year for those with previous medical experience to a full four-year Bachelor's degree. There is a shortage of qualified technicians, so you can count on finding employment after you graduate.