Radiologist

• Compile and study information about the patient’s medical history (e.g. from electronic records, patient appointments, or from referring physicians)
• Conduct diagnostic imaging procedures (e.g. MRIs, CT scans, etc.)
• Interpret the images to detect abnormalities that account for the patient’s symptoms
• Record information (e.g. entering data and storing images) from appointments and relay examination results to referring physicians, patients, or families in comprehensive interpretive reports
• Radiologists may also recommend further lines of investigation (e.g. blood testing)
• Apart from diagnosis, scans may also be performed as part of follow-up treatment (e.g. to determine if prescribed therapy is working)
• Radiologists may also be asked to consult with other physicians in multidisciplinary meetings to give their perspective on how scans correlate to the patient’s other diagnostics
• Radiologists may also be expected to supervise trainees; an especially important task since radiology is a highly specialized field

Habilidades sociales

• Resolución de problemas
• Toma de decisiones
• Inductive and Deductive reasoning
• Communication (written and oral)

Competencias técnicas

• Medical software: E.g. Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR, Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeSUITE, Vitera Healthcare Solutions Vitera Intergy RIS
• Data management: Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of medicine, science disciplines, and how to operate related medical equipment

• Public/Private hospital
• Private Radiology practice

• Highly demanding education and training
• Long shifts and shifts at odd hours
• Expectation to work quickly and accurately can be stress-inducing at times

• Mitigating radiation doses: there is an ongoing discussion regarding the risk of radiation exposure during medical imaging processes. While technologies and precautions exist to protect radiologists and their teams, there is great interest in allocating time and money toward developing protocols that will generally decrease radiation doses.
• Using 3D printing and other forms of computer-aided design: 3D models can be very useful for diagnosing patients or instructing surgeons

• Reading complicated texts that develop perseverance and critical thinking
• A passion for science subjects, demonstrated by taking challenging science courses, participating in science fairs and other science competitions