Essay On Radiologist Career

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I chose to do my interview on a Radiologist because i've been interested in this career ever since it was introduced to me. Radiology is in the Science and Technology career cluster and in the career area of Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. A Radiologist job duties include to diagnose/treat diseases, work with patients, document interpretations of the images.
I interviewed Dr. Steven Danielson, he works through Health Partners but was working at St. Gabriel's Hospital when the interview took place. He is technically a Family Practice Physician but specializes in Radiology. He has been working a total of five years. He went to school for 15 years total because he did four years of undergrad, four years of medical school, two years for his master's, one year internship of radiology, and a four year residency.
A typical day for Dr. Danielson consist of 20 MRI’s, 20 CT scans, 35 X-Rays, 15 Ultrasounds, a few biopsy and pain injections and then every once and awhile some smaller things. He chose to be a family practice physician because he always wanted to be a doctor and it
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I am willing to attend school up to four years, but I do not think I would be willing to do any more than that. He is also able to do many activities such as biopsy and pain injections. I still am thinking about this career as a possibility, but this interview did not help me gain any knowledge. It was interesting to hear how much he loves his job and how he asked me what I was interested in and how I felt along the way, so it was not all about him and he was very interactive and interested in what my opinion was. It was nice to hear from someone who has been in the career area instead of just looking at a computer screen that some random person just wrote about the