How do you answer the question, why radiology?

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I was just wondering why people go into radiology, everyone I ask always say the lifestye, or the income, but other than monetary value why did some of you guys decide to go into radiology?

thanks,
Curious

 

[Terpskins99]

Lifestyle: check
Money: check

Other things I like about radiology:

• Anatomy
• Pathology
• Surgery
• Toys (particularly 3D CT angio stuff)
• Playing detective
• Being able to sit in a comfortable chair most of the day

Things I don't like about non-radiology fields (namely surgery):

• Clinic
• Having a sore back/feet/arms from standing in one position in the OR all day.
• Waking up at 5 am to pre-round on patients
• Rounding on patients
• The smell/sight of poo
• The smell/sight of puke
• The smell/sight of pee
• Getting sued all the time (yes I realize radiologists get sued, no I don't believe they get sued nearly as often as general surgeons/neurosurgeons/OBGyns)

 

[Neuronix]

We just had a thread on this: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=586435

My (apparently typical) reply was post #14.

 

[penguin24]

Rads always gets the third degree about 'why that specialty', not even pathology attracts the same attention even though they are practically the same specialty except w/ microscopes. Nobody ever says "why internal medicine", or "why surgery". Rads is simply the best, I find it hard to believe why med students would go into a field other than Rads, but I don't care enough to ask

 

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[*]The smell/sight of poo
[*]The smell/sight of puke
[*]The smell/sight of pee
[*]Getting sued all the time (yes I realize radiologists get sued, no I don't believe they get sued nearly as often as general surgeons/neurosurgeons/OBGyns)
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Did you dictate that post?

Number next..

 

[Howser]

How did you make the decision to go into Rads? I'm currently am M3 and feel like I haven't gotten enough exposure yet to make a decision. Time is counting down.