Radiology and pathology similar?

[Big Steve]

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I'm a second year who's considering going into radiology. While I have not had a great deal of radiology exposure, I have enjoyed the small amount I have experienced up to this point. Anyways, I was curious if it is a bad sign that I HATE second year pathology. I know radiology and pathology are supposed to be similar fields, but did any of you dislike pathology in medical school?

 

[billclinton]

I'm a second year who's considering going into radiology. While I have not had a great deal of radiology exposure, I have enjoyed the small amount I have experienced up to this point. Anyways, I was curious if it is a bad sign that I HATE second year pathology. I know radiology and pathology are supposed to be similar fields, but did any of you dislike pathology in medical school?

pathology is medicine... ??? not liking pathology = not liking medicine??? i'm not a radiologist, but my guess is that you need to know a fair amount of pathology in radiology... this will be true with just about every speciality except maybe psych... perhaps you should look into psych?

 

[hans19]

No matter what specialty you go into, you need to be able to communicate in a cogent manner. Can you be more specific-- what is it that you dislike about pathology?

I liked reading about the disease processes in pathology. As a first year I wasn't all that interested in histology. Not surprisingly I didn't enjoy the histological aspects of pathology. On the other hand I was fascinated by anatomy. Thats why I enjoy about radiology-- the gross anatomic manifestation of disease processes.

No matter what field you ultimately decide to go into, there is no escaping pathology. Our profession does not exist without disease.

 

[Big Steve]

I am fully aware that medicine would not exist in the absense of pathology (in the broadest sense of the word). I was simply asking if any radiologists or radiology residents did not enjoy their pathology course while in medical school.

Hans, I think you helped me realize that I'm not really interested in the process of disease at the cellular level, but rather grossly. I guess this is what separates Rads from path?