Human Contact

[DrGregoryHouse]

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I understand there's very little patient contact, but do radiologists have much contact with other people at all? Or are they in a dark room by themselves all day?

 

[Gravi69]

Yea, contact with other doctors. Serving as sort of a consultant or doctor's doctors.

That being said, there are a lot of opportunities to do procedures/see humans: Biopsies under CT/ultrasound guidance, putting in chest tubes, putting in drains.

And of course, IR.

 

[JKP]

hysterosalpingograms...

fluoro procedures...

lymphoscintigraphy...

thyroid studies...

ultrasound... and on and on...

brief doses of patient interaction... i actually prefer this... given that some patients are really very sick, there are other patients and their families that are so demanding and entitled that it really offends me... and i don't get offended so easily...

interactions with MD's, rad techs, nurses, PA's calling for reports... colleagues in the department makes it fun

i much prefer to have a life outside of work than to rely on 'patient contact' for fulfilling interactions...

i made the switch from surgery to radiology and haven't regretted it for a moment.

 

[DrCos]

A typical day as a radiology resident involves a lot more human contact than most people want. There is plenty of patient contact with procedures (at least 1-2 per day in a public hospital in Australia, more if rostered in the angio room). In addition doctors from every specialty under the sun will turn up requesting urgent scans, asking to be shown images and trying to get second opinions. Although the patient contact is reduced there is a lot more contact with one's peers which I enjoy a lot more. Most of the people I work with wish they had more time by themselves sitting in the dark room and reporting...