Radiologist
By: Tyler Cornell
Education Required
2. Passing Medical College Administration Test
3. Four Year Medical School
4. Four Year Residency Training
5. Obtain a State Medical License
6. Doctor of Medicine Degree
Work Environment
-Public or Private Hospitals
-Clinic
-Special units within a hospital
Training
Training occurs as listed below
-Attend 4 years of medical school (radiology electives)
-A year of an internship
-4 year residency in diagnosis radiology
Following this training you must take test from the American Board of Radiology
-If you opt for a 2 year fellowship, you can go into deeper radiology.
Military
Job Description
-Work with X-Rays, CT Scans, and MRIs
-Diagnose and help make treatment options based on patient's problems
-Looking and understanding medical images
-Work/take photos with the X-Rays
-Judgement on the best treatment options
-Practice safe methods of radioactivity
-Relies information to physicians
X- ray in use
Operation Equipment
Radiologist Studying a scan
Salary
Average: $250,000
Maximum: $396,000
Work Cited
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2016.
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www.insideradiology.com.au/clinical-radiologist/. Accessed 15 Oct. 2016.
Photos:
Radiology training. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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Radiology department. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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Radiology department. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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Radiology department equipment. Bellepierre CHD in Saint-Denis Hospital at Reunion Island. Photo. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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Radiology lab. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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Radiology department equipment. Bellepierre CHD in Saint-Denis Hospital at Reunion Island. Photo. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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Viewing X-rays. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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Radiologist studying an X-ray. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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A-level results. Photography. Britannica ImageQuest. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 25 May 2016.
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