is reading films easy or effortless?

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[jpro]

piece of cake

 

[f_w]

The first 30,000 or so its work, after that it becomes sort of automated.

 

[MossPoh]

If this is an honest question then I can discuss/will discuss this with you from a research and not a radiologist's perspective. Just PM me. If it is intended to be degrade the importance of radiology, then no dice!

 

[digitlnoize]

If this is an honest question then I can discuss/will discuss this with you from a research and not a radiologist's perspective. Just PM me. If it is intended to be degrade the importance of radiology, then no dice!

I would be interested to know this too. I've shadowed some radiologists and picked up quite a bit. And I work in an ER and look at the films there almost constantly. I still find myself missing some silly things...

Does this get easier?

 

[hans19]

Ask the surgeon, are operations easy or effortless? Depends on the case. The lap chole on the 30 year old, thin patient, perfectly healthy should be effortless. The 70 year old obese patient who turns out to have a gallbladder carcinoma-- goes to open chole- thats a nightmare.

Its similar in radiology-
It really depends on the case. You have normal exams, which are effortless to dictate. Then you have nightmare post op abcess, with anastamoses all over the place, noncontrasted exams also the cancer-gone-wild comparison cases that the oncologist wants you to compare to the last three prior cases that were just as bad... those are time consuming and can be challenging.