A curious highschooler

[XxChronic2006xX]

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I don't know if this is the right section (i hope so)..

Anyways,

I'm interested in radiology and I'm currently a sophomore, is there a way i can get a headstart and knowing a little more about radiology? I'm also open to any kind of advice or suggestions people have out there in terms of regrets and things i should do or not do on the path to becoming a radiologist. Anything really.

Thanks,
XxChronic2006xX

 

[Re3iRtH]

First thing you should do is go buy a copy of that latest (2009)
First Aid, go to page 1 and start reading. That's the kind of effort
it will take to match into radiology 😀

 

[Labslave]

I don't know if this is the right section (i hope so)..

Anyways,

I'm interested in radiology and I'm currently a sophomore, is there a way i can get a headstart and knowing a little more about radiology? I'm also open to any kind of advice or suggestions people have out there in terms of regrets and things i should do or not do on the path to becoming a radiologist. Anything really.

Thanks,
XxChronic2006xX

Although I don't want to discourage you, you're way too early in the game to begin thinking about a particular specialty in medicine. Chase around members of the opposite sex (and remember that condoms are your friend). Hang out and enjoy life. Keep active and have fun. Worry about medicine later. Much later.

Academically, at this point you just need to focus on getting into college. Once you're there, figure out if medicine is what you really want to do. If it's NOT, please don't put yourself through the misery. You'd be surprised how many people choose medicine for all the wrong reasons. Be honest with yourself. If medicine is what you want to do, focus on getting into medical school. Once in medical school, focus on doing well and start doing career exploration. Enjoy life between now and then - you have a ton of time.

I'm a third year medical student and just decided I wanted to do radiology two months ago. Everything's gonna' work out just fine.

 

[hans19]

Although I don't want to discourage you, you're way too early in the game to begin thinking about a particular specialty in medicine. Chase around members of the opposite sex (and remember that condoms are your friend). Hang out and enjoy life. Keep active and have fun. Worry about medicine later. Much later.

Academically, at this point you just need to focus on getting into college. Once you're there, figure out if medicine is what you really want to do. If it's NOT, please don't put yourself through the misery. You'd be surprised how many people choose medicine for all the wrong reasons. Be honest with yourself. If medicine is what you want to do, focus on getting into medical school. Once in medical school, focus on doing well and start doing career exploration. Enjoy life between now and then - you have a ton of time.

I'm a third year medical student and just decided I wanted to do radiology two months ago. Everything's gonna' work out just fine.

Agree with above! 👍

 

[XxChronic2006xX]

Although I don't want to discourage you, you're way too early in the game to begin thinking about a particular specialty in medicine. Chase around members of the opposite sex (and remember that condoms are your friend). Hang out and enjoy life. Keep active and have fun. Worry about medicine later. Much later.

Academically, at this point you just need to focus on getting into college. Once you're there, figure out if medicine is what you really want to do. If it's NOT, please don't put yourself through the misery. You'd be surprised how many people choose medicine for all the wrong reasons. Be honest with yourself. If medicine is what you want to do, focus on getting into medical school. Once in medical school, focus on doing well and start doing career exploration. Enjoy life between now and then - you have a ton of time.

I'm a third year medical student and just decided I wanted to do radiology two months ago. Everything's gonna' work out just fine.

Thanks for the advice, it is much appreciated.

Just a few more questions if you peeps don't mind 🙂

How is it after residency?
Whats a typical workday like?

Thanks!

 

[docmd2010]

to the op

stop worrying about getting into radiology, worry about doing well in high school.

if you're a superior high school student, you may consider an accelerated BS/MD program, if you're sure u want to do medicine (don't know how you can be at your age however). try to apply to those like case western in which you have a guaranteed acceptance to the med school as long as you maintain like a 3.7 or something, you don't have to take the MCAT and you can probably enjoy your college life a little bit more...

 

[Amxcvbcv]

I know this is not specifically what you're asking about, but I nonetheless feel the need to offer some advice, especially considering I'm a high school, college, and soon-to-be medical school graduate that served on our school's admissions board this year.



Along the same lines as have already been addressed, make sure that medicine is what you really want to do. I don't know what your personal situation is like (family members in health care, etc.), but it's imperative for your own personal development and for your CV to get out and volunteer/shadow somewhere. Start with your own family physician or go to the local hospital and see what they have to offer. I didn't seriously get into this until college, despite wanting to be a doctor ever since I was 13 or so years old, and it showed (I was actually rejected from medical school the first time around). Admissions committees are looking for someone that has a history of commitment to the profession because it takes a boatload of commitment to get through this and ultimately be successful and happy later.

You can and should seek out opportunities to find out what radiology is really like. Most people don't know what's involved (I know there are aspects of it that even I don't appreciate yet). As other people said, though, work on doing well academically and extra-curricularly right now. Becoming a physician is a long process and you're very early in that process. Focus on the proximal goals while the long term ones provide your motivation.

 

[Neuronix]

Admissions committees are looking for someone that has a history of commitment to the profession because it takes a boatload of commitment to get through this and ultimately be successful and happy later.

Wait... What? I didn't become a pre-med till Sophomore year of college.

 

[H_Caulfield]

You guys are silly. As technology advances and imaging modalities improve, any old doctor will be able to interpret a film and radiologists won't be needed. That, or Obama is going to have Joe Biden reading all the films.

 

[Amxcvbcv]

Wait... What? I didn't become a pre-med till Sophomore year of college.

I'm talking about the ideal here. There are still lots of people that go to medical school that didn't know it's what they wanted to do with their life until well after college.

It's a continuum, not an absolute. 😛

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

You guys are silly. As technology advances and imaging modalities improve, any old doctor will be able to interpret a film and radiologists won't be needed. That, or Obama is going to have Joe Biden reading all the films.

That's probably not a good idea. Joe Biden would make too many gaffes in the interpretation that the press would sieze on.

 

[Amxcvbcv]

You guys are silly. As technology advances and imaging modalities improve, any old doctor will be able to interpret a film and radiologists won't be needed. That, or Obama is going to have Joe Biden reading all the films.

:troll:

 

[XxChronic2006xX]

to the op

stop worrying about getting into radiology, worry about doing well in high school.

if you're a superior high school student, you may consider an accelerated BS/MD program, if you're sure u want to do medicine (don't know how you can be at your age however). try to apply to those like case western in which you have a guaranteed acceptance to the med school as long as you maintain like a 3.7 or something, you don't have to take the MCAT and you can probably enjoy your college life a little bit more...

Yeah, your right.