RADIOLOGIST

By: Nayleen Hdz

2nd period

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Job description
Working conditions
Salary
Education
Reference

A radiologist is a
medical doctor
who is trained in
executing and
interpreting
medical images
such as
X-rays, CT scans,
ultrasounds, and
MRIs and using
them to treat
health problems
in patients.

Job Description

Working
Conditions
Radiology is one of the few branches
of medicine that involves minimal
direct contact with patients. Hospital
radiology labs and standalone
radiology laboratories are clean,
well-lighted and pleasant workplaces,
and radiologic technologists do most
of the actual imaging procedures. As
the radiologist, you'll supervise the
technologists, help them with
especially complicated procedures
and review the resulting images.
Radiologists in clinics and private
practice typically work office hours.
Hospital radiologists mostly work
days as well, with residents covering
most of the night shifts and on-call
time.

anywhere from less than

$100,000 to upwards of
$500,000 a year. The lowest
salaries are earned by
residents. During this period
salaries generally range
between $50,000 and
$65,000 a year.

Salary

Earnings increase once

radiologists are fully
qualified. The median
compensation for noninterventional diagnostic
radiologists is about
$459,000 a year.
Interventional radiologists
earn more, with a median of
about $485,000.

Education

In order to be a radiologist you

need to be an excellent student
in school, earn good grades in
high school and college. Also
after high school you need to
complete a 4-year bachelors
degree.
To become a board certified
radiologist, you must pass the
exams set by the American
Board or Radiology.

REFERENCE
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