Radiology

[cherish00112]

Ineed to ask a radiologist questions if anybody is a radiologist can answer me this:

what are the working conditions of a radiologist? How long do you have to work a week? Where do you have to work? Do you sit down or do you stand up most of the time? Is this job enjoyable? Does this job pay good?

[Buenchico]

(AnswerBank won't let me post this in one go, so I'll split it into 2 parts):

Since there don't seem to be a lot of radiologists rushing to answer your question, I'll try to point you in the right direction for some answers.

The first thing to say is that there's quite a big difference between the job of a radiologist and a radiographer. A radiologist is a qualified doctor who has decided to work in a very specialised field. You can't become a radiologist without getting extremely good grades at A-level (usually in maths and sciences) and studying for a basic period of 5 years at university to work towards qualifying as a doctor. There will then be another couple of years work-based training in a hospital to complete the initial training period plus several more years on-the-job training to learn the skills of radiology.

So a radiologist is an extremely highly-skilled doctor, just as much as a brain surgeon is. (He'll also need to know a great deal about drugs, viruses and surgery in order to qualify).

[Buenchico]

Unlike radiologists, a radiographer won't necessarily have attended university (although some do). Although the work of a radiographer is very skilled, his training is only related to the work which he'll be doing (i.e. radiographers aren't specialist doctors. They're just people with skills in one particular area of medicine).

If it's really the work of a radiologist which you want to find out about, then you'll need to know about how doctors train. (This link also mentions things like hours and pay). See here:
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/j obprofiles/profiles/profile691/

If what you really want to know about is the work of a radiographer (including training, hours and pay) then see here:
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/j obprofiles/profiles/profile444/

There are also staff who help radiographers. Details of this type of work are here:
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/j obprofiles/profiles/profile1268/

Hoping this helps,

Chris