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You are suggesting that health insurance reform will result in a >50% drop in salaries?
How Do Radiologists Help People?
Started by Ali Purinol
You are suggesting that health insurance reform will result in a >50% drop in salaries?
Radiology salaries will go down a little bit, but probably not too much. Rads who make most of their money from owning equipment will take a bigger hit than those that make it from reading and doing procedures primarily.
I don't think rads have weird personalities, most I know are very normal and pleasant - and also have a well developed life outside the hospital.
As for the douche that failed first yr, really, you have ZERO shot at getting into radiology so do yourself a favor and quit medical school now, we already have enough crap clinical doctors out there.
I don't think rads have weird personalities, most I know are very normal and pleasant - and also have a well developed life outside the hospital.
As for the douche that failed first yr, really, you have ZERO shot at getting into radiology so do yourself a favor and quit medical school now, we already have enough crap clinical doctors out there.
Bottom line, it's FUN.
Unfortunately, the practice environment is such that many fields in medicine bury you in red tape and paperwork and suck all the fun out of medicine. I did my time in internal medicine. I was GOOD. My coworkers liked me, the nurses liked me, my attendings thought I was conscientious and respected my work ethic. But, as much as I loved learning about medicine and as much as I enjoyed being able to treat a sick person and make them well, or ease the suffering of someone who could NOT be made well, I found that the majority of my job was doing useless things that had nothing to do with either medicine or helping people.
Radiology let's you make a huge difference in a patient's care, it lets you reach every corner of the hospital and every service, and best of all there is very little to distract you from what is truly your job, namely the interpretation of films.
agree with above. Not a lot of real crap work.
Most of all I feel that, with the possible exception of derm and psych, imaging findings directly affect patient care more than most because often it isn't an indirect evaluation of the disease, it is pretty definitive (or at least a definitive differential). Radiologists are the surgeon's eyes and IM's brain oftentimes.
Most of all I feel that, with the possible exception of derm and psych, imaging findings directly affect patient care more than most because often it isn't an indirect evaluation of the disease, it is pretty definitive (or at least a definitive differential). Radiologists are the surgeon's eyes and IM's brain oftentimes.
While not going into Radiology, I'd like to chime in to the OP that people in general respond poorly to the "why did YOU do X" question. This is partly because personal motivations vary widely from person to person and are therefore of little utility to a total stranger, and partly because it comes across as a bit of laziness. Ideally, if you're considering a specialty, you are expected to have done some legwork on the subject, via personal experience (through rotations or shadowing), talking to current residents/attendings at your institution, etc. It's a question that comes across much better in person than an anonymous internet forum.
Also, there is another component of internet decorum that should be addressed, in that you are coming into a semi-established community (which can be sarcastic and occasionally rude) with hat in hand by asking a question. You can't then be all abrasive and expect a positive response. And that goes for any subforum on here; it's not relegated to radiologists by any stretch of the imagination.
Also, there is another component of internet decorum that should be addressed, in that you are coming into a semi-established community (which can be sarcastic and occasionally rude) with hat in hand by asking a question. You can't then be all abrasive and expect a positive response. And that goes for any subforum on here; it's not relegated to radiologists by any stretch of the imagination.
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I'll give an example from today:
sick kid with very odd looking mass on cxr.
I reviewed it with the rads after all of my attendings said " don't know, never seen that before".
they were able to guide the therapeutic plan by saying this doesn't look like xyz but might be abc.
if they had said something different the kid would have ended up with a potentially dangerous biopsy they didn't need or the wrong therapy.
sick kid with very odd looking mass on cxr.
I reviewed it with the rads after all of my attendings said " don't know, never seen that before".
they were able to guide the therapeutic plan by saying this doesn't look like xyz but might be abc.
if they had said something different the kid would have ended up with a potentially dangerous biopsy they didn't need or the wrong therapy.
I don't know why other specialties don't get the 3rd degree, "Why the heck are you going into Ped/IM/Surg/Psych/etc"
Maybe b/c Grey's Anatomy glorifies surgeons, House glorifies clinicians, Scrubs glorifies those funny guys, ppl think it's cool to do that. But if there was a TV show about radiologists then ppl would think it's cool & wouldn't be asking these annoying questions.
If there was a show w/ Rads driving Bentleys, hooking up w/ all kinds of nurses/techs, living it up on the golf course, sipping wine w/o worrying about being on call; then all these threads about Radiology would vanish b/c ppl would know.
Maybe b/c Grey's Anatomy glorifies surgeons, House glorifies clinicians, Scrubs glorifies those funny guys, ppl think it's cool to do that. But if there was a TV show about radiologists then ppl would think it's cool & wouldn't be asking these annoying questions.
If there was a show w/ Rads driving Bentleys, hooking up w/ all kinds of nurses/techs, living it up on the golf course, sipping wine w/o worrying about being on call; then all these threads about Radiology would vanish b/c ppl would know.
I like you.
crossing jordan.
Thank God you sit in a dark room all day and away from people. These posts are a classic example of the "odd" personality one would see. This is unbelievable.
I've looked at your other posts... major issues. You're upset at the world, and you scream cluster B.
Do yourself a favor and get some help, buddy.
