Bolles,+A.J.

A.J. Bolles L.A. 4/1/09 A boy breaks his arm snowboarding and is rushed to the hospital. X-rays are taken of the boy’s arm, who diagnoses what is wrong with his arm? The answer is, a radiologist.  Radiologists go  through many years of education before they can interpret  medical imaging and enjoy  the benefits of being a radiologist; a radiologist's regular day also has some drawbacks that have been around since the field of radiology was founded  and may be fixed  in the future by quickly advancing technology.  Radiology is the interpreting of medical imaging, such as X-rays. However, some radiologists, known as interventional radiologists, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> closely with patients and they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">perform <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> surgeries. Radiologists who only interpret imaging <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">are called <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> diagnostic radiologists. Radiology <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">is changing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> very rapidly with new technology. Radiologists are a type of physician. They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">play <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> a vital role in their colleagues’ careers (Radiology).

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Radiology is one of the few medical fields with interest on the rise. The United States Military <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">trains <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> radiologists(Best). To become a radiologist, one must <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">go <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> through many years of training. Those years of training include four years of undergraduate school, four years of medical school, one year of internship, four years of residency, and an optional year of fellowship(Rozran). During their years of residency, radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">take <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> many written and oral exams to become certified. Radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">must score <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> nearly perfect on these exams to pass(Radiology). They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">are <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> always <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">learning <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> about and how to<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> new technology(Rozran). Radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> extremely hard for fourteen plus years to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">earn <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> a comfortable life style.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> A radiologist’s typical is very routine. Radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">go <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to their offices in the mornings at around 8:00. Diagnostic radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">spend <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> most of their day in front of a computer screen. Interventional radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in front of a computer screen as well, but they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">spend <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> about 90% of their time <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> closely with patients and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">performing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> surgeries. A day out of the ordinary for a radiologist is when they are called in to work at night, which happens a few times a month(Rozran). A radiologist’s day is usually the same from day to day.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> The field of radiology has many benefits. One benefit for people into technology is that they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">are working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with technology often. Plus, the technology that they work with is quickly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">advancing (Radiology)<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">have <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> a flexible work schedule, they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 40-50 hours a week and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">get <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> around twelve weeks of vacation per year. Interventional radiologists get<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with their patients closely and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">perform <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> surgeries(Radiology). A radiologist’s salary <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">varies <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> by how much experience he or she has. Radiologists with 1-4 years of experience <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">earn <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> about $55,000 per year. Radiologists with 5-20+ years of experience <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">make <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> around $215,000 per year (Salary). Radiology has many benefits for people interested in technology and those who are interested in technology and wish to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">perform <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> surgeries as well.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Although radiology is great for some people, it has drawbacks as well. Dr. Rozran, a radiologist at Columbia St. Mary's <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">says <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,"One of those drawbacks (for some people) is sitting in front of a computer all day."(Rozran). Another <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">includes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> not <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">getting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to perform surgeries as diagnostic radiologists. Also some people are not be <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">interested <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in the fourteen years of training or the routine work schedule. Radiology is a field with many benefits for people interested in technology.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> Radiology has a very bright future in technology. Radiology <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">has <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> already <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">come <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> very far. From simple X-rays twenty years ago, to the advanced <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">CT Scans <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> today. Radiologists today <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">use <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">Tele-Radiology <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">Tele-Radiology <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">allows <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">to look <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> at and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">interpret <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> imaging wherever they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">find <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> it convenient on their computers. This technology is truly amazing because they can <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">analyze <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> images from their offices; they do not actually have to go<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> anywhere. Today, medical imaging can be looked at a interpreted on an iPhone. Most radiologists however, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">interpret <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> imaging from their office computers (these are not regular computers, they are highly advanced and very expensive) because they get the best image quality from the computer(Rozran). No one <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">knows <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> what radiology will be like in ten years. Radiology is a fantastic field of medicine for anybody interested in technology and becoming a doctor. Even for somebody who <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">wishes to perform surgeries as a doctor, radiology is a great field. Dr. Rozran, says,” There is a field of medicine for everyone, radiology is perfect for those interested in new technology.”(Rozran). For people interested in these things, there are very few drawbacks. There are lots of benefits as well. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Most radiologists <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">agree <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">, fourteen plus years of schooling is definitely worth it for becoming a radiologist; radiology is an interesting field with a great future ahead of it and many benefits. <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I like your introduction, A.J.