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[greenergrass]

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reading studies in the dark room get old fast? I have an interest in radiology but have a difficult time envisioning myself flipping through 100's of studies day after day, year after year. Once learned in the art, does it become manageable-pleasurable?

Thanks for your insight-

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

Hmm, to some extent.

I think you'll find radiologists who don't enjoy particular modalities or types of studies. For instance, it's not uncommon to hear an attending complain that they had to read "the stack" of daily ICU chest films and there wasn't anything interesting in them. It's good, honest work that needs to be done, but it's not glamarous and fun.

Personally, though, the pace of radiology makes the tedium less versus other fields. When I'm on an adult hospitalist service, all I get is tedium. Oh, another CHF. Another unmanaged diabetic. Repeat ad nauseum. And it's not a quick manner of "dictate and be done" you're looking at dealing with these people for a few days. So, there's tedious aspects to everything in medicine. Radiology just diminishes them for me.

 

[Gravi69]

I think your user name sums it up. Eventually, we all get bored and feel the grass is greener on the other side.

Professional athletes probably get bored of their jobs eventually too.

 

[fun8stuff]

reading studies in the dark room get old fast? I have an interest in radiology but have a difficult time envisioning myself flipping through 100's of studies day after day, year after year. Once learned in the art, does it become manageable-pleasurable?

Thanks for your insight-

but imho that is way less tedious than managing social issues, writing notes, managing diabetes & HTN, telling patients to lose weight over and over, taking out your 1000th gall bladder/ performing 1000th hernia surgery/ endless hours of suturing... etc