Vast amount of knowledge required for radiologists

[IJL]

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I think I'm starting to get a good feel for the amount of knowledge required to be an efficient radiologist (or at least I think I am in my MS4 experience).

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I've never had any problems academically, but the amount of information seems endless.

 

[KLPM]

They've asked a similar question on the pathology forum some time back. The main responses suggested:

- Realise that you will never learn everything.

- Read up on cases you have seen but also read up on pitfalls and differentials.

- Always put some time away in the week where you just read about things you don't get as much exposure to.

The guys on that forum also made a point that a lot of what they are learning is to describe what they see and characterise important findings and then consult text sources to put a name on it. Not sure if it's as true in radiology.

 

[DrBowtie]

Pathology has the luxury of time moreso than radiology though as turnaround time for rads studies is faster. Less time to look stuff up.