Diagnostic Radiologist

Online Research:

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Duties and responsibilities: Radiologist are physicians who performs diagnostic imaging tests or treatments. Some of the stuff they work on are CT scans, X-rays, ultrasounds, and MRI scans. They only focus only on medical imaging.

Salary: $38,000 - $42,000

Education: To be in this career you must take 4 years to acquire a bachelor’s degree. After you must have 4 years of medical school to get a medical degree. Finally you must take 4 extra years of radiology training.  

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I would not like to be a radiologist because I would not be able to comfort the patient. I watch a show called “House” and the patient went crazy and she died and that fears me the most.