Interview

I interviewed my dad who is a radiologist at a couple of hospitals.  He loves his job and is very good at it.  For people who are unsure what a radiologist is, it is a physician who is specialized training in interpreting x ray images to diagnose and treat disease visualized within the body or/and find broken broken bones.

Question 1

Why do you like what you do as radiologist?

I love helping and interacting with people, the job keeps me busy, I love problem solving, I think it is fun looking at bones, and it is satisfying to me knowing that I am making a difference in lives of patients everyday.

Question 2

What do you dislike about your job?

The amount of paperwork, it is sometimes frustrating of the number of obstacles that get placed in my way, also all of the meetings I have to go to that are required throughout the year in different parts of the country because they change and update new medical things that we are suppose to know as doctors.

Question 3

What is most rewarding?

Besides the income, the major reward is knowing that I am making a difference in people's lives.  I feel good about what I do because I love what I do which is worthwhile.

Question 4

What is most challenging about what you do?

One thing that has been challenging is being highly trained to get to this career and sometimes I do not get enough sleep from all the work by the end of the week and then on top of that sometimes I am on call.  I do not get very much free time.

Question 5

What education or skills are needed to be a radiologist?

I had to get a college degree and then I went to medical school for four years, an internship, a four-year residency, and a one to two-year fellowship after that. As far as skills, a problem-solver and being good at memorizing things are for this job.  We use images and all sorts of information to figure out the answers. Also visual and spacial orientation, and analysis skills are good skills to have as a radiologist.