I am a third year med student in the process of trying to decide what I want to do. I really like the concept of diagnosis and the variation of diagnoses in radiology, but I also like the clinical aspect of pain medicine with the procedures and clinical care of chronic pain patients. Each specialty has its downsides (in my opinion), isolation/sitting all day/lack of human&patient contact with radiology and the paperwork/psych issues associated with clinical pain medicine.
I was reading about MSK fellowships in radiology and I was wondering how many of these graduates are practicing pain medicine? I would still like to practice general radiology also, so would it be possible to split my time between practicing radiology (reading msk and non-msk films, mri, ct, ect..) and msk pain management? Is there even a job market for this kind of person? Would it be beneficial for a pain practice to have an msk radiologist on staff? Thanks in advance for your input.
I was reading about MSK fellowships in radiology and I was wondering how many of these graduates are practicing pain medicine? I would still like to practice general radiology also, so would it be possible to split my time between practicing radiology (reading msk and non-msk films, mri, ct, ect..) and msk pain management? Is there even a job market for this kind of person? Would it be beneficial for a pain practice to have an msk radiologist on staff? Thanks in advance for your input.