- As a⠀Radiologist,⠀you will⠀use your⠀skills and⠀various⠀medical⠀imaging⠀techniques⠀to produce⠀visual⠀representations⠀of⠀specific⠀areas of⠀the human⠀body in⠀order to⠀diagnose⠀medical⠀problems⠀and⠀monitor⠀treatment.
- To⠀be⠀successful⠀as a⠀Radiologist⠀you must⠀be able to⠀use⠀medical⠀imaging⠀technologies,⠀such as⠀X-rays, CT⠀scans,⠀ultrasounds,⠀and MRIs⠀and⠀successfully⠀execute⠀and⠀interpret⠀the⠀medical⠀images in⠀order to⠀aid the⠀diagnostic⠀and⠀treatment⠀process.
Radiologist Responsibilities:
- Evaluating⠀patients’⠀medical⠀histories⠀to ensure⠀the⠀various⠀medical⠀imaging⠀procedures⠀will not⠀harm⠀them.
- Suggesting⠀alternative⠀medical⠀imaging⠀techniques,⠀when⠀necessary.⠀Informing⠀patients⠀about the⠀medical⠀imaging⠀process.
- Using⠀devices⠀such as⠀computer⠀tomography⠀(CT)⠀scanners⠀and⠀magnetic⠀resonance⠀imaging⠀(MRI)⠀machines.
- Performing⠀or⠀directing⠀radiology⠀staff to⠀carry out⠀image-guided,⠀diagnostic⠀procedures.
- Working⠀with⠀radiology⠀lab⠀technicians⠀to perfect⠀image⠀quality.
- Interpreting⠀the⠀results⠀from⠀diagnostic⠀imaging⠀procedures⠀to⠀determine⠀diagnoses.
- Communicating⠀and⠀discussing⠀results⠀and⠀diagnoses⠀with⠀physicians.
- Compiling⠀written⠀reports of⠀results⠀and⠀diagnoses.
- Following⠀medical⠀protocols⠀for⠀resuscitation,⠀bleeding,⠀infection,⠀or other⠀emergency⠀situations,⠀when⠀necessary.
Radiologist Requirements:
- Doctor of⠀Medicine⠀(MD)⠀degree.
- State⠀license.
- Specialization,⠀in⠀radiology⠀and/or a⠀subspecialty,⠀such as⠀nuclear⠀medicine,⠀therapeutic⠀radiology,⠀or⠀interventional⠀radiology.
- Valid⠀and active⠀medical⠀license in⠀the state⠀you wish⠀to⠀practice.
- Proficient⠀in general⠀radiology⠀techniques,⠀including⠀X-ray,⠀MRI, and⠀ultrasound.
- Patient⠀management⠀skills.
- Strong⠀interpersonal⠀and⠀communication⠀skills.
- Superb⠀problem-solving⠀skills.