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So is there any actual Doctor here at AT?

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Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
<---Traveling nurse (currently in CA @ a Level 1 Trauma PACU-my patients come into the hospital with lots of gunshot wounds and bullet holes), and whore.
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Both of 'um sound like alotta fun! :beer:
 
I'm married to a Dr. of Drugs and she posts on here if needed.

I think user MattPehgler (not sure on the last name spelling) is an ER doctor.
 
my friend is an anesthesiology resident.

my grandfather was a D.O. -- was a pseudo-medic in the marines during WWII; they wouldn't accept D.O.s as real medics at the time, only M.D.s. later he founded a hospital in michigan and specialized in obstetrics. (presumably there was not much need for obstetrics while in the marines, so that happened later.)

they are not on AT, though, so that doesn't help. (well, also my grandfather has been dead for 30 years.)
 
<---- respiratory therapist. An anesthesiologist will trump my ass, though. Chloroform for the groggy win!
 
Originally posted by: Mark R
<------ Radiologist
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What made you go into radiology?

How do you like the work/mental stimulation/pay/lifestyle

Trying to get a gauge of how people end up choosing the medical field that they do
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
What made you go into radiology?

How do you like the work/mental stimulation/pay/lifestyle

Trying to get a gauge of how people end up choosing the medical field that they do
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1. General interest in diagnostics.
2. Option to be a generalist, or sub-specialist as desired
3. Increasing demand for radiological services, particularly intervention (both vascular and non-vascular), means there will always be plenty of work
4. Lots of expensive toys

I love my work. Workload is a bit variable, as there are loads of residents, and they tend to scarf down the general work pretty quickly. Plenty of mental challenges about - the last few days I've felt a bit like House, making all sorts of unusual diagnoses (e.g. I suggested a possible diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome on a body CT scan today - and prior to today, I'd never even considered that you could ever see anything like that).

Pay is fine, and over here, is equivalent to an similarly experienced physician or surgeon - with the advantage, that things are a bit more flexible and I don't think the work is as busy.

Lifestyle is great, but it depends on where you work. Busy teaching hospitals may have a full on-call system, where you are needed on site for your whole duty period. Smaller hospitals can often be covered from home, with the option to access urgent scans via VPN over broadband.
 
EMT-Basic here. Miserable pay, long hours, tough job but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love my job. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Mark R
Originally posted by: Mo0o
What made you go into radiology?

How do you like the work/mental stimulation/pay/lifestyle

Trying to get a gauge of how people end up choosing the medical field that they do
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1. General interest in diagnostics.
2. Option to be a generalist, or sub-specialist as desired
3. Increasing demand for radiological services, particularly intervention (both vascular and non-vascular), means there will always be plenty of work
4. Lots of expensive toys

I love my work. Workload is a bit variable, as there are loads of residents, and they tend to scarf down the general work pretty quickly. Plenty of mental challenges about - the last few days I've felt a bit like House, making all sorts of unusual diagnoses (e.g. I suggested a possible diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome on a body CT scan today - and prior to today, I'd never even considered that you could ever see anything like that).

Pay is fine, and over here, is equivalent to an similarly experienced physician or surgeon - with the advantage, that things are a bit more flexible and I don't think the work is as busy.

Lifestyle is great, but it depends on where you work. Busy teaching hospitals may have a full on-call system, where you are needed on site for your whole duty period. Smaller hospitals can often be covered from home, with the option to access urgent scans via VPN over broadband.
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Sounds pretty interesting. How many general radiologists go into interventional? Never really considered radiology until i shadowed an oncologist and went on rounds they went for radiological consults. The consulting radiologist was a whiz w/ the CT scan and could point out all kinds of stuff.
 
won't post my specialty - no one would believe me anyway.

I love medicine and couldn't imagine doing ANYTHING else in this world. If I was forced to choose another specialty I could do a number of other things (wouldn't be as much fun though).

There is a tremendous sacrifice - studying my ass off in college to get to med school, studying my ass of in med school to keep up with everyone that was smarter than me, the 100+ hour work weeks in residency, the craziest stories you would ever believe, the patients that trusted me as I was learning getting to know families and on and on..

Don't listen to cynical doctors who tell you medicine is going to hell. We still get paid a shitload [much deserved - see above] and I love what I do. At its core, medicine is a fusion of applied science and dealing with people that is truly a joy to be a part of.
 
Originally posted by: grohl
won't post my specialty - no one would believe me anyway.

I love medicine and couldn't imagine doing ANYTHING else in this world. If I was forced to choose another specialty I could do a number of other things (wouldn't be as much fun though).

There is a tremendous sacrifice - studying my ass off in college to get to med school, studying my ass of in med school to keep up with everyone that was smarter than me, the 100+ hour work weeks in residency, the craziest stories you would ever believe, the patients that trusted me as I was learning getting to know families and on and on..

Don't listen to cynical doctors who tell you medicine is going to hell. We still get paid a shitload [much deserved - see above] and I love what I do. At its core, medicine is a fusion of applied science and dealing with people that is truly a joy to be a part of.
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I'm assuming OB/GYN?
 
And Cheesemoo is a cheese

Originally posted by: Quintox
I know 911 is a paramedic (duh) and that Dr.Pizza is a pizza, but are there any nurses / real MD's here?

You don't have to name the person since I'm sure he/she would just get bombarded with questions.
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