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True, but I knew about the lifestyle when I picked radiology, and it is a very hard residency to get. There are others with a similar lifestyle, like Dermatolog

True, but I knew about the lifestyle when I picked radiology, and it is a very hard residency to get. There are others with a similar lifestyle, like Dermatology, Ophthalmology, and Radiation Oncology. Guess what? They are the hardest residencies to get into when you finish medical school. I should make clear why I'm replying in this thread. The world needs good doctors, and I want bright and ambitious readers of this site to know that there is a potential upside.

kyro 15y ago
I know this is off-topic, but I figured I'd take the opportunity to ask: As a medical student who aspires to enter radiology and ultimately own imaging centers, like you, what advice can you offer that'd help me and other HN-med students position ourselves to be appealing candidates for a radiology residency?
- roentgen 15y ago
  I don't know any secrets. It's hard to get a radiology residency. You need good grades. I don't think research experience matters. It also helps to be somewhat normal. The people interviewing you for residency have to be willing to sit next to you for four years, so if you're a "closet case" they might pass on you, even if you look good on paper.
- larrys 15y ago
  "and ultimately own imaging centers" Contact the MD here for advice: http://upper-dublin-mri.com/aboutus.aspx http://upper-dublin-mri.com/aboutus.aspx A nice guy, he was glad to help when I was thinking of starting up an imaging center. (The upshot from the meeting is that you have to have a tie in with a hospital and be aware that the hospital could end up doing the same in house etc. He's a businessman and a MD and would have profited from the association so I believe the advice was honest. Of course it's only one data point out of many you will collect.)
  - kyro 15y ago
    Thanks, I appreciate it!
nandemo 15y ago
Meta-comment: how is it possible that 2 reasonable, informative comments from roentgen are being downvoted?
- deleted 15y ago
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- larrys 15y ago
  I didn't down vote it but I suspect that it's "Medical school was easy" "went out drinking" "partying two or three nights a week" "did well with the ladies" "get by on four hours of sleep" "nurses were much more responsive to my advances" "busy but always had time for each other" "make over 800k a year". "ultimate job security" "tremendous resource for my family" "easy to get screwed by the medical system...won't happen to me or mine" "not a risk taker". Did I miss anything?
  - roentgen 15y ago
    Sorry, but I wanted to be completely honest. There were a few guys like me in my medical school. There needs to be a counterpoint to the doom and gloom reports of "no life" and "living hell".
    - verisimilitude 15y ago
      Thank you. However, statistical outliers (you) don't make strong counterpoints.
    - krschultz 15y ago
      (Not a med student, but I double majored in two different engineerings so I had a pretty tough road) Honestly I think people over rate how difficult school is. I was definitely in the camp of 'it's so fucking hard, I have no life, it's horrible' etc etc etc. And I'm a smart guy. Guess what, when I actually went through and figured out how much time I was spending working, it wasn't that much. If you clear out the procrastination and bullshit and just sit down and work hard while you are working, it's not bad. Then you actually have free time. I struggled with this for years, but working at 50% effort for twice as many hours is a horrible way to go about things because you end up living a miserable life. At my graduation they announced the valevictorian. It was one of my friends. We had no idea. He never talked about grades. He never bitched about work. He went out drinking nearly every day of the week. He spent a lot more time chasing women than chasing grades. But when he went to the library to work, he worked. Remember, 6 hours a day of hard work is worth a lot more than 12 hours of half assed work, and thats what he did. That leaves 18 hours a day to enjoy yourself.

kyro 15y ago

I know this is off-topic, but I figured I'd take the opportunity to ask: As a medical student who aspires to enter radiology and ultimately own imaging centers, like you, what advice can you offer that'd help me and other HN-med students position ourselves to be appealing candidates for a radiology residency?

roentgen 15y ago
I don't know any secrets. It's hard to get a radiology residency. You need good grades. I don't think research experience matters. It also helps to be somewhat normal. The people interviewing you for residency have to be willing to sit next to you for four years, so if you're a "closet case" they might pass on you, even if you look good on paper.
larrys 15y ago
"and ultimately own imaging centers" Contact the MD here for advice: http://upper-dublin-mri.com/aboutus.aspx http://upper-dublin-mri.com/aboutus.aspx A nice guy, he was glad to help when I was thinking of starting up an imaging center. (The upshot from the meeting is that you have to have a tie in with a hospital and be aware that the hospital could end up doing the same in house etc. He's a businessman and a MD and would have profited from the association so I believe the advice was honest. Of course it's only one data point out of many you will collect.)
- kyro 15y ago
  Thanks, I appreciate it!

nandemo 15y ago

Meta-comment: how is it possible that 2 reasonable, informative comments from roentgen are being downvoted?

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larrys 15y ago
I didn't down vote it but I suspect that it's "Medical school was easy" "went out drinking" "partying two or three nights a week" "did well with the ladies" "get by on four hours of sleep" "nurses were much more responsive to my advances" "busy but always had time for each other" "make over 800k a year". "ultimate job security" "tremendous resource for my family" "easy to get screwed by the medical system...won't happen to me or mine" "not a risk taker". Did I miss anything?
- roentgen 15y ago
  Sorry, but I wanted to be completely honest. There were a few guys like me in my medical school. There needs to be a counterpoint to the doom and gloom reports of "no life" and "living hell".
  - verisimilitude 15y ago
    Thank you. However, statistical outliers (you) don't make strong counterpoints.
  - krschultz 15y ago
    (Not a med student, but I double majored in two different engineerings so I had a pretty tough road) Honestly I think people over rate how difficult school is. I was definitely in the camp of 'it's so fucking hard, I have no life, it's horrible' etc etc etc. And I'm a smart guy. Guess what, when I actually went through and figured out how much time I was spending working, it wasn't that much. If you clear out the procrastination and bullshit and just sit down and work hard while you are working, it's not bad. Then you actually have free time. I struggled with this for years, but working at 50% effort for twice as many hours is a horrible way to go about things because you end up living a miserable life. At my graduation they announced the valevictorian. It was one of my friends. We had no idea. He never talked about grades. He never bitched about work. He went out drinking nearly every day of the week. He spent a lot more time chasing women than chasing grades. But when he went to the library to work, he worked. Remember, 6 hours a day of hard work is worth a lot more than 12 hours of half assed work, and thats what he did. That leaves 18 hours a day to enjoy yourself.