emergency radiology vs other fellowships?

[Fundamentals]

Essentially what the title asks, in what capacity does a radiologist with fellowship training in emergency radiology work as compared to a centre that just sends their trauma/stat reads to the designated neurorad, body rad etc on for the day?

which is better/more preferable?

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[DrBowtie]

Essentially what the title asks, in what capacity does a radiologist with fellowship training in emergency radiology work as compared to a centre that just sends their trauma/stat reads to the designated neurorad, body rad etc on for the day?

which is better/more preferable?

Well the obvious is that the majority of the time the emergency rad is reading off hours so there isn't always a different subspecialist to send them to.

Secondly, the ER guys are just reading and not doing procedures. If the body guy is doing a complex abscess drain he could be away from the reading station for an hour. That turnaround time isn't appropriate for level 1 trauma.

 

[Fundamentals]

so then its not a difference in skillset for the emergency rad, when it comes down to an abdominal trauma, if both the body rad and emerg rad are available , it would technically be preferred that the body rad read it right?

 

[DrBowtie]

The dedicated ER guys are very good at trauma but most groups don't have a fellowship trained ER rad.

 

[cowme]

It's a very small niche. An er rad may be preferred by some big trauma centers and for overnight coverage. Otherwise, better off doing something else

 

[Shifty B]

The only reason to do emergency radiology as a fellowship is if you are interested in working in an ER division at an academic center. Even then, it might still be better to do neuro or abdominal since that constitutes the vast majority of ER radiology. You can still get hired in an ER division.

If you think you might want to go into private practice or aren't 100% sure about academic emergency radiology, choose something else.

 

[Fundamentals]

interesting, doesn't seem like much draw to that subspecialty then

 

[freddydpt]

I am currently in academic ER radiology and I did a combined msk/neuro fellowship. Departments look for people to complement their skill sets.

 

[tco]

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